<p>ok so im a rising senior that needs to come up with an idea for my career plans. Radiology and Urology are my top 2 choices (i've changed them around but have finally chosen between these two.) most of you are going to say "you have plenty of time to choose your career" but i don't</p>
<p>Theres a "Biological and MEdical Physics" major at the school that i am interested in attending that is suppose to be useful for people wanting to go into Radiology and Neurology. </p>
<p>i need to choose between either that major for becoming a Radiologist or a Biochemistry major for a Urologist. </p>
<p>Are radiologists/urologists both in demand?</p>
<p>I've been hearing stories on the internet about the future of Radiology and how they are making machines that could analyze scans by themselves. What if i go into Radiology, and then get laid off?</p>
<p>I like Urology because it doesnt involve major surgery but really things like Urinary Track infection and the bladder stones and circumcision and etc.</p>
<p>How much is average MAlpractice insurance for both of these jobs?</p>
<p>Yes, you do have plenty of time. Your major in college is not going to affect what you do after medical school. I’m sure a good understanding of physics is necessary in radiology, but do you really think that a radiologist who didn’t major in physics or “biological and medical physics” is a bad doctor? Or that someone who didn’t major in physics can’t be a radiologist? Do you think that s/he doesn’t learn, either during medical school or during residency, what s/he needs to know to be a good radiologist? Or that s/he can’t relearn or review some basic principles of physics?</p>
<p>Besides, at the undergrad level, it’s pretty hard to know what any medical specialty entails without having experienced it as medical students do during med school (or so I hear… I’m still an undergrad myself). Hell, after taking a few classes in college or happening upon other options, you may decide you don’t even want to be a doctor. Don’t pick a school based on some major you think will help you as a doctor 9 years from now. If a school has an interesting major you’d be interested in, pick it because you’re legitimately interested in it.</p>
<p>There’s no way to make a good decision about future specialty until you’ve seen what being on the wards or in clinics is all about. You have no way of knowing what you’re future likes or dislikes will be and how you’ll want to practice in the future.</p>
<p>Also, radiology and urology are extremely competitive, and require excellent board scores, something you have no way of predicting as a HS senior.</p>
<p>Major in something you like, and in which you will do well. It is nice to have a stronger than average physics background for Radiology, but hardly necessary to major in physics. Biochem is a great major for any medical specialty, after all we are biochemical machines.</p>
<p>Pediatric radiology is a very small specialty, existing almost exclusively at major pediatric hospitals, and therefore in academics. Way, way to early to pick a subspecialty.</p>
<p>Lots of people start college with little idea of what they would like their majors to be. Of those who enter thinking they do know, many change once they have taken a semester or two in college. If most people cannot predict their majors while in high school, how in the world could they pick a medical specialty years before entering med school?</p>
<p>Relax, and worry about being a college student.</p>
<p>What the heck? You don’t need to declare a major until sophomore year, and even then your major does not need to be indicative of a future specialty.</p>