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A Designated "Teaching Resident": A Novel Leadership Position to Promote Educational Skills and an Academic Career.
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A Designated "Teaching Resident": A Novel Leadership Position to Promote Educational Skills and an Academic Career.
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Reflective Writing: A Potential Tool to Improve Interprofessional Teamwork with Radiologists.
Rationale and objectivesStudies show that problems with interprofessional collaboration can result in adverse patient outcomes. These problems are common in the field of radiology, where technology has decreased opportunities for direct communication and collaboration with referring physicians. To our knowledge, critical reflection has not been studied as an intervention to better understand one's own and/or others' roles in the context of an interprofessional team, or more specifically, to improve interprofessional collaboration between radiologists and other physicians.Materials and methodsWe trialed a reflective journaling assignment in our fourth year medical student general radiology elective. Student journal content was scored by percentage of comments reflecting on elective experiences versus recounting events. Content was categorized as "reflection" using an established measurement tool. Reflective content was evaluated to identify common themes.ResultsA total of 31 journals (178 entries and 26,749 words) were analyzed. Reflective content accounted for 43% of overall content and was subdivided into three categories: insight into one's own role and responsibilities as an ordering physician (20%), insight into a radiologist's role and responsibilities (12%), and thoughts on improving interprofessional collaboration with radiologists (11%).ConclusionsReflective writing allows students to explore their own role and responsibilities in the context of an interprofessional team and may improve interprofessional teamwork with radiologists
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Interest in Interventional Radiology at Different Stages of Training: Possible Implications for the New Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency
PURPOSE:Integrated interventional radiology (IR) residencies recently underwent their second year in the match, the first year of which involved only a limited number of programs. Now that students can choose to enter IR directly, student perceptions of IR vs diagnostic radiology (DR) are of paramount importance. METHODS:We surveyed first- through fourth-year medical students and radiology residents regarding interest in IR vs DR. RESULTS:Students considering a radiological career expressed more interest in IR than DR. Conversely, residents expressed more interest in DR. CONCLUSIONS:Medical student advisors and IR programs should continue to anticipate a high number of applications for integrated IR positions