Chew Cindy, O'Dwyer Patrick J, Young David
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
BJR Open. 2021 Dec 8;3(1):20210074. doi: 10.1259/bjro.20210074. eCollection 2021.
The UK has a shortage of Radiologists to meet the increasing demand for radiologic examinations. To encourage more medical students to consider Radiology as a career, increased exposure at undergraduate level has been advocated. The aim of this study was to evaluate if formal Radiology teaching hours at medical school had any association with the number of qualified Radiologists joining the General Medical Council Specialist Register.
Total number of doctors joining the GMC Specialist Register as Clinical Radiologists, and those with a primary medical qualifications awarded in Scotland, was obtained from the GMC (2010-2020). Graduate numbers from all four Scottish Medical Schools (2000-2011) were also obtained. Hours of Radiology teaching for medical schools in Scotland were obtained from validated AToMS study.
Two hundred and twenty three (6.6%) of 3347 Radiologists added to the GMC Specialist Register between 2010 and 2020 received their primary medical qualification (PMQ) from Scottish Universities. The number of Radiologists from Scottish Universities joining the GMC specialist register was 2.6% of the total number of Scottish Medical Graduates. There was no association between the number of hours (Range 1-30) Radiology was taught to medical students and the number that joined the specialist register as Radiologists ( = 0.54 chi square trend).
Increased exposure to Radiology teaching does not influence medical students' decision to take up Radiology as a career. While continued Radiology exposure remains important, other strategies are required in both the short and long term to ensure radiology services are maintained without detriment to patients.
Increased hours of Radiology teaching in medical school was not associated with increased radiologists joining the profession.
英国放射科医生短缺，难以满足对放射检查日益增长的需求。为鼓励更多医学生将放射学作为职业选择，有人主张在本科阶段增加接触放射学的机会。本研究的目的是评估医学院校正式的放射学教学时长与加入英国医学总会专科注册名录的合格放射科医生数量之间是否存在关联。
从英国医学总会（2010 - 2020年）获取加入英国医学总会专科注册名录成为临床放射科医生且拥有苏格兰颁发的初级医学资格的医生总数。同时获取了所有四所苏格兰医学院（2000 - 2011年）的毕业生人数。苏格兰医学院校的放射学教学时长数据来自经过验证的“医学教育时间分析与测量系统（AToMS）”研究。
2010年至2020年间，加入英国医学总会专科注册名录的3347名放射科医生中有223名（6.6%）获得了苏格兰大学颁发的初级医学资格。来自苏格兰大学并加入英国医学总会专科注册名录的放射科医生数量占苏格兰医学毕业生总数的2.6%。医学生接受放射学教学的时长（范围为1 - 30小时）与作为放射科医生加入专科注册名录的人数之间不存在关联（卡方趋势检验，P = 0.54）。
增加接触放射学教学并不会影响医学生将放射学作为职业的决定。虽然持续接触放射学仍然很重要，但短期和长期都需要其他策略来确保放射学服务得以维持且不损害患者利益。
医学院校增加放射学教学时长与加入该行业的放射科医生数量增加并无关联。
