title: "What Program Directors Think" II: Results of the 2013 and 2014 Annual Surveys of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Association of Program Directors in Radiology (APDR) surveys residents' educational experiences, work responsibilities, and benefits to support radiology residency programs and their directors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an observational cross-sectional study using three Web-based surveys posed to the APDR membership in the spring of 2013 (March 7-29, 2013; 44 items), the fall of 2013 (October 24 to November 15, 2013; 36 items), and the spring of 2014 (March 3-21, 2014; 49 items) on the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Core examination, organization of Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs), fellowship match, and interventional radiology (IR)-diagnostic radiology (DR) training programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Responses were collected electronically, results were tallied using SurveyMonkey software, and qualitative responses were tabulated or summarized as comments. Findings were reported during the 60th and 61st annual meetings of the Association of University Radiologists, respectively. The maximal response rate was 35% in the spring 2013, 39% in the fall 2013, and 39% in the spring 2014.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the ABR Core examination, radiology educators increasingly included multiple choice questions in teaching conferences. "Boards frenzy" was alive and well. The number of programs with a CCC was growing, chaired primarily by the Program Director (PD), with the most commonly used tool being the rotation evaluation. In view of "fellowship frenzy" in the third year of residency, only a minority of PDs were against a fellowship match in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The majority of respondents replied that the new IR/DR pathway would negatively affect the DR residency.
authors: Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W168 Street, New York, NY 10032. Electronic address: ar250@columbia.edu.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Rozenshtein
authors: Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Mark E
authors: ME
authors: Mullins
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Lori A
authors: LA
authors: Deitte
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas.
authors: Linda A
authors: LA
authors: Deloney
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Tan Lucien H
authors: TL
authors: Mohammed
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors: Joy S
authors: JS
authors: Sclamberg
authors: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Robbin
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload
keywords: Survey; accreditation; radiology; residency