Participant Position

resident

Location

Third Degree Glass Factory

Start Date

12-4-2023 6:30 PM

End Date

12-4-2023 9:30 PM

Description

Dr. Risha Shah is a diagnostic radiology resident. She shared a story about how different types of connections play out in her profession.

Excerpt:

...In the dark glow of approximately five computer screens, I stare blankly at the black, white, and grey images placed in front of me. I scroll up and down, my eyes darting from one organ to the next in what feels like a distinctly disorganized fashion. They call what I am attempting to perform a search pattern…a systematic way of looking at a scan of a patient’s body. Every budding radiologist has one. A practiced and exhaustive visual path they take repeatedly—with every patient and every study—to see as much and to miss as little as possible...

Comments

Access limited to Washington University in St. Louis campus.

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Apr 12th, 6:30 PM Apr 12th, 9:30 PM

Story#17 - Searching for Connection

Third Degree Glass Factory

Dr. Risha Shah is a diagnostic radiology resident. She shared a story about how different types of connections play out in her profession.

Excerpt:

...In the dark glow of approximately five computer screens, I stare blankly at the black, white, and grey images placed in front of me. I scroll up and down, my eyes darting from one organ to the next in what feels like a distinctly disorganized fashion. They call what I am attempting to perform a search pattern…a systematic way of looking at a scan of a patient’s body. Every budding radiologist has one. A practiced and exhaustive visual path they take repeatedly—with every patient and every study—to see as much and to miss as little as possible...