UCLA Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Clin Imaging. 2021 Sep;77:219-223. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.003. Epub 2021 May 6.
The radiology trainee on-call experience has undergone many changes in the past decade. The development of numerous online information sources has changed the landscape of opportunities for trainees seeking information while on-call. In this study, we sought to understand the current on-call information seeking behaviors of radiology trainees.
We surveyed radiology fellows and residents at three major metropolitan area academic institutions. Survey topics included demographic information, on-call volumes, on-call resource seeking behaviors, preferred first and second line on-call resources and rationale for particular resource usage.
A total of 78 responses from trainees were recorded, 30.5% of the entire surveyed population. 70.5% of trainees preferred Radiopaedia as their first line resource. 26.9% of trainees preferred StatDx as their second line resource. 75.6% of respondents preferred their first line resource because it was easiest and fastest to access. 70.3% of respondents assigned a rating of 4 out of 5 when asked how often information they look for is found while on-call. There was a statistically significant difference according to gender (p = 0.002) with a higher percentage of males listing Radiopaedia as their first line resource compared to females.
The radiology trainee on-call experience is influenced by various factors. Over the past decade, online resources, particularly the open access resource Radiopaedia and the paid service StatDx, have overwhelmingly become the preferred first and second line options, as demonstrated by our study results.
在过去的十年中，放射科住院医师的值班体验发生了许多变化。大量在线信息资源的发展改变了住院医师在值班时寻求信息的机会格局。在这项研究中，我们试图了解放射科住院医师当前的值班信息搜索行为。
我们调查了三个主要大都市区学术机构的放射科研究员和住院医师。调查主题包括人口统计学信息、值班量、值班资源搜索行为、首选的第一和第二线值班资源以及特定资源使用的理由。
共记录了 78 名受训者的回复，占调查总人数的 30.5%。70.5%的受训者首选 Radiopaedia 作为他们的一线资源。26.9%的受训者首选 StatDx 作为他们的二线资源。75.6%的受访者首选他们的一线资源，因为它最容易和最快访问。70.3%的受访者在被问及值班时寻找的信息的频率时，给予了 4 分（满分 5 分）的评分。根据性别（p=0.002）存在统计学上的显著差异，与女性相比，男性列出 Radiopaedia 作为他们的一线资源的比例更高。
放射科住院医师的值班体验受到各种因素的影响。在过去的十年中，在线资源，特别是开放获取资源 Radiopaedia 和付费服务 StatDx，已经成为首选的第一和第二线选择，正如我们的研究结果所示。
