Journal article
US Trainee and Faculty Perspectives on Exposure to Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging During Medical School
Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.50(5), pp.585-591
09/01/2021
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.05.013
PMID: 32653243
Abstract
Purpose: (1) To identify key factors, especially during medical school, driving trainees to pursue nuclear medicine/molecular imaging (NM/MI) as a career. (2) To understand the current state of medical student exposure to NM/MI.
Methods: We disseminated 2 surveys by email. The first surveyed NM/MI trainees about motivations for choosing the specialty. The second survey was sent to US medical school faculty responsible for student education and NM/MI residency program directors to gauge the current state of NM/MI didactics at their institution.
Results: Seventy-eight trainees and 44 faculty responded. Most trainees reported becoming first interested in NM/MI after medical school (80%, 56/70). Trainees reported little NM/MI exposure during medical school (65%, 49/75), despite faculty reporting that they provide NM/MI didactics (76%, 32/42, P = 0.005). Imaging clerkships, research, and mentorship experiences were important influences for trainee's specialty choice. Most respondents thought that NM/MI should be pursued in conjunction with Diagnostic Radiology training (trainees 67%, 45/69; faculty 80%, 32/40).
Conclusion: Survey results highlight the need to improve medical student engagement in NM/MI. It also identified factors that motivate current NM/MI trainees to enter the field and highlight a potential opportunity to increase medical student exposure to NM/MI. Targets for curricular and extra-curricular development that may increase effective NM/MI exposure during medical school were identified to guide future outreach efforts. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- US Trainee and Faculty Perspectives on Exposure to Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging During Medical School
- Creators
- Thomas S. C. Ng - Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Radiol, Joint Program Nucl Med, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 USABrian P. An - University of IowaSteve Y. Cho - University of Wisconsin–MadisonHyewon Hyun - Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.50(5), pp.585-591
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.05.013
- PMID
- 32653243
- ISSN
- 0363-0188
- eISSN
- 1535-6302
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers UL 1TR002541 / Harvard Catalyst \ The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health Award)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984305975902771
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