Recruitment of medical students to Interventional Radiology: Are we doing enough?

Congress:

ECR 2020

Poster Number:

C-10345

Type:

Educational Exhibit

Keywords:

Not applicable, Workforce, Education and training, Education, CT-Angiography, Interventional vascular, Interventional non-vascular, Interventional Radiology

Authors:

L. Matthews¹, A. Pervez¹, Y. Xu¹, V. Gkiousias¹, M. Persad ¹, G. Makris²; ¹London/UK, ²Oxford/UK

DOI:

10.26044/ecr2020/C-10345

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/ecr2020/C-10345

Fig. 1: Current training pathway for interventional radiology in the UK

Fig. 2: Current stage of medical training of survey respondents (n=66)

Fig. 3: Map to show the 24 medical schools across the UK where respondents are...

Fig. 4: Objective measure of exposure to IR at medical school in the UK based on the...

Learning objectives

We conducted a survey using a self-selected cohort of medical students and junior doctors who attended our National Interventional Radiology Symposium 2019: To assess the level of exposure to interventional radiology (IR) at medical schools across the UK To determine if medical students receive sufficient information and experience to pursue a career in IR

Background

Interventional Radiology is a sub-specialty of radiology, using minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and manage diseases. Structure of IR Training In the UK it takes a minimum of 13 years training to qualify as an interventional radiologist. This is divided into four stages - Medical Degree (5 years), Foundation Programme (2 years), clinical radiology general training (3 years) and interventional radiology sub-specialty training (3 years) Fig. 1 . Medical schools are expected to train medical students to become doctors who meet the professional values and...

Findings and procedure details

Survey Cohort Demographics We conducted an anonymised survey of the 71 attendees at the National Interventional Radiology Symposium 2019, a day conference designed for medical students and junior doctors interested in IR. This is a self-selected cohort who had chosen to attend our event and are therefore presumed to be a highly motivated group interested in IR. The survey considered objective measures of exposure to IR and careers advice during medical school as well as subjective opinions of delegates regarding the adequacy of IR teaching...

Conclusion

Our survey of a self-motivated cohort of IR-event attendees offered a snapshot into the current levels of IR exposure and interest of medical students and junior doctors across the UK. Low exposure to IR at medical school, both objectively and subjectively, is negatively impacting students’ awareness, interest and available career advice in IR. Hence there is a critical need to increase its presence in the undergraduate curriculum as has been proposed by the BSIR in their IR Undergraduate Curriculum [13]. There is also demand for...

Personal information and conflict of interest

Dr Lauren Matthews Email: [email protected]

References

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