APDR Healthcare Disparities Curriculum Pilot: Helping Trainees Meet More Than a Milestone.

Rationale And Objectives: In order to help program directors satisfy the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education common program requirement for health care disparities (HCD) education, a comprehensive web-based curriculum on HCDs in Radiology was developed. The curriculum was designed to educate trainees about existing HCDs, stimulate discussion, and spur research about HCDs in radiology. The curriculum was piloted to assess its educational value and feasibility.

Generation Z and the Radiology Workforce: Ready or Not, Here I Come.

In 2023, the radiology community will experience the beginning of a generational change by matching its first class of Generation Z residents. To best welcome and embrace the changing face of the radiology workforce, this Viewpoint highlights the values that this next generation will bring, how radiologists can improve the way they teach the next generation, and the positive impact that Generation Z will have on the specialty and the way radiologists care for patients.

Equity, diversity & inclusion in academic radiology: An elusive dream.

Background: Disparities in sex and race/ethnicity continue to persist in the academic radiology. This study addresses the sex/racial underrepresentation and evolution in the academic radiology.

Purpose: To evaluate academic radiology temporal trends disparities by analyzing sex and race/ethnicity diversity in academic degree and tenure status.

Health Care Disparities in Radiology-A Review of the Current Literature.

Introduction: Health care disparities exist in all medical specialties, including radiology. Raising awareness of established health care disparities is a critical component of radiology's efforts to mitigate disparities. Our primary objective is to perform a comprehensive review of the last 10 years of literature pertaining to disparities in radiology care.

Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Recruitment and Hiring.

Unconscious biases in recruitment and hiring can limit the potential for building a diverse academic and private radiology practice. In the private practice environment of radiology, especially in smaller firms, in which a dysfunctional team can lead to a dysfunctional practice overall, it is especially essential to find the best candidates for the team. Many strategies for mitigating these biases can be employed strategically at multiple levels of the hiring process.

Radiology Residency Preparedness and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This article provides a guideline for radiology residency programs to prepare and respond to the impact of coronavirus disease 2019, by offering specific examples from three programs, and provides a list of resources for distance learning and maintaining well-being.

Moderately elevated intracranial pressure produces greater cross-filling of the anterior communicating artery.

This study aimed to investigate whether moderately elevated intracranial pressure is associated with greater cross-filling of the anterior communicating artery on diagnostic cerebral angiography. A retrospective study of 12 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage was performed. Data on sequential cerebral angiograms and clinical data were used to indirectly estimate intracranial pressure (ICP).

Efficacy of a checklist-style structured radiology reporting template in reducing resident misses on cervical spine computed tomography examinations.

The increasing use of medical checklists to promote patient safety raises the question of their utility in diagnostic radiology. This study evaluates the efficacy of a checklist-style reporting template in reducing resident misses on cervical spine CT examinations. A checklist-style reporting template for cervical spine CTs was created at our institution and mandated for resident preliminary reports.

Technical compliance to standard guidelines for lumbar puncture and myelography: survey of academic neuroradiology attendings and fellows.

Rationale And Objectives: To assess technical compliance among neuroradiology attendings and fellows to standard guidelines for lumbar puncture and myelography to minimize procedural complications such as iatrogenic meningitis and spinal headache.

Materials And Methods: We surveyed academic neuroradiology attendings and fellows in the e-mail directory of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. We queried use of face masks, use of noncutting needles, and dural puncture practices.

Introducing radiology report checklists among residents: adherence rates when suggesting versus requiring their use and early experience in improving accuracy.

Rationale And Objectives: To retrospectively compare resident adherence to checklist-style structured reporting for maxillofacial computed tomography (CT) from the emergency department (when required vs. suggested between two programs). To compare radiology resident reporting accuracy before and after introduction of the structured report and assess its ability to decrease the rate of undetected pathology.

Megaconference: a radical approach to radiology resident education with full-day weekly conferences.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the value and educational experience of instituting a weekly full-day educational conference format for radiology residents.

Methods: Two independent diagnostic radiology residency programs in a single urban health care network instituted a new teaching model in which residents from both programs participated in a weekly joint conference day. This format replaced independently held, but frequently teleconferenced, 1-hour daily conferences at both programs.