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Radiology resident having second thoughts.

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Hi everyone.

I have just completed my first year of residency in radiology and i am having seconds thoughts about my choice of career. I don't really see my self as a "real" doctor anymore (I used to work at the emergency department) and i have a feeling that other specialities don't really see us radiologists as "real" doctors either. Also i miss being the treating physician that actually have a final saying i how/when/and if a patient should be treated.

I had a vision when getting in to interventional radiology but as it turns out there is an extreme amount of on-call duty in IR, and thats really not my gig. I went in to radiology in part because i care about my spare time and my family.

We are a clinic of about 80 doctors and i do like a lot of my co-workers, its nice to just "go to the office" and know you will have time for chatting with your buddies. The working hours are really good, and i like having some on-call time that quite easily can be converted to free time. The interventions are really fun, but i don't really get a lot of satisfaction by reading images which is a big part of the job.

Sometimes I feel like i want to be a radiologist because of "lazy" reasons if you get my point. Im in it for the perks of the job (no admin, no "nonsense" work, good hours) not because i like what the work actually entails if you understand me correctly.

Anyone who have had similar thoughts? What did you do?

I live and work in Europe.

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