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#31
Oct 20 2016 04:37pm
Quote (cloudkicker @ Oct 20 2016 11:55pm)
No sorry, I should've been clear. It takes 4 years for an MD or up to 6 in the uk for their equivalent. An MD is a basic medical degree and every single physician has one however an MD does not permit you to practice medicine. It's just standard foundational training. In order to practice you need to complete residency training. Residency spans at minimum 2 years for family practice up to 8 or so years for neurovascular surgery. I just guessed that radiologists train in residency for some intermediate time like 3 years for a total of 7.


Yeah, i'm just not familiar with the American system so i thought it would be around 6-7 years like it is in most European countries. Interesting system though. I thought every MD is qualified to do general practice with the option of specificially specializing in it.
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Oct 20 2016 05:26pm
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No sorry, I should've been clear. It takes 4 years for an MD or up to 6 in the uk for their equivalent. An MD is a basic medical degree and every single physician has one however an MD does not permit you to practice medicine. It's just standard foundational training. In order to practice you need to complete residency training. Residency spans at minimum 2 years for family practice up to 8 or so years for neurovascular surgery. I just guessed that radiologists train in residency for some intermediate time like 3 years for a total of 7.


You're not too off. Radiology generally has a 4-5 year residency program, so 8-9 years is the regular time period depending on whether you want to go into diagnostic or integrated radiology. If you go into another specialty, say surgery, you'll have a 5 year surgical residency followed by a 3 year program should you choose to specialize, or find a straight residency program for the specialty you're interested, which last 6-7 years.
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#33
Oct 20 2016 06:40pm
I would go for nursing out of the four. Although I don't know a thing about what radiation techs do.

I know a physiotherapist (not an assistant). It's a tough field to get into, and it's a tough field to build up work experience in. As an assistant, I can only imagine you'd get paid shit, and you wouldn't have job security.
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Oct 20 2016 08:17pm
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You're not too off. Radiology generally has a 4-5 year residency program, so 8-9 years is the regular time period depending on whether you want to go into diagnostic or integrated radiology. If you go into another specialty, say surgery, you'll have a 5 year surgical residency followed by a 3 year program should you choose to specialize, or find a straight residency program for the specialty you're interested, which last 6-7 years.


are you a fukin doctor yet m9? im taking a year off after my msc to write the mcat and apply to university of toronto
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Oct 21 2016 06:22am
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I'm done with my prerequisit classes this semester.. My GPA will get me accepted into any of the above programs.. But I can't decide which..

My background is that I work in an Emergency Dept as a Trauma Tech.. I love trauma, blood, chaos and hard work... Many times a week do I run into patients that are on the brink of dying. I perform compressions probably 1 - 3 times a week on average.. I really do love it, but I'm 27.. The only caveat of nursing I enjoy is trauma.. And I feel that in 20 years I'll be burnt out..

This is making me 2nd guess nursing as a career path..

There are pros and cons to all trades above, but 1 thing is relatively sturdy, pay. They all roughly pay the same in my area.

So which would you pick and why? I'm leaning towards PTA after shadowing one for a day.. I love learning about the body and the mechanics behind skeletal muscle movement.

Lmk


Nursing would definitely be the most difficult major on that list especially if you go for a bsn. Nursing does lead to burnout but you don't have to always be at the bedside. There are plenty of different avenues to go and nursing will give you more flexibility than the other options. You can work from home working for insurance companies and do over the phone consulting, get your msn in education or become a practitioner. Home health nursing, school nursing, public health, research, etc.


Quote (cloudkicker @ Oct 20 2016 08:00am)
A radiologist has an MD. You do not become a radiologist in 2 years, sorry. Try 7.


Radiology tech is a 2 or 4 year degree. Think that's what he meant.

This post was edited by dark-soul on Oct 21 2016 06:30am
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Oct 21 2016 06:55am
Nurse would be most beneficial for the next 20-30 yrs

Mental health is not bad either.
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#37
Oct 21 2016 07:19am
nursing has so many opportunities. It would be stupid to choose any of the others over it.

Can move up to nurse anesthetist and make great money.
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Oct 21 2016 07:27am
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nursing has so many opportunities. It would be stupid to choose any of the others over it.

Can move up to nurse anesthetist and make great money.



I know a few rad techs that work for manufacturers such as Fuji and make 150k a year to go to hospitals and talk about their products. In rad tech, you can specialize just like a nurse can. A vascular sonographer can make upwards of 70k a year.

But you guys are right, nursing does sound like the safest bet.
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Oct 21 2016 07:44am
Quote (ozzyarmy3 @ Oct 21 2016 07:27am)
I know a few rad techs that work for manufacturers such as Fuji and make 150k a year to go to hospitals and talk about their products. In rad tech, you can specialize just like a nurse can. A vascular sonographer can make upwards of 70k a year.

But you guys are right, nursing does sound like the safest bet.


Keep in mind some areas require a bachelors to get a job with nursing so look into that as well. You can still go associates first and then do another 1 year rn-bsn bridge program though.
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Oct 21 2016 07:56am
Quote (dark-soul @ Oct 21 2016 01:44pm)
Keep in mind some areas require a bachelors to get a job with nursing so look into that as well. You can still go associates first and then do another 1 year rn-bsn bridge program though.



My hospital pays for your BSN, I plan on getting my ADN than doing an online BSN program.
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