Is it possible to eliminate patient identification errors in medical imaging?

Purpose: The aim of this article is to review a system that validates and documents the process of ensuring the correct patient, correct site and side, and correct procedure (commonly referred to as the 3 C's) within medical imaging.

Methods: A 4-step patient identification and procedure matching process was developed using health care and aviation models. The process was established in medical imaging departments after a successful interventional radiology pilot program.

Radiology curriculum topics for medical students: students' perspectives.

Rationale And Objective: We sought to establish medical students' perspectives of a set of curriculum topics for radiology teaching.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter study was conducted in New Zealand. A modified Delphi method was adopted.

Medical student radiology training: what are the objectives for contemporary medical practice?

Rationale And Objectives: The authors attempt to provide a set of objectives for medical student training in radiology for contemporary medical practice.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire containing a list of educational objectives was sent to 32 radiologists in charge of medical student training in radiology at accredited residency programs in Australia and New Zealand. The importance of including each preselected objective in the curriculum was measured by respondents' agreement or disagreement on a scale of 1-6.