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Keywords:
Workforce, Education and training, Health policy and practice, Education, Audit and standards, RIS, PACS, Professional issues, Management
Authors:
F. Pathiraja1, D. Little2, G. B. Collins3, H. Lewis-Jones4; 1London/UK, 2Bristol/UK, 3Cambridge, Ca/UK, 4Liverpool/UK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2014/C-1580
Conclusion
Radiologists who are visible to students are most likely to become the radiology role models that students identify with.
They are the shop window into radiology and the quality of their teaching may attract future generations of students into the specialty.
The vertical integration of radiology and anatomy into medical school curricula has begun and radiologists are increasingly involved in teaching radiological anatomy to first year undergraduates.
Radiology residents are involved in teaching undergraduates both in an ad hoc manner and via formal roles as clinical teaching fellows or academic clinical fellows.
Fig. 7: Key words in developing the RCR undergraduate radiology work.
References: Fiona Pathiraja
The RCR are keen to support undergraduate radiology and have convened a steering group to develop work on undergraduate radiology.
The steering group have identified funds to support undergraduate bursaries,
are developing a radiology electives database and collating a data repository to support undergraduates and radiologists in teaching roles.
The dissemination of the RCR undergraduate curriculum can be facilitated through the RCR-affiliated network of representatives within UK medical schools.
This network allows informal and formal networking of peers,
discussion and debate around undergraduate radiology and sharing of best practice.
The RCR steering group and wider RCR network of undergraduate radiology representatives are working together to raise the profile of undergraduate radiology in the UK.