Is a radiographer a good career?

What medical career should i choose? midwife? nurse or radiographer?

• last year i did my a levels and wanted to get them A so as to enroll as a medical doctor. however i got biology C and chemistry D. in malta we have to get 2 A levels A or B and 1 ...show more

• Answer:

  Midwifery is so much more than delivering babies. But you may want to check that out in your country. Where I live it involves all prenatal visits, labor and delivery and follow up support helping moms and babies in the first two months with breastfeeding and childbirth recovery. Radiography will require basics in physics and biology. Nursing will require basics in biology, math, and chemistry and probably some social sciences as well. Medicine will required basics in biology, math, chemistry, and physics. Radiography is technical and requires working with a lot of equipment and not so much with people. Probably not so much immediate decision making. Nursing is people oriented and does require on the spot decision making and well developed analytical, communication, problem solving, and planning skills. Medicine is highly analytical and requires deductive reasoning to make a diagnosis. Physicians work mostly with information, then with equipment and less emphasis on communication and people skills. While medicine is about decision making most decisions made by physicians are not made quickly but are in fact made over time after consideration of many sources of data. There are exceptions, of course working in an emergency department would require faster decision making. Sometimes in the operating room quick decision making is necessary. Have you thought about becoming a paramedic? ( not sure if they have that in Malta) but you may find that better suited to your achievements in school ( you obviously don't like chemistry) and your desire for excitement and fast-paced decision making. Try the resource page as there is a good description of the difference between medicine and nursing there.