The Efficacy of Mammography Boot Camp to Improve the Performance of Radiologists
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 578-585, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-95307
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy of a mammography boot camp (MBC) to improve radiologists' performance in interpreting mammograms in the National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) in Korea. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Between January and July of 2013, 141 radiologists were invited to a 3-day educational program composed of lectures and group practice readings using 250 digital mammography cases. The radiologists' performance in interpreting mammograms were evaluated using a pre- and post-camp test set of 25 cases validated prior to the camp by experienced breast radiologists. Factors affecting the radiologists' performance, including age, type of attending institution, and type of test set cases, were analyzed.RESULTS:
The average scores of the pre- and post-camp tests were 56.0 +/- 12.2 and 78.3 +/- 9.2, respectively (p 0.05).CONCLUSION:
The MBC improves radiologists' performance in interpreting mammograms irrespective of age and type of attending institution. Improved interpretation is observed for suspicious cases, but not for negative cases.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Mammography
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Education, Medical, Continuing
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Education, Professional, Retraining
Type of study:
Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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