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If I want to be a radiologist right now, should I plan on the profession being the same from a technical perspective by the time I get there? Or does technology change the role too fast to say (I'm a HS junior for context)

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Richard’s Answer

Technology changes the job every year!

When I started my residency, we still looked at films in front of light boxes. By the end, everything was on PACS; we viewed all the images on a multi-screen computer monitor.


Some of the tools I use daily in interventional radiology did not exist when I entered private practice 16 years ago.

By the time you complete training, I suspect we will be working side-by-side with AI (or even completely replaced by AI!)
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Estelle’s Answer

It will absolutely change. I would expect the changes to enable you to do a better, more accurate and more efficient job.
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S’s Answer

Based on my interactions with some Doctor friends, a lot of Radiologists opt for TeleRadiology - esp. if they choose private practice. Which is essentially providing the same service from a remote location using electronic devices (PC, Tablets, Smartphones etc.). Note that in such a scenario, besides knowledge of medicine, comfort level with handling different types of hardware, software, appliances, networks, electronic records is key to running things smooth. And given availability of so much electronic health data, familiarity with intelligence augmenting database systems (AI) is already becoming more of a norm, than an exception.
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Rachel’s Answer

Technology is changing every aspect of medicine. As a surgeon, I perform the majority of my large cases with a robot. Technology has changed my career for the better. While radiology will not necessarily be the same in a decade, many of the changes that it sees will be positive.
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