Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Sep-Oct;50(5):585-591. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.05.013. Epub 2020 Jun 27.
(1) To identify key factors, especially during medical school, driving trainees to pursue nuclear medicine/molecular imaging (NM/MI) as a career. (2) To understand the current state of medical student exposure to NM/MI.
We disseminated 2 surveys by email. The first surveyed NM/MI trainees about motivations for choosing the specialty. The second survey was sent to US medical school faculty responsible for student education and NM/MI residency program directors to gauge the current state of NM/MI didactics at their institution.
Seventy-eight trainees and 44 faculty responded. Most trainees reported becoming first interested in NM/MI after medical school (80%, 56/70). Trainees reported little NM/MI exposure during medical school (65%, 49/75), despite faculty reporting that they provide NM/MI didactics (76%, 32/42, P = 0.005). Imaging clerkships, research, and mentorship experiences were important influences for trainee's specialty choice. Most respondents thought that NM/MI should be pursued in conjunction with Diagnostic Radiology training (trainees 67%, 45/69; faculty 80%, 32/40).
Survey results highlight the need to improve medical student engagement in NM/MI. It also identified factors that motivate current NM/MI trainees to enter the field and highlight a potential opportunity to increase medical student exposure to NM/MI. Targets for curricular and extra-curricular development that may increase effective NM/MI exposure during medical school were identified to guide future outreach efforts.
(1) 确定关键因素，尤其是在医学院期间，促使学员选择核医学/分子影像学 (NM/MI) 作为职业。(2) 了解医学生接触 NM/MI 的现状。
我们通过电子邮件分发了 2 份调查。第一份调查询问 NM/MI 学员选择该专业的动机。第二份调查发给负责学生教育的美国医学院校教师和 NM/MI 住院医师培训计划主任，以评估他们所在机构 NM/MI 教学的现状。
78 名学员和 44 名教师做出了回应。大多数学员报告在医学院毕业后首次对 NM/MI 产生兴趣（80%，56/70）。尽管教师报告他们提供 NM/MI 教学（76%，32/42，P=0.005），但学员报告在医学院期间 NM/MI 接触很少（65%，49/75）。实习、研究和指导经验对学员的专业选择有重要影响。大多数受访者认为 NM/MI 应该与诊断放射学培训相结合（学员 67%，45/69；教师 80%，32/40）。
调查结果强调了需要提高医学生对 NM/MI 的参与度。它还确定了促使当前 NM/MI 学员进入该领域的因素，并突出了增加医学生接触 NM/MI 的潜在机会。确定了课程和课外发展的目标，以增加医学生在医学院期间接触 NM/MI 的有效性，并指导未来的外展工作。
