Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2011 Mar;8(3):186-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.11.019.
The aim of this project was to survey the department titles of US academic radiology programs and to assess the frequency of nontraditional titles. A secondary aim was to evaluate whether there were any similarities among departments that were not traditionally titled Department of Radiology with respect to factors such as department size, affiliation, research emphasis, and geography.
Departments were identified on the basis of the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access System, the Association of American Medical Colleges list of US medical schools, and the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments member roster. A total of 212 departments were evaluated, and the title of each department was obtained. Additionally, the size of the faculty, the number of diagnostic radiology residents (if applicable), whether the department offered fellowship positions, the number of nuclear medicine residents (if applicable), geographic region, and National Institutes of Health funding ranking for fiscal year 2009 (if applicable) were obtained for each program.
Two hundred twelve programs were evaluated, from which 196 departments were ultimately included in the analysis. Of these, 159 (81%) had the title Department of Radiology. Twenty-two other titles were identified among the remaining 37 departments. Common words included in these titles were imaging, science or sciences, and services. There were no significant differences between the departments titled Department of Radiology and the departments with other names with respect to size, research affiliation, residency and fellowship size, or geography.
Although only 19% of the departments analyzed had titles other than Department of Radiology, several trends were noted. With the expanding scope of radiology to include modalities not associated with ionizing radiation, such as ultrasound, MR, and molecular imaging, along with the growing importance of defining radiologists' role in the health care system and increasing patient concerns over the potential dangers of radiation, it remains to be seen whether additional departments elect to modify their names or whether Department of Radiology continues as the most common title.
本项目旨在调查美国学术放射学项目的部门名称，并评估非传统名称的频率。次要目的是评估在传统上未命名为放射科的部门之间，在部门规模、附属关系、研究重点和地理位置等方面是否存在任何相似之处。
根据奖学金和居住电子互动数据库访问系统、美国医学院协会的美国医学院列表以及学术放射学部门主席协会的成员名单确定部门。共评估了 212 个部门，并获得了每个部门的名称。此外，还获得了每个项目的教师规模、放射诊断学住院医师人数（如适用）、是否提供研究员职位、核医学住院医师人数（如适用）、地理位置以及 2009 财年国家卫生研究院资助排名（如适用）。
评估了 212 个项目，其中 196 个部门最终纳入分析。其中，159 个（81%）部门的名称为放射科。在其余 37 个部门中，确定了 22 个其他名称。这些名称中包含的常见词汇包括成像、科学或科学、服务。在部门规模、研究附属关系、住院医师和研究员规模或地理位置方面，以放射科命名的部门与以其他名称命名的部门之间没有显著差异。
尽管在分析的部门中只有 19%的部门使用了放射科以外的名称，但仍注意到了一些趋势。随着放射学的范围扩大到包括与电离辐射无关的模式，如超声、磁共振和分子成像，以及在医疗保健系统中定义放射科医生角色的重要性不断增加，患者对辐射潜在危害的担忧日益增加，是否有更多的部门选择修改其名称，或者放射科是否继续成为最常见的名称，仍有待观察。
