After their proposal for a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine was shot down earlier this year, cardiology groups have asked the AMA for some support. "We feel like it's time for us to blaze our own path," one specialist explained.
American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD, explains some of the key issues facing physicians, including burnout, growing medical staffing shortages, doctors leaving rural areas, increasing patients and declining Medicare payments.
Some residents recently indicated that virtual learning environments led them to having little-to-no procedural training at all in certain subspecialties.
The Society of Radiographers recently indicated that many students had approached them about discriminatory practices occurring during their clinical training.
The majority of radiology trainees have expressed interest in furthering their knowledge of artificial intelligence applications in the field, yet few are offered the opportunity to do so during the course of their education, according to new survey data.
Out of 10 mock exams, the AI candidate passed two, achieving an overall accuracy of 79.5%, suggesting that the candidate is not quite “ready to graduate.”
The applications for VR/AR devices are wide-ranging, and could be particularly beneficial in underserved areas where patients have less access to care and clinicians have fewer opportunities to train.
One of the study's most significant findings was that patients managed using the advanced AI software saw LDL cholesterol drops of 18.7 mg/dL, with a 15% reduction in their risk of a cardiac event. Even patients with no calcified plaque saw significant changes in care management.
