Medical student radiology education: summary and recommendations from a national survey of medical school and radiology department leadership.
The ACR Task Force on Medical Student Education in Radiology, in partnership with the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology, investigated the current status of how and to what extent medical imaging was being taught in medical schools. The task force executed a 3-part survey of medical school deans, radiology department chairs, and intern physicians. The results provided an updated understanding of the status of radiology education in medical schools in the United States. This summary includes recommendations about how individual radiology departments and ACR members can assist in advancing the specialty of diagnostic radiology through medical student education.
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Christopher M
CM
Straus
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Emily M
EM
Webb
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Kimi L
KL
Kondo
Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Programs, Palo Alto, California.
Andrew W
AW
Phillips
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
David M
DM
Naeger
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Caroline W
CW
Carrico
Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William
W
Herring
Department of Radiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Janet A
JA
Neutze
American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia. Electronic address: bhaines@acr.org.
G Rebecca
GR
Haines
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Gerald D
GD
Dodd
D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
Radiology education; appropriateness criteria; medical imaging education; medical student; radiology clerkship