title: Leadership training for radiologists: a survey of opportunities and participants in MBA and MPH programs by medical students, residents, and current chairpersons.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine opportunities for students and trainees to obtain an MPH or MBA degree during either medical school or radiology residency and to determine the prevalence of such degree possession by chairpersons in radiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  All allopathic medical schools in the United States were surveyed to chart the number of MD/MPH and MD/MBA degree programs available to students. Program directors were contacted to assess the number of MPH or MBA courses of study administratively related to their residencies. Also, an e-mail survey was sent to all members of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments inquiring whether each chairperson had earned an additional degree.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Currently, 81 allopathic medical schools in the United States offer MD/MPH degrees, and 52 offer MD/MBA degrees. Six residencies provide access to MPH programs, and 3 residencies provide the opportunity to pursue an MBA in conjunction with residency. Of these, only 1 MPH program and no MBA programs had trainees enrolled at present. Twenty-six percent of the chairpersons surveyed possessed advanced degrees other than MDs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There has been rapid growth in the number of MD/MPH and MD/MBA programs available to medical students. However, there is a scarcity of similar programs accessible to trainees during or just after residency training. To assist motivated radiologists interested in leading our profession, opportunities should expand both in formal degree-granting programs and through certificate-sanctioned course series to address relevant issues of leadership and management pertinent to our specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. bakersr@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Naznin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Daginawala
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007857:Leadership; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States