The importance of self-assessment in radiology has already been shown in several publications [1,2] and it has been described that web resources improve radiological reporting skills [3]. Radiotorax.es is a free an open access internet platform created to train users’ skill in chest radiographs interpretation [4]. Users must report a series of 20 cases and then self-assess by comparing their reports with those issued by an expert radiologist. Each time a series of cases is made, the program generates a PDF file with all the...

Radiotorax.es Radiotorax.es is a Web-based platform created to train the interpretation of chest radiographs. Users must first register and login. They have two series of three cases to train and become familiar with the online procedure. The training consists of reporting series of 20 cases and self-assess their reports against those of an experienced radiologist. The user must evaluate in each case the following aspects: Whether he wrote the report correctly (Yes/No) Whether he described all the findings (Yes/No) Whether he described a specific requested...

Between 2012 and 2016, 3737 PDFs of the 1264 students enrolled were collected. The four self-assessments were carried out by 757 students out of 1264 (59.88%), with a mean of 46 ± 12.6 minutes per series. The students increased their successive report scores (from 1 to 10) with 3.8 ± 0.5 in February, 4.68 ± 1.2 in March, 5.20 ± 1.2 and 5.6 ± 1.2 in May. This monthly increase was reproduced each year. There were also significant increases in the correct performance of the...

Radiotorax.es is a practical training tool that can be used to monitor progress in learning in a tutored or supervised way. Improvement in self-assessment have been observed in this study throughout the four-month course, and the results were reproduced significantly during five consecutive courses. Skills in chest radiography interpretation increase with practice, both in the ability to find findings and in the relationship with the diagnosis. This is reflected in our study seen the improvement in the results month by month, which is also perceived...

Laboratory of digital Radiology and Electronic Education. Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Malaga. Bulevar Luis Pasteur, 32. 29071 Malaga, Spain. Maria Cristina Teruel-Garrido. MD. [email protected] Rocio Lorenzo-Alvarez. MD. [email protected] Francisco Sendra-Portero. MD. PhD. [email protected]

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