Rule #1 / / Obey the Rules
Rule #2 / / Smile
Rule #3 / / Keep your cool
Rule #4 / / Work hard
Rule #5 / / Toughen Up
Rule #6 / / Respect the machines
Rule #7 / / Never let a clinician play radiologist
Rule #8 / / Forgive the sins of the clinician
Rule #9 / / Don't be too approachable
Rule #10 / / Be a good colleague
Rule #11 / / Never measure anything
Rule #12 / / Never count anything
Rule #13 / / The default is to say 'yes'
Rule #14 / / Agitation is not an indication
Rule #15 / / Always help the patient
Rule #16 / / Be damned careful when saying an outright 'no'
Rule #17 / / Don't study surrogates
Rule #18 / / Avoid 'interesting' cases
Rule #19 / / Beware the 'fit 90 year old'
Rule #20 / / Counteract misjudgement
Rule #21 / / There is no such thing as a radiological emergency
Rule #22 / / If you feel resistance, stop pushing
Rule #23 / / Use words carefully
Rule #24 / / Brevity is king
Rule #25 / / Ditch the stethoscope
Rule #26 / / CT is easy
Rule #27 / / Don't answer the phone
Rule #28 / / Stay safe the easy way
Rule #29 / / Get off the fence
Rule #30 / / Don't pick fights
Rule #31 / / Beware the 'good' case
Rule #32 / / Don't fret about complications
Rule #33 / / We are not the business of exclusion
Rule #34 / / Trust your clinical instincts
Rule #35 / / If you have to fail, fail safely
Rule #36 / / Take clinical details with a pinch of salt
Rule #37 / / Don't crap on juniors
Rule #38 / / Aggressive clinicians need your help
Rule #39 / / Know loads
Rule #40 / / Never offer to eat your pants
Rule #41 / / Radiologists don't wear suede shoes.-Rule #42 / / Never investigate on the day of discharge
Rule #43 / / Only give clinicians 15 seconds
Rule #44 / / You can never know too much anatomy.-Rule #45 / / Be careful with "limited" or "quick" studies
Rule #46 / / Image quality is up to the radiologist
Rule #47 / / It is never a chordoma
Rule #48 / / Reporting rooms should be pitch black
Rule #49 / / Don't touch the screens
Rule #50 / / Error is inherent to radiology. .