University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, HSEB C536, 475 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (E.N., E.v., K.L., C.I., L.S.-P.).
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, HSEB C536, 475 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (E.N., E.v., K.L., C.I., L.S.-P.); Departments of Radiology & Student Affairs, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ (M.M., E.v., L.S.-P.).
Acad Radiol. 2024 Feb;31(2):736-744. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.09.025. Epub 2023 Oct 16.
Radiology is an increasingly competitive specialty. Various current factors influence medical students' decision to pursue a radiology career, including artificial intelligence (AI), remote reading, and COVID-19. This study seeks to determine the decision-making factors of all alumni from our medical school who matched into a radiology residency, and to gather opinions on emerging radiology topics.
A survey querying decision-making factors and opinions on current radiology topics was distributed to all alumni from our medical school (first graduating class in 2011) who previously matched into a diagnostic or interventional radiology residency program (n = 57). Wilcoxon Rank-Sum and Fisher's Exact tests were used to determine statistical significance.
Forty-three of fifty-seven responses were received (75% response rate). The most influential factor that sparked respondents' interest in radiology was a radiology elective (25/43, 58%). Students who will finish radiology training in 2023 or later were more likely to be influenced by a mentor (15/23, 65%) than those who finished radiology training before 2023 (5/20, 25%) (p = 0.04). Respondents reported a 1.6/5 concern about AI negatively impacting their future career in radiology. There was 1.7/5 concern about performing radiology procedures on patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents predicted that remote reading would have a 3.2/5 positive impact on helping them achieve their preferred lifestyle. Job satisfaction among attending radiologists is rated at 4.3/5.
Radiology electives had the greatest influence in piquing students' interest in radiology, while mentorship is assuming increasing influence. AI is perceived as a relatively minimal threat to negatively impact radiologists' jobs. Respondents had little concern about performing radiology procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote reading is viewed as having a moderately positive impact on lifestyle. Responding radiologists enjoy notably high job satisfaction.
放射科是一个竞争日益激烈的专业。各种当前因素影响医学生选择放射科职业，包括人工智能（AI）、远程阅读和 COVID-19。本研究旨在确定我们医学院所有进入放射科住院医师实习的校友的决策因素，并收集对新兴放射学主题的意见。
向我们医学院（2011 年第一届毕业生）所有以前匹配到诊断或介入放射科住院医师实习项目的校友（n=57）分发了一份调查询问决策因素和对当前放射学主题的意见的查询。使用 Wilcoxon 秩和检验和 Fisher 精确检验确定统计学意义。
收到了 57 份中的 43 份（75%的回复率）。激发受访者对放射学兴趣的最具影响力的因素是放射科选修课程（25/43，58%）。2023 年或之后完成放射科培训的学生比 2023 年之前完成放射科培训的学生（15/23，65%比 5/20，25%）更有可能受到导师的影响（p=0.04）。受访者报告对 AI 对他们未来放射科职业产生负面影响的担忧程度为 1.6/5。有 1.7/5 的人担心在 COVID-19 大流行期间对患者进行放射科操作。受访者预测远程阅读将对帮助他们实现理想的生活方式产生 3.2/5 的积极影响。放射科医生的工作满意度评分为 4.3/5。
放射科选修课程对激发学生对放射科的兴趣影响最大，而导师的作用越来越大。AI 被认为是对放射科医生工作产生负面影响的相对较小的威胁。受访者对在 COVID-19 大流行期间进行放射科操作的担忧较小。远程阅读被视为对生活方式有适度的积极影响。有回应的放射科医生的工作满意度非常高。
