If you are interested in the career of health care, yes. It is a fairly easy job, but may seem monotonous or they hours may be long. You should be aware of the difference between a radiologist and radiologist technician. The median salary for a radiologist is $361,538 per year. To be a radiologist you must have a bachelor degree and an additional 4 years of medical school plus 4 years of residency and 1 year of fellowship. Their main job is to interpret X-rays. Radiologist technicians are the ones who perform the actual X-ray or sonograms, etc. On average the radiologist technician makes between $55-60,000 annually. You generally only need an associates- bachelor degree in radiology to practice.
Go to school, get a good education, and work hard!
A radiologist is a doctor who has chosen this field to practice in...they have to go to medical school like other doctors do
Although Devry University would not give you a degree in radiology, you could earn a BS in Biomedical Engineering and then transfer to a medical school to earn a degree in radiology (Radiology is a specialized field that encompasses an array of technology and the study of the human body. You need a masters and beyond to be a radiologist. Devry could get you out in 2 years and 8 months with a degree that is in demand in the medical field. You can't go wrong with Technology in the medical field.
that would be called a radiologist. some radiologist make bank it matters what kind you are.
A radiologist is a person who uses radiation to find out about the body. If you go to the hospital for an x-ray then it will be a radiologist who does it.
A radiologist must understand basic algebra and basic science and also be good with people.
A radiologist is a specialist in the study of radiography.
Examples: surgeon, ophthalmologist, dentist, radiologist, cardiologist, dermatologist, etc.
By completing a radiology tech class you can get a job as a radiologist, or an assistant in the radiology field. For a full list od jobs go to: radiologytechnicianschools.net
A nuclear medicine degree is not a radiologist. A radiologist is a physician that has gone on for another 5 years or so of school. Other doctors besides a radiologist can go on to become board certified in Nuclear Medicine as well. There will be soon a Nuclear Medicine Practitioner as mid level provider though.
A radiologist assistant (RA), or advanced level radiologist technologist, is a health care worker. He or she specializes in a field of medical science that uses X-rays and other forms of penetrating radiation. As defined by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), aradiologist assistant helps enhance patient care by assisting in the diagnostic imaging environment. RAs are not physicians but they work under the supervision of a radiologist. Working within that definition, RAs perform an assortment of administrative and patient care tasks as instructed by the supervising radiologist.
Yes, they make just under $400,000 a year.