Shelly Said:

What are some careers that aren't in the medical field?

We Answered:

administrative assistant

Allison Said:

Sports related careers in medical field?

We Answered:

In a hospital setting the first thing that comes to mind is therapy. Outpatient physical therapists treat a LOT of sports injuries.

I worked with a guy who was the director of physical therapy for a rehab hospital. Over the years he developed good business relationships with many athletes and ended up being the on-site therapist for the national rodeo in Las Vegas.

Wallace Said:

What are some Careers in the medical field that some of you consider very stressful?

We Answered:

Hi, I went through school and I'm now an x-ray technologist. I got my B.S. but it is actually more common for x-ray techs to have an associates degree. I found schooling pretty difficult but I honestly went to a pretty difficult school. But any of these fields you will have to study hard.

It definitely can be stressful but it honestly depends on where you work and who you work with. I did clinical internship at 3 different hospitals which were different in a LOT of different ways. My first hospital was pretty small and therefor the patient load was slow. This wasn't stressful but I found it fairly boring. Also, when the workload did pick up some of the other workers freaked out and got OVERLY stressed. Another hospital I went to was much larger and was used to, and staffed for a heavy work load. It very rarely got stressful there. These things might be true for anything hospital related.

Pros:
-Interesting. No two days will ever be the same. But really, it's awesome and interesting.
-You tend to not get as emotionally attached as other careers might, where you would see the same patient progressively get worse and potentially die. This can happen, but usually doesn't.
-Makes great pay. Up to and around 60,000 a year. Starting more around 50k.
-Great career paths. You can go on to specialize in MRI, CT, or Interventional Radiology (kind of like a mini OR). Managing and teaching are options as well. Sonography (or Ultrasound) requires different schooling. Keep that in mind. There is also a new position called a Radiologist Assistant where you would need a masters but you'd make a heck of a lot more money.


Cons-
-Can be gross at times, you'll have to occasionally help patients change or clean up anything that goes on in your department, but they wont be there extremely long... usually.
-Bad hours. Again, goes for anyone working at a hospital. Hospitals don't get snow days or holidays.



I would definitely do it all over again. No doubt about that.