The Challenge With Clinical Radiology Electives: Student and Faculty Perspectives Identify Areas for Improvement.

Purpose: To determine medical students' and radiologists' attitude toward radiology electives at a distributed medical school and identify specific areas for improvement.

Methods: During a single academic year, both students and faculty preceptors were surveyed anonymously following a senior radiology elective. The survey was based on an established theoretical framework for studying the educational environment which takes into account domains: (1) goal orientation, (2) organization/regulation, and (3) relationships.