The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Acad Radiol. 2023 Jun;30(6):1210-1219. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2022.06.020. Epub 2022 Aug 3.
Many medical schools offer minimal exposure to radiology, leading to a decreased understanding of the field and negative perceptions among medical students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a radiology intensive series piloted by a novel virtual radiology interest group. Specifically, we were interested in how radiologists and medical educators can expand students' general awareness, drive greater interest in the field, and achieve more uniform national messaging across all trainees.
We launched a national/international interest group called Radiology Student Interest Group (RadSIG) and piloted the RadSIG Intensive, a series of five events aimed at increasing awareness and dispelling misconceptions among preclinical medical students. Validated pre-intensive and post-intensive surveys were used to ascertain the students' baseline and changed perspectives, respectively. A separate faculty survey was also distributed to understand how they perceived our events. Statistical analysis was carried out on the collected data to identify trends and assess the utility of our programming.
205 students completed the pre-intensive survey, and 61 students completed the post-intensive survey. Of the pre-intensive survey respondents, 51.7% (106/205) indicated that they had a limited understanding of what a career in radiology entails. Of those who completed the entire RadSIG Intensive, average 5-point Likert scale scores for understanding of a radiology career rose from 3.30 to 4.38 respectively pre- to post-completion. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed that this difference was statistically significant (Z=-5.95, p<0.001), and that the RadSIG Intensive significantly improved perceptions of radiologists across every single question measured, except for perception of long hours worked (Z=-0.20, p=0.841). The results also showed increased student comfort in reaching out to radiology attendings (Z=-4.30, p<0.001) and residents (Z=-5.12, p<0.001). Faculty survey results indicated positive perceptions of the series.
Our results show that the RadSIG Intensive was effective in increasing students' understanding of radiology as a field and a potential career. Online outreach can also lower the resistance and improve student comfort in reaching out for mentorship, which may provide a new pathway to reach underserved students with a unifying message. By furthering a platform based on voluntary and supplemental resources, we see a far greater potential of impacting the perception and known role of the imager in patient care among our next generation of physicians.
许多医学院仅提供少量放射学课程，导致学生对该领域的了解不足，对放射科医生的看法也较为负面。本研究旨在探讨由新型虚拟放射学兴趣小组推出的放射学强化系列课程的效果。具体而言，我们对放射科医生和医学教育者如何扩大学生的普遍认知、激发学生对该领域的更大兴趣以及在所有受训者中实现更统一的全国性信息传递感兴趣。
我们成立了一个名为“放射学学生兴趣小组”（RadSIG）的全国/国际兴趣小组，并试行 RadSIG 强化课程，这是一系列旨在提高医学生对放射学的认识并消除误解的五项活动。使用有效的强化前和强化后调查来分别确定学生的基线和改变后的观点。还分发了一份单独的教师调查，以了解他们如何看待我们的活动。对收集的数据进行了统计分析，以确定趋势并评估我们的方案的实用性。
205 名学生完成了强化前调查，61 名学生完成了强化后调查。在强化前调查的受访者中，51.7%（106/205）表示他们对放射科职业的具体内容了解有限。在完成整个 RadSIG 强化课程的学生中，平均五分制理解放射科职业的分数从强化前的 3.30 上升到强化后的 4.38。Wilcoxon 符号秩检验显示，这种差异具有统计学意义（Z=-5.95，p<0.001），并且 RadSIG 强化课程显著提高了对放射科医生的每一个问题的看法，除了对工作时间的看法（Z=-0.20，p=0.841）。结果还显示，学生与放射科主治医生（Z=-4.30，p<0.001）和住院医师（Z=-5.12，p<0.001）联系的意愿增强。教师调查结果表明对该系列活动的看法积极。
我们的结果表明，RadSIG 强化课程在提高学生对放射学领域和潜在职业的理解方面是有效的。在线推广还可以降低学生的抵触情绪，并提高学生与导师联系的意愿，这可能为与服务不足的学生建立联系并传递统一信息提供新途径。通过进一步利用基于自愿和补充资源的平台，我们认为在下一代医生中增强影像科医生在患者护理中的感知和已知作用具有更大的潜力。
