Association of volume of self-directed versus assigned interpretive work with diagnostic performance of radiologists: an observational study
Autor: | Osamu Abe, Shiori Amemiya, Hidemasa Takao, Harushi Mori |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty health services administration & management Workload Sensitivity and Specificity Correlation 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Japan Radiologists diagnostic radiology Humans Mass Screening Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Practice Patterns Physicians' Association (psychology) Diagnostics Original Research Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Prostatic Neoplasms Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged University hospital medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physical therapy Regression Analysis Observational study Clinical Competence business medical education & training 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Human learning Volume (compression) |
Zdroj: | BMJ Open |
ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
Popis: | ObjectivesTo understand the sources of variability in diagnostic performance among experienced radiologists.DesignAll prostate MRI examinations performed between 2016 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed.SettingUniversity hospital in Japan.ParticipantsData derived from 334 pathology-proven cases (male, mean age: 70 years; range: 35–90 years) that were interpreted by 10 experienced radiologists were subjected to the analysis.Primary and secondary outcome measuresDiagnostic performance measures of the radiologists were compared with candidate factors, including interpretive volume of prostate MRIs, volume of self-directed and assigned total annual interpretive work, and years of experience. The potential influence of fatigue was also evaluated by examining the effect of the report’s issue time.ResultsThere were 186 prostate cancer cases. Performance was based on accuracy, sensitivity and specificity (86%, 85% and 84%, respectively). While performance was not correlated with the volume of prostate MRIs, per se (ρ=–0.15, p=0.69; ρ=–0.01, p=0.99; ρ=–0.33, p=0.36) or the total MRIs assigned for each radiologist (p>0.6) or years of experience (p>0.4), all measures were strongly correlated with voluntary work represented by the interpretive volume of abdominal CTs (r=0.79, p2(2)=3.65, p=0.16).ConclusionsGreater autonomy, represented as enhanced self-directed interpretive work, was most significantly correlated with the performance of prostate MRI interpretation. The lack of a correlation between the performance and assigned volume confirms the complexity of human learning. Together, these findings support the hypothesis that successful promotion of internal drivers could have a pervasive positive impact on improving diagnostic performance. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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