Recent content by radman123

I am a rad attending approaching mid career working in a desirable metro. The job market in my area and within 1 hour is awful. We had one opening last year and had dozens of star applicants who comfirmed this. We hired a connected experienced rad. Look at recent workforce survey from ACR...

What is there to be happy about with radiology training? Huge debt, poor job prospects, long tough training, declining salaries particularly for new grads, board eligiblity st graduation, no light the end of the tunnel? Go to auntminnie where there are dozens of other "troll" conspirators...

But you remember me and think about what I say. Some who contact me do not post. Others lurk and read this forum influencing their specialty decisions. You have doubts cbtk about going into this field with your 250k in debt which may be closer to 300k now. You sure you know what you got...

Here I am. Know you missed me. Working my ass off recently so cant hang out much. Shark put it nicely- not much to add. Radiology is not a lifestyle field as I have been saying. My salary is lower than it was when I started but I am employed now. Working conditions, job stability and...

I am not in private practice but employed as I have stated before. My job security is low. There are few jobs in my area and those available are likely worse and very hard to get. I do not like what has happened to this field and where it is headed. Come on here to vent and perhaps let...

Never said radiology has no good. I chose the specialty after all. There is so much bad for some of us right now that it is hard to see the good. The terrible job market is probably the root cause and everything else including working conditions follows. The worst part is that nothing is...

The literature (see above post ACR 2014 survey) supports what I say. Constantly attacking my posts will not change the reality of your situation or future (250k in debt with compounding interest) and future prospects as above ACR paper states with nothing being done. If you ever visit...

The training is so time consuming, painful and expensive that by the end, money is so important. You want to start living like some of your non medical friends have been for 5-10 years who have a fraction of the loans. Specialty competitiveness strongly correlates with money, job market and...

The 2014 ACR Commission on Human Resources Workforce Survey , Hang Truong, MA , Swati Bansal, MS Published Online: August 12, 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2014.06.003 Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof Abstract Full Text Images References Background The ACR Commission...

Good attitude. You will eventually get a job but probably will have little control over what you do, how much you get, when you do it (nights 7 on 7 off), and where you do it. Not exactly a good return on investment in my opinion given costs and time of education. True fair partnerships are...

What cant you wait for? Tough long residency in a specialty with very low demand. Really sad how low radiology has gotten. People scrambling into rads after not matching into ER?! 80 unfilled spots this year and more next year. We are just above path in that respect.

Yes and I remember how during the shortage, academic places were desperate for help and grads were only thinking about themselves and the boatloads of money waiting for them. Some good times back then. Complete reversal now however.

Look at the faculty rosters of many academic places like Iowa, U of C, etc. and you will see many attendings who have never done residency training in this country. Think the guy who wrote the big green Dahnert book never did residency here either. Think this is only a small slice of the...

NO ONE CARES about radiology graduates, careers, job market etc. There is nothing being done about the glut because no one in a position to do something cares because it does not affect them. Troll schmoll. Where were the trolls before the glut which is only getting worse? Back then it...

Tons of great fields out there in and out of medicine. But practical considerations are important when you invest so much time and money. Just saying, do your research, especially outside your program.