Conquering Educational Mountains: Maintaining a Radiology Clinical Education Track

Ryan B Peterson; Smyrna Tuburan; Christopher Ho; Omer Awan; Dexter P Mendoza; Mark E Mullins

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.002

Conquering Educational Mountains: Maintaining a Radiology Clinical Education Track

J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Mar;20(3):364-368. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.002.

Authors

Ryan B Peterson¹, Smyrna Tuburan², Christopher Ho³, Omer Awan⁴, Dexter P Mendoza⁵, Mark E Mullins⁶

Affiliations

¹ Associate Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Associate Program Director, Transitional Year Internship, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: ryan.peterson@emory.edu.
² Associate Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/chrisho_md.
⁴ Associate Vice Chair of Education, Associate Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AwanRad.
⁵ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/DexterMendozaMD.
⁶ Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/markemullins.

PMID: 36922111
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.002

Abstract

Establishing a clinical education track as part of a radiology residency is essential in shaping future radiology educators. Many obstacles will be encountered while starting, maintaining, and improving these educational pathways. Hurdles may include recruiting suitable residents for the track, recruiting and supporting faculty advisors, sustaining long-term resident engagement, counteracting educational exclusivity, and providing adequate time and financial support. Although every program and institution may face individualized "mountains" to overcome, they are not insurmountable. The goal of this review is to address different conflicts we have encountered while maintaining the clinical education tract at our institution and to provide tips for overcoming them.

Keywords: Clinical education track; education; radiology residency tracks.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate
Educational Status
Internship and Residency*
Radiology* / education