Radiologists
Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.
Sample of reported job titles:
Diagnostic Radiologist, Interventional Neuroradiologist, Interventional Radiologist, Neuroradiologist, Nuclear Medicine Physician, Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Physician, Radiologist
Occupation-Specific Information
Tasks
- Participate in quality improvement activities including discussions of areas where risk of error is high.
- Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and develop expertise.
- Develop treatment plans for radiology patients.
- Establish or enforce standards for protection of patients or personnel.
- Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
Technology Skills
- Calendar and scheduling software:Scheduling software
- Electronic mail software:Email software
- Graphics or photo imaging software:Digital image processing software
- Internet browser software:Web browser software
- Medical software:ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR,Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis,Allscripts PM,Allscripts Professional EHR,Alteer Office,athenahealth athenaCollector,Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR,Avreo Radiology Workflow Solutions,Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR,Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR,CareCloud Central,Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management,Computer aided image analysis software,Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM medical imaging software,eClinicalWorks EHR software,Epic Practice Management,Fujifilm Synapse,GalacTek ECLIPSE,GE Healthcare Centricity EMR,GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution,GE Healthcare ViewPoint for Radiology,Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE,HealthFusion MediTouch,Hosted PACS Solutions,Infinite Radiology Opal-RAD,IOS Health Systems Medios EHR,Kareo Practice Management,Maplewood Software StaffReady,McKesson Practice Plus,McKesson Radiology Manager,MEDITECH software,medQ Q/ris,Merge Healthcare Merge RIS,MIM Software MIMcardiac,MIM Software MIMfusion,MIM Software MIMneuro,Modernizing Medicine Practice Management,Motion correction software,mPlexus DICOM RadiX,NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR,NextGen Healthcare NextGen Practice Management,Patient electronic medical record EMR software,Radiopharmacy inventory databases,RamSoft PowerServer RIS/PACS,simplifyMD,SOAPware EMR,Vitera Healthcare Solutions Vitera Intergy,WRSHealth EMR
Occupational Requirements
Work Activities
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems:Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Documenting/Recording Information:Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Getting Information:Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Processing Information:Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Assisting and Caring for Others:Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Detailed Work Activities
- Administer medical substances for imaging or other procedures.
- Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Calculate numerical data for medical activities.
- Check quality of diagnostic images.
Work Context
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled:99% responded"Every day"
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate:99% responded"Extremely important"
- Telephone:96% responded"Every day"
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results:91% responded"Very important results"
- Frequency of Decision Making:91% responded"Every day"
Worker Requirements
Skills
- Writing:Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening:Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking:Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension:Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Judgment and Decision Making:Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Knowledge
- Medicine and Dentistry:Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Biology:Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- English Language:Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training:Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Physics:Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
Education
How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation? Respondents said:
- 68%Post-Doctoral Training
- 11%Bachelor's Degree
- 10%Doctoral Degree
- 8%First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.
Worker Characteristics
Abilities
- Problem Sensitivity:The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Inductive Reasoning:The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Deductive Reasoning:The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Near Vision:The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Comprehension:The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Interests
- Investigative:Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic:Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Social:Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Work Values
- Achievement:Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Recognition:Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail:Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Concern for Others:Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Analytical Thinking:Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Achievement/Effort:Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
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