Education & Training

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Medical students want more competency-based learning opportunities in imaging

New survey results detail students’ support for changing up the educational formats available to them.

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Perplexity scores improve identification of fraudulent AI writings

Though numerous web-based tools have been created to flag published works that appear suspicious for AI authorship, the performances of these tools has been inconsistent thus far. 

COVID restrictions left many rad tech students 'very unprepared' for workforce

New survey data indicate that addressing the effect of technologists’ missed opportunities during their training may be a yearslong effort.

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Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?

New survey results delve deeper into what students are seeing in their future careers as physicians and how diagnostic imaging fits into the picture. 

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Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents

The findings are concerning, especially considering the amount of orthopedic cases residents are involved in during call shifts, researchers caution.

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'Desktop' MRI brings physics education to the classroom

The tabletop scanner provides students with more hands-on opportunities to learn about the processes that drive the modality’s imaging capabilities.  

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Rad tech student enrollment up more than 10% in 2024

The new data mark a positive change amid years of healthcare staffing woes amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Residents' structured reports get boost from software assistance

Structured reporting templates are known to have numerous clinical benefits, but less is known about how these reports can be utilized as training tools for residents.

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After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.

GE HealthCare said the price of iodine contrast increased by more than 200% between 2017 to 2023. Will new Chinese tariffs drive costs even higher?

These risks appear to be present regardless of a person's age or health at the time of infection.