title: Radiology-Pathology Conference: Reviving the Art of Oral Case Presentation in Residency.
abstract: To improve resident oral case communication and preparatory skills by providing residents an opportunity to prepare for and conduct a new interdisciplinary Radiology-Pathology (Rad-Path) conference series.
  
  
  
  To assess whether conference goals were being achieved, we surveyed trainees and attendings in the radiology and pathology departments. Percentages were examined for each variable. Mann-Whitney U test for ordinal variable significance was applied to determine statistical significance between radiology trainee and attending survey responses.
  
  
  
  Most surveyed radiology trainees (57.1%) strongly agreed or agreed with: "I wish I felt more comfortable with oral presentations." Sixty-five percent of radiology attendings (34 of 52) either agreed or strongly agreed that the residents should be more comfortable with oral case presentations. Of resident Rad-Path conference presenters, 69% (9 of 13) either agreed or strongly agreed that the conference improved their confidence and/or ability to present case information orally. Of responders who attended at least one Rad-Path conference in person, 83% of residents (19/23) and 61% (17/28) of attendings agreed or strongly agreed that the conference improved their ability to formulate a differential diagnosis. Using the Mann-Whitney U test, no significant difference was found between radiology trainees and attendings' responses.
  
  
  
  Our Rad-Path correlation conference was specifically designed and structured to provide residents with focused experience in formal oral case preparation and presentation. We consider our conference a success, with 69% of resident presenters reporting that the Rad-Path conference improved their confidence and/or ability to present case information orally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467. Electronic address: ssotardi@partners.org.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sotardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467.
authors.forename: Meir H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Scheinfeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467.
authors.forename: Judah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467.
authors.forename: Mordecai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koenigsberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Jose G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mantilla
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467.
authors.forename: Shlomit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldberg-Stein
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Resident education; radiology-pathology conference; value-added