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Towards Consensus: Training in Procedural Skills for Diagnostic Radiology Residents-Current Opinions of Residents and Faculty at a Large Academic Center
- Source :
- Current problems in diagnostic radiology. 47(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Rationale and Objectives The Diagnostic Radiology Milestones Project provides a framework for measuring resident competence in radiologic procedures, but there are limited data available to assist in developing these guidelines. We performed a survey of current radiology residents and faculty at our institution as a first step toward obtaining data for this purpose. The survey addressed attitudes toward procedural standardization and procedures that trainees should be competent by the end of residency. Materials and Methods Current residents and faculty members were surveyed about whether or not there should be standardization of procedural training, in which procedures residents should achieve competency, and the number of times a procedure needs to be performed to achieve competency. Results Survey data were received from 60 study participants with an overall response rate of 32%. Sixty-five percent of respondents thought that procedural training should be standardized. Standardization of procedural training would include both the list of procedures that trainees should be competent in at the end of residency and the standard minimum number of procedures to achieve competency. Procedures that both residents and faculty agreed are important in which to achieve competency included central line/port procedures; CT-guided abdominal, thoracic, and musculoskeletal procedures; minor fluoroscopic-guided procedures; general fluoroscopy; peripheral line placements; and US-guided abdominal procedures. For most of these categories, most respondents believed that these procedures needed to be performed 6-20 times to achieve competency. Conclusion Both resident and faculty respondents agreed that procedural training should be standardized during residency, and competence in specific procedures should be achieved at the completion of residency. Although this study is limited to a single institution, our data may provide assistance in developing future guidelines for standardizing image-guided procedure training. Future studies could be expanded to create a national consensus regarding the implementation of the Diagnostic Radiology Milestones Project.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Future studies
Consensus
Procedural training
Standardization
Attitude of Health Personnel
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Procedural skill
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Single institution
Competence (human resources)
Medical education
Procedure training
business.industry
Internship and Residency
United States
Education, Medical, Graduate
Survey data collection
Radiology
Clinical Competence
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15356302
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current problems in diagnostic radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cd7546b0dba9c983e46dd5724c6157b1