Teaching radiologists are torn between resident education and revenue production, according to a new Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) focus Issue on the economics of education.
Limited time, funding, and institutional support underpin the issues, according to guest editors Fatima Elahi, DO, of Henry Ford Health in Detroit, MI, and Tara Catanzano, MD, of Stony Brook Medicine in New York.
“The increasing demand for clinical productivity while engaging with the citizenship activities required by health systems and the professional responsibilities of communication and documentation have placed tremendous pressure on our teaching faculty," explained Catanzano in a February 4 series introduction. "This pressure is, unfortunately, resulting in less time for education delivery using the traditional methods.”
Seven articles collectively address academic compensation models, nonclinical work and academic work relative value units (RVUs), alternative approaches to radiology education, direct and indirect costs of training radiology residents, recent trends in diagnostic radiology applications and match rates through 2025 educational debt among medical graduates entering radiology, and lack of radiology exposure during the preclinical years.
The focus issue also features tools to make practical changes to train residents while managing work expectations.
Begin reading the series here.
