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What is a typical day at work like for you?
As a radiologist, what is the average day like for you regarding procedures and work hours?
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Rachel’s Answer
Most radiologists work 40-60 hours per week based on their specialty within radiology and the amount of call they have to take. While general radiologists often read films for most of the day, interventional radiologists will drain intra-abdominal fluid collections and place ports for chemotherapy.
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Richard’s Answer
There are multiple subspecialties in Radiology, so each of my partners daily work is quite different. I am an Interventional radiologist. I spend about half my time looking at Medical Imaging ( CT, x-ray, ultrasound, and MRI) to diagnose diseases. The other half of my time is spent performing procedures. We use ultrasound, CT, and x-ray to guide various Tools into different parts of the body to diagnose and treat illness. We can open and close arteries and veins as necessary. We also inject radiation and chemotherapy directly into tumors.
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Estelle’s Answer
The radiologists that I work with usually work 8-10 hour days with call shifts. When they take night call, they are off the next day. They work in a group so that their time off is really off and they are not called in for emergency during their vacations, etc.