Radiology - Check!

Well, I have officially finished my first rotation - Radiology. Woot, woot!

And, I have definitely ruled out being a radiologist. Seriously, I basically sat in a dark room almost all of the two weeks staring at a computer screen reading radiographs, CT scans, and ultrasounds. There is not a lot of patient contact at all. It is more like there is NO patient contact in diagnostic radiology. Boring!

I feel like I did learn a bit about learning how to read chest xrays, CT scans, ultrasounds, etc. I really had no exposure to radiology prior to this experience and I am glad that I had it, but I just don't want to do this for a living.

The best part about the rotation was that I got to see several interventional radiology procedures (biopsies, lumbar punctures, etc). I really liked this part of it, but the interventional radiologist was quite the moody guy. Most of the time I stood against the wall in the room observing, but the last day I was with him he let me hold the lidocaine container while he sucked up the medicine in a needle, as well as put a piece of equipment onto the sterile field. He really did take his time to teach me and the other medical student on the last day and I really appreciated him going through things step by step.

Well, one rotation in the books. Now, onto Internal Medicine!