Long story, but for nearly two decades before I got into medical school I knew I wanted to be a surgeon. About a year or two before I matriculated, I had to get major surgery and realized that I wouldn't really like that path for a number of reasons. But, the majority of what I had actually been excited about (the anatomy, needing broad/multi-specialty knowledge, cool technology, etc) I can easily find in Radiology! And I've been a major radiology nerd ever since.
One thing I miss about intending to go into surgery, however, is that there are a lot of YouTube videos where you can watch full surgeries and really learn a lot in the process and give you some fuel for your motivation. I have been assured that Radiology does have regular patient contact (which I'm happy about!), but other than I.R., I'm not sure what kind of procedures someone who is primarily intending to go into DR would do.
So I guess I have three questions:
- What face-to-face procedures/exams/etc might a non-IR physician radiologist do with their patients?
- (I might have asked this before... sorry, I don't remember) Is there ever any need for a physician radiologist in the OR for a more stereotypical surgery (like when a pathologist looks at samples from a removed tumor, for example)?
- Does anyone know of any quality YouTube channels that show full-length radiological procedures?
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