Up to the second day of my John Flynn Placement Program. Today I went in to the radiology clinic and the reception staff ushered me straight towards the doctor's room. I was there for about ten minutes, minding my own business and reading my CXR textbook (1) when the doctor comes in. Introductions aside, I put my book away and pay attention as he goes through the images to report. Dr JB starts his work. I'm leaning forward, trying to listen as he dictates - it seems these radiologists all take classes on how to talk super quickly and quietly. It probably takes me a good half hour to adapt to his accent, which isn't particularly thick or difficult to understand but when doing the radiologist talk makes it harder again to understand. I quickly notice some difficulties between Dr JB and Dr PL. Dr PL was super fast - his OPG interpretation took less than 30 seconds and I never managed to figure out what he was saying for those with all the initialisms and acronyms. Heböi...