Re: A question about medical training

["Gary Isenhower" <garyi@bcm.tmc.edu>]

Radiologists receive pretty extensive training including all the points you mentioned, whether they use it or remember it.  Non radiologists receive next to no training in health physics / radiation.

Gary Isenhower
Baylor College of Medicine
garyi@bcm.tmc.edu
713-798-8353

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Subject: A question about medical training



> So my question is: what is taught currently in medical school and pre-med
> courses about ionizing radiation?  could someone give me a summary?  How
> much is a doctor expected to know (he sends people for x-rays, after all)?
> Was this person just trying to see if I knew what I was talking about?
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> Thanks for your help
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