Medical students gain confidence in radiology boot camp

Undergraduate medical students were eager to participate in an elective one-week radiology boot camp, with participants reporting the experience boosted their radiology knowledge but also their confidence in other specialties, according to a recent study. Radiologists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, surveyed students before and after the course, with findings suggesting the format could help meet increasing demands for radiology content in undergraduate training, noted lead author and medical student Levi Burns, and colleagues. “Focusing on radiology skills for nonradiology rotations was a successful strategy at this level to boost student confidence as they prepare to enter the clerkship phase of training,” the group wrote, in a study published January 17 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Although all undergraduate medical students undergo a core level of training in radiology, surveys of medical students, residents, and faculty consistently reveal a desire for increased undergraduate radiology training, the group wrote. The researchers assessed the impact of a one-week comprehensive radiology boot camp, with measures including students’ radiology career interest, confidence in radiology-based skills, and the potential ability of radiology-based skills to increase their confidence in specialties other than radiology. The course was offered for the first time in November 2022 to second-year preclerkship medical students four weeks before the...
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