Automating radiologist workflow, part 3: education and training.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2008
Abstract
The current model for radiologist education consists largely of mentorship during residency, followed by peer-to-peer training thereafter. The traditional focus of this radiologist education has historically been restricted to anatomy, pathology, and imaging modality. This "human" mentoring model becomes a limiting factor in the current practice environment because of rapid and dramatic changes in imaging and information technologies, along with the increased time demands placed on practicing radiologists. One novel way to address these burgeoning education and training challenges is to leverage technology, with the creation of user-specific and context-specific automated workflow templates. These automated templates would provide a low-stress, time-efficient, and easy-to-use equivalent of "computerized" mentoring. A radiologist could identify the workflow template of interest on the basis of the specific computer application, pathology, anatomy, or modality of interest. While the corresponding workflow template is activated, the radiologist "student" could effectively start and stop at areas of interest and use the functionality of an electronic wizard to identify additional educational resource of interest. An additional training feature of the technology is the ability to review "proven" cases for the purposes of establishing competence and credentialing.
Volume
5
Issue
12
First Page
1191
Last Page
1195
ISSN
1558-349X
Published In/Presented At
Reiner B. (2008). Automating radiologist workflow, part 3: education and training. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 5(12), 1191–1195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2008.05.013
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
19027682
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article