The State of Medical Student Teaching of Interventional Radiology: Implications for the Future
Autor: | Peter R. Bream, G. Peters, Kimi L. Kondo, Daryl Goldman, Aaron M. Fischman, Audrey Magnowski, Paul J. Rochon, Jonathan G. Martin |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Liaison committee
Student teaching education Clinical settings 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Radiology Interventional 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Curriculum Schools Medical Accreditation Medical education medicine.diagnostic_test Career Choice Teaching Interventional radiology Student education United States Discharge planning Education Medical Graduate Psychology Education Medical Undergraduate Forecasting |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 15(12) |
ISSN: | 1558-349X |
Popis: | Introduction The formation of integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency programs has changed the training paradigm. This change mandates the need to provide adequate exposure to allow students to explore IR as a career option and to allow programs to sufficiently evaluate students. This study aims to highlight the availability of medical student education in IR and proposes a basic framework for clinical rotations. Materials and Methods The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) website was utilized to generate a list of accredited medical schools in the United States. School websites and course listings were searched for availability of IR and diagnostic radiology rotations. The curricula of several well-established IR rotations were examined to identify and categorize course content. Results In all, 140 LCME-accredited medical schools had course information available. Of those schools, 70.5% offered an IR rotation; 84.6% were only available to senior medical students and only 2% were offered for preclinical students; and 8.1% of courses were listed as subinternships. Well-established IR clerkships included a variety of clinical settings, including preprocedure evaluation, experience performing procedures, postprocedure management, and discharge planning. Conclusion Medical student exposure to IR is crucial to the success of integrated IR residency programs. Current research shows few institutions with formal IR subinternship rotations. Although 70.5% of institutions have some form of nonstandardized IR course, 84.6% are available only to fourth-year students, and 2% are offered to preclinical students. This suggests there is a significant opportunity for additional formal exposure to IR through increasing availability of IR rotations and exposure during the clinical and preclinical years. |
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