Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Are too few female medical students choosing to become radiologists? That was the question asked this week during the American College of Radiology's ACR 2015 meeting in Washington, DC.
Researchers from Rutgers University presented their study on whether the proportion of female radiologists had changed much compared to 10 years ago, when the disparity was first recognized.
But while the discipline has made progress in some areas, the number of women who pick careers in radiology has remained stuck at about 27%, even as the percentage of female medical students stands at 46%. Learn more by clicking here.
How good is bedside US in the ER?
In other news from ACR 2015, a research group from California is raising questions about the effectiveness of point-of-care ultrasound for first-trimester obstetric patients in the emergency room (ER) setting.
Such scans are becoming ubiquitous as ER physicians take advantage of ultrasound's unique benefits for scanning obstetric patients. However, ultrasound is an operator-dependent modality that can be challenging to interpret -- so should ER patients also be sent on for radiology ultrasound exams?
The researchers found that it might be a good idea. Point-of-care ultrasound studies had a 24% discrepancy rate with radiology ultrasound scans, indicating that ER physicians might be missing some pathology. Get the rest of the story by clicking here.
In other ultrasound news, another group from California found that many scans for the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma may not be good enough due to problems with visualization and penetration of the liver. That article can be reached by clicking here.
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