Careers Radiology, Photography, Medical Illustration

1. CareersRadiology, Photography, Medical Illustration Wheatcroft, Lucas K. Heidelberg High School, DoDEA

2. Radiology • Summary • Locations • Education/ Training • Skills/ Abilities • Conditions/ Demands • Wages • Growth

3. Overview • The medical specialty employing the use of technological imaging to both diagnose and treat diseases of the human body. • X-ray Radiotography • Ultrasounds • Computed Tomography • Nuclear Medicine • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) • Magnetic Resonance MRI Image of knee with a displaced patella

4. Locations • Radiology is a big field in the medical industry in this generation. Many hospitals and clinics have a Department of Radiology to provide examinations. • A physician, such as a Urologist, Obstetric, Oncologist, Orthopedist, etc. will provide further treatment after radiologic evaluation.

5. Education/ TrainingUnited States of America • 4 years of undergraduate college • 4 years of medical school to earn a medical degree– D.O./ M.D. • 1 year of internship • 4 years of residence training • 1-2 years of additional specialty fellowship training. • To be confined the American Board of Radiology (ABR), you must pass a multiple choice medical physics board exam covering the science, technology and radiobiology. You will take the “written board” or clinical aspects exam one year later.

6. Skills, Abilities, & Demands • Physical stamina • Patience • Able to follow instructions • Teamwork • Time management • Communication • Observation • Stress Management • Commitment • Good at reading and writing

7. Salaries • The median expected salary for Physician-Radiology is $387, 284 per year. • Tulsa,) Oklahoma • $370, 398 • Dallas, Texas • $385, 274 • New York, New York • $451, 360 • Las Vegas, Nevada • $387, 400 • Charlotte, North Carolina • $384, 216

8. Job Security • Hospitals around the globe are in real need of radiologists, especially when we have children of our own. The greater the population, the more security there’ll be. • Everything dealing with medicine is a very secure career!

9. Photography • All over the globe! It’s a great job, its enjoyable but pays poorly. • Government • Portrait studios • Stock-photo agencies • Magazine publishers • Advertising Agencies Smile! Locations

10. Education/ Training • 3 or 4 years of apprenticeships or several years of vocational school • You must pass a licensing exam • Associate’s, Bachelors or Master’s Degree • 1-2 years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers

11. Skills, Abilities & Demands • A “good” Eye • Imagination • Creativity • Knowledge on technical equipment • Be organized

12. Working Conditions • Photographers for the government and advertising studios usually work 40 hours weekly (8 hours in each business-week). • News photographers have irregular hours and can be called at anytime. • You’ll spend more time editing images than actually shooting pictures. • Some photographers do their job in dangerous, uncomfortable and/ or poor locations, but 129, 000 Americans worked with photography in 2004.

13. Wages/ Salary This chart gives the photography-salary ratios to all other careers in the U.S.A. from 1999-2009. Unfortunately, this career does not pay very well– when compared to radiology! The security of this career is known as “to remain keen” but is much more limited than medical careers. • Average Annual Salary: $36.37k • Average Hourly Wage: $17.48

14. Medical Illustrator • Photography related to patient care, teaching, education and research. • Clinical photography • Graphic Design • Medical Art • Videography • Involved with delivering visual records of patients' conditions, operations and treatments for medical files, education and research. Graphic designers and artists create artwork for posters, leaflets, audio-visual lecture material, websites and corporate publications.

15. Job Locations • University, medical center, hospital clinic, or healthcare institution • Publishing company (books or journals) • Corporation, small business • Medical legal or law firm • Web, multimedia, or animation firm • Veterinary school • Pharmaceutical company • Advertising agency • Other (government, non-profits)

16. Where are Illustrations used? • trade and consumer publications • advertising • textbooks and journals • web • television • patient education • continuing medical education (CME) • interactive learning • trade shows • museums • veterinary, dental, and legal markets

17. Skills • A natural ability in both art and science • Biology and Medical Science • Visualization • Ability to work independently and with others

18. Education Courses: • human gross anatomy • physiology • pathology • histology • neuroanatomy • embryology • surgery • Electronic media in surgical and conceptual illustration to storyboard creation, interactive media development, web design, animation, 3-D modeling, and prosthetics.

19. Wages/ Salary • Median salary for a typical illustrator: $61k-$150k. • Supervisory/ Directory: $75k/$93k, respectively. • Self-employed: $79k-$250k. • Positions for this job expected to increase in the next generation– the larger the population, the more medical job positions will be open.

20. Resources • “Radiology” Wikipedia. 30 August 2012. 31 August 2012. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiology>. • Radiological Association of America. < http://www.rsna.org/>. • Salary.com– you’re more than just a salary. • <http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/radiologist-Salary-Details-Charlotte-NC.aspx>. • “Photography”. MyPlan.com. 3 September 2012. Web. • <http://www.myplan.com/careers/photographers/articles-27-4021.00.html?art=4>. • “Medical Illustration->Careers”. The Association of Medical Illustrators. 3 September 2012. Web.<http://www.ami.org/medical-illustration/careers.html>.