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Changes in Postgraduate Medical Education and Training in Clinical Radiology

Lindsell D., (2008) Changes in Postgraduate Medical Education and Training in Clinical Radiology. Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal, 4 (1).

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Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK. Faculty of Clinical Radiology

Abstract

Postgraduate medical education and training in many specialties, including Clinical Radiology, is undergoing major changes. In part this is to ensure that shorter training periods maximise the learning opportunities but it is also to bring medical education in line with broader educational theory. Learning outcomes need to be defined so that there is no doubt what knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours are expected of those in training. Curricula should be developed into competency or outcome based models and should state the aims, objectives, content, outcomes and processes of a training programme. They should include a description of the methods of learning, teaching, feedback and supervision. Assessment systems must be matched to the curriculum and must be fair, reliable and valid. Workplace based assessments including the use of multisource feedback need to be developed and validated for use during radiology training. These should be used in a formative and developmental way, although the overall results from a series of such assessments can be used in a more summative way to determine progress to the next phase of training. Formal standard setting processes need to be established for ‘high stakes’ summative assessments such as examinations. In addition the unique skills required of a radiologist in terms of image interpretation, pattern recognition, deduction and diagnosis need to be evaluated in robust, reliable and valid ways. Through a combination of these methods we can be assured that decisions about trainees’ progression through training is fair and standardised and that we are protecting patients by establishing national standards for training, curricula and assessment methods.

Item Type:Journal
Keywords:Postgraduate; Radiology; Training; Education
Subjects:R Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing
L Education
ID Code:4640

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