Benefits of an Informal Curriculum: Recruiting Medical Students Into Interventional Radiology

King, E.L.; Chadwick, Nicholson S.; Lee, Andrew; Keefe, N.; Nayyar, Rahul; Vatakencherry, Geogy

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2014.07.027

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Section: Bridging the Diversity Gapmentioning

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“…Institutional student-run interest groups often serve as a platform to organize hands-on device workshops where students can have a low-stress environment to explore the tools they will observe on their IR rotations. 69 A critical opportunity to standardize formal and informal exposure to IR was crafted when the Resident, Fellow, and Student Section (RFS) of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) formed the Medical Student Council in 2011. This effort created a sustainable platform and community through which medical student interest across the field of IR could be meaningfully encouraged and sustained.…”

Section: Navigating the Informal And Formal Curriculum For Diversity ...mentioning

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“…Another initiative is the Grants for Education of Medical Students (GEMS) program which financial supports diverse and URM medical students to facilitate their participation in visiting clerkships in IR at outside institutions while also supporting their attendance at the SIR's annual scientific meeting. 69,71 Considering extant gender disparities and the scarcity of URM representation at the IR program director level, it has also been deemed critical to incorporate diverse members into residency selection committees as well as faculty search and institutional promotion committees. Similarly, radiology and IR chiefs and chairs might consider procuring protected time for faculty to support and facilitate their valued participation in meaningful outreach and recruitment of competitive female and URM trainees and faculty.…”

Section: The Next Generation Of Ir Leadership: Fostering Inclusion An...mentioning

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Workforce Diversity of Interventional Radiology Physicians in North America: Reflections on the U.S. Experience

2022

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Achieving parity in representation within the field of Interventional Radiology (IR) across women and specific subsets of minority groups has been a challenge. The lack of a strongly diverse physician workforce in gender, race, and ethnicity suggests suboptimal recruitment after, during as well prior to IR training. There is a dearth of studies which effectively characterize the national demographic trends of the evolving IR workforce. This has prevented an accurate appraisal of continuing efforts to narrow the gaps in physician workforce diversity across the field of IR. To support these needs, this article illustrates historic trends while providing contemporary data that canvasses the status of diversity within the current IR physician and IR trainee workforce. It highlights the representation of those individuals historically underrepresented in medicine as well as women. It also highlights current obstacles to achieving equity, diversity, and inclusion within the field of IR as well as existing efforts that have been employed to mitigate this gap.

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Section: Bridging the Diversity Gapmentioning

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Section: Navigating the Informal And Formal Curriculum For Diversity ...mentioning

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Section: The Next Generation Of Ir Leadership: Fostering Inclusion An...mentioning

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Workforce Diversity of Interventional Radiology Physicians in North America: Reflections on the U.S. Experience

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“…In this course, OB GYN residents and faculty were brought into the anatomy laboratory to supplement teaching with a team-based learning session and resident-led prosection reviews. Similar strategies to improve early exposure have been implemented in general surgery, with some success [ 6 – 11 ].…”

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Choosing a women’s health career

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BackgroundIn 2005, in response to a decline in residency applications in obstetrics and gynecology (OB GYN), the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Presidential Task Force outlined strategies for attracting medical students to OB GYN. Application rates have increased since then, but little is known about which interventions are effective. We aimed to identify modifiable and nonmodifiable variables that may contribute to students choosing OB GYN for their careers; this information could be used to inform curriculum design, faculty development, and innovative exposures to women’s health.MethodsThis qualitative study received institutional review board approval. Eligible participants were students who applied or recently matched into OB GYN residency programs from the class of 2014–2016 at our institution. Students were interviewed with open-ended questions and a Likert-type survey. Thematic analysis was performed.ResultsTen qualitative interviews were completed and analyzed. Intrinsic themes such as the potential for a meaningful job in women’s health, advocacy for women, or empowerment of women were identified as factors contributing to participant career choice. Extrinsic themes such as positive impressions during the clinical clerkship and welcoming teams were also identified. Most students indicated that the clerkship was the most influential experience.ConclusionsParticipants identified important events, including some that even preceded medical school that guided them toward OB GYN. The data guide us to consider the importance of emphasizing the unique combination of characteristics in OB GYN and improving the learning environment in the clerkship as a way to encourage student recruitment.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1362-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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