Crewson P E, Sunshine J H, Schepps B
Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Oct;171(4):919-22. doi: 10.2214/ajr.171.4.9762968.
In light of concerns about the job market, the American College of Radiology studied the employment situation of 1997 graduates from diagnostic radiology training programs and the status and plans of these programs.
In an April-May 1997 survey and in a December 1997 follow-up, the American College of Radiology asked a 50% random sample of diagnostic radiology residency directors about their programs and about the employment situation of their 1997 residency and fellowship graduates. Of those surveyed, 89% responded. We compared these findings with those from a similar 1996 survey. The test of statistical significance was p < or = .05.
All diagnostic residency and fellowship graduates who wanted to work were employed within 6 months after graduation. Approximately 95% of graduates had positions that directors believed to reasonably match their training and personal employment goals. Outcomes were similar across all fellowship fields except nuclear medicine, a field in which graduates had greater difficulty finding jobs. The completed plus planned changes in program size will lead to a 13-14% reduction in the annual number of graduates. As in previous years, by late April to mid May 1997, 93% of beginning-year residency slots were filled. However, the percentage of beginning residents who are international medical graduates increased. In 1997, residency program directors were more optimistic about graduates' job prospects than in 1996, and there was a statistically significant increase from 1996 in the proportion of fellowship graduates, according to directors, who had found jobs that fit their goals and training.
Unemployment continues to be low. The 1997 job market has improved over the 1996 job market, but job prospects in nuclear medicine continue to be more problematic than in other subspecialties.
鉴于对就业市场的担忧，美国放射学会研究了诊断放射学培训项目1997年毕业生的就业情况以及这些项目的现状和计划。
在1997年4月至5月的一项调查以及1997年12月的一次随访中，美国放射学会向50%的诊断放射学住院医师培训项目主任随机抽样询问了他们的项目情况以及1997年住院医师和专科培训毕业生的就业情况。在接受调查的人中，89%做出了回应。我们将这些结果与1996年类似调查的结果进行了比较。统计学显著性检验的p值≤0.05。
所有想要工作的诊断住院医师和专科培训毕业生在毕业后6个月内都找到了工作。约95%的毕业生所获得的职位，主任们认为与他们的培训及个人就业目标合理匹配。除核医学外，所有专科培训领域的结果都相似，在核医学领域毕业生找工作更困难。已完成的以及计划中的项目规模变化将导致毕业生年度数量减少13% - 14%。与前几年一样，到1997年4月下旬至5月中旬，93%的起始年住院医师职位已被填补。然而，国际医学毕业生在起始年住院医师中所占的比例有所增加。1997年，住院医师培训项目主任对毕业生就业前景比1996年更为乐观，并且据主任们称，专科培训毕业生找到符合其目标和培训的工作的比例较1996年有统计学显著性增加。
失业率持续处于低水平。1997年的就业市场比1996年有所改善，但核医学的就业前景仍比其他亚专业更成问题。
