Hefferman Gerald M, Swenson David W, Ayyala Rama S, Murphy Brian, Johnson Michele, Jindal Gaurav
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
Emerg Radiol. 2019 Jun;26(3):295-299. doi: 10.1007/s10140-019-01674-3. Epub 2019 Jan 25.
The purpose of this study is to detail the current state of the websites of each of the currently established emergency radiology fellowship programs within the USA, in terms of publicly available information. The goal of the project is to present data for emergency radiology fellowship programs to tailor that information to attract those most interested in the pursuit of an emergency radiology fellowship position.
Emergency radiology fellowship programs were identified using the American Society of Emergency Radiology website and recent published literature. The website for each program was evaluated for the presence or absence of 23 discrete areas of information. Additionally, information from a prior study evaluating radiology resident's opinions on desired information for interventional radiology fellowship websites was utilized and compared to the information currently available on emergency radiology fellowship websites.
Eighteen emergency radiology fellowship programs were initially identified. One program website was inaccessible at the time of data collection. Of the remaining 17 program websites, contact information, application requirements, program description, stand-alone website, length of fellowship, research opportunities, salary, and other benefits were available for greater than 75% of programs, while listing of current fellows, moonlighting opportunities, social information, and alumni information were available at fewer than 25% of program websites.
There is broad variability in the type and amount of data available to potential emergency radiology fellows across the surveyed program websites. Several key areas-specifically, listings of current fellows, rotation schedules, facility descriptions, and didactic information-present high-yield opportunities for improvement of desired accessible data.
本研究旨在根据公开信息详述美国目前已设立的各急诊放射科住院医师培训项目网站的现状。该项目的目标是为急诊放射科住院医师培训项目提供数据，以调整这些信息，吸引那些最有兴趣谋求急诊放射科住院医师培训职位的人。
利用美国急诊放射学会网站和近期发表的文献确定急诊放射科住院医师培训项目。评估每个项目网站是否存在23个不同的信息领域。此外，利用先前一项评估放射科住院医师对介入放射科住院医师培训网站所需信息看法的研究中的信息，并将其与急诊放射科住院医师培训网站目前提供的信息进行比较。
最初确定了18个急诊放射科住院医师培训项目。在数据收集时，有一个项目网站无法访问。在其余17个项目网站中，超过75%的项目提供了联系信息、申请要求、项目描述、独立网站、培训时长、研究机会、薪资及其他福利，而只有不到25%的项目网站提供了现任学员名单、兼职机会、社交信息和校友信息。
在所调查的项目网站中，可供潜在急诊放射科住院医师获取的数据类型和数量存在很大差异。几个关键领域——特别是现任学员名单、轮转安排、设施描述和教学信息——提供了提高所需可获取数据的高收益机会。
