Dispelling myths: The case for women in radiology and radiation oncology.

Autor: Goodyear A; University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, Orlando, FL, United States of America; Osceola Regional Medicine, Kissimmee, FL, United States of America., Merfeld E; Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, United States of America., Hu JY; Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America., Shah A; Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University/Metrohealth, Cleveland, OH, United States of America., Schmitt C; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States of America., Lee A; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America., Brixey AG; Department of Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America., Spalluto LB; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America., Porter KK; Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America., Patel A; Department of Radiology, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, United States of America., Esfahani SA; Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: esfahani.shadi@mgh.harvard.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical imaging [Clin Imaging] 2022 May; Vol. 85, pp. 55-59. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.02.008
Abstrakt: Common misconceptions about radiology and radiation oncology exist and may dissuade women from pursuing these specialties. The American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR) Medical Student Outreach Subcommittee began a multi-year social media campaign aimed at addressing these myths. Here, we outline several myths presented in this social media campaign and provide a combination of literature review and experts' opinions to deconstruct and dispel them.
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