RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The authors attempted to define the value of good medical student teaching to the profession of radiology by examining the effect of radiology course improvements on the number of 4th-year students applying to radiology residencies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Course evaluation and residency application data were obtained from six consecutive classes of 4th-year medical students at the study institution, and these data were compared with national data. RESULTS: Between 1995 and 2000, the number of 4th-year U.S. medical students applying to radiology increased 1.6 times. At the study institution, that number increased 4.5 times, a statistically significant difference (P = .020, chi2 test). Student survey data indicate that this increase reflects a general increase in the quality of radiology teaching in the study institution and specific changes in a required 2nd-year medical school course. CONCLUSION: These results strongly suggest that good medical student teaching pays important dividends, not only to the departments that provide it but also to the profession of radiology as a whole. Exposing students to good radiology teaching early in their medical school careers is especially important. Radiology departments that provide outstanding medical student education should be studied to help develop a model of educational best practices.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The authors attempted to define the value of good medical student teaching to the profession of radiology by examining the effect of radiology course improvements on the number of 4th-year students applying to radiology residencies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Course evaluation and residency application data were obtained from six consecutive classes of 4th-year medical students at the study institution, and these data were compared with national data. RESULTS: Between 1995 and 2000, the number of 4th-year U.S. medical students applying to radiology increased 1.6 times. At the study institution, that number increased 4.5 times, a statistically significant difference (P = .020, chi2 test). Student survey data indicate that this increase reflects a general increase in the quality of radiology teaching in the study institution and specific changes in a required 2nd-year medical school course. CONCLUSION: These results strongly suggest that good medical student teaching pays important dividends, not only to the departments that provide it but also to the profession of radiology as a whole. Exposing students to good radiology teaching early in their medical school careers is especially important. Radiology departments that provide outstanding medical student education should be studied to help develop a model of educational best practices.
Authors: Leen Abu Serhan; Muhammad Junaid Tahir; Sara Irshaidat; Hashem Abu Serhan; Irfan Ullah; Hassan Mumtaz; Zohaib Yousaf; Osamah Alwalid Journal: Ann Med Surg (Lond) Date: 2022-07-31