Andronikou Savvas, Elsingergy Mohamed M, Hailu Tigist, Mekete Yadel, Wieczkowski Sydney, Otero Hansel J, Darge Kassa
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Pediatr Radiol. 2024 Mar;54(3):407-412. doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05630-9. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
There is a severe shortage of pediatric radiologists in the USA and across the globe due to multiple factors. These severe shortages, along with increased clinical demand, growing research costs and limited funding sources place pediatric radiologists, particularly those in academic departments, under increasing time pressure, affecting their ability to maintain research productivity. In this paper, we model a new concept that should help boost the research efforts within the pediatric radiology community, while diversifying the academic workforce through the involvement of international medical graduates (IMGs). We describe the mutual advantages this concept could have on academic pediatric radiology departments and IMGs alike, as well as pose some of the unique challenges that could impact this concept and effective strategies to ensure success.
由于多种因素，美国乃至全球都严重缺乏儿科放射科医生。这些严重短缺，再加上临床需求增加、研究成本不断上升以及资金来源有限，给儿科放射科医生，尤其是学术部门的医生带来了越来越大的时间压力，影响了他们保持研究效率的能力。在本文中，我们提出了一个新概念，该概念应有助于推动儿科放射学界的研究工作，同时通过国际医学毕业生（IMGs）的参与使学术劳动力多样化。我们描述了这一概念对学术儿科放射科和国际医学毕业生可能带来的共同优势，以及可能影响这一概念的一些独特挑战和确保成功的有效策略。
