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A recently retracted article discussing professionalism and young surgeons incites a social media storm on continued sexism in medical literature in 2020.
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Gender Equity , Periodicals as Topic , Physicians, Women/psychology , Sexism , Social Media , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the transition of the traditional residency interview to a virtual format. This new interview format creates additional challenges and opportunities for both programs and applicants. The specific challenges of the virtual interview format are described, as well as means to mitigate those challenges. In addition, opportunities to improve residency selection from the program end are described.
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Betacoronavirus , Coronavirus Infections , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , COVID-19 , Humans , Internship and Residency , SARS-CoV-2 , SeasonsABSTRACT
Social media are impacting all industries and changing the way daily interactions take place. This has been notable in health care as it allows a mechanism to connect patients directly to physicians, advocacy groups, and health care information. Recently, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in radiology has drawn media attention. This has generated a conversation on social media about the expendable role of a radiologist. Often, articles in the lay press have little medical expertise informing opinions about artificial intelligence in radiology. We propose solutions for radiologists to take the lead in the narrative on social media about the role of AI in radiology to better inform and shape public perception about the role of AI in radiology.
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Radiology , Social Media , Artificial Intelligence , Humans , Radiography , RadiologistsSubject(s)
Books , Learning , Radiologists/psychology , Reading , Social Behavior , Group Processes , HumansSubject(s)
Ambulatory Care Facilities/organization & administration , Physician-Patient Relations , Professional Autonomy , Radiologists/organization & administration , Referral and Consultation/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Humans , Physician's Role , Program Development , United StatesSubject(s)
Schools, Medical , Students, Medical , Curriculum , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Humans , Radiology/educationSubject(s)
Diagnostic Imaging/statistics & numerical data , Early Detection of Cancer/statistics & numerical data , Medical Overuse/prevention & control , Medical Overuse/statistics & numerical data , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Neoplasms/therapy , Evidence-Based Medicine , False Positive Reactions , Humans , Medical Overuse/trends , Neoplasms/epidemiology , Prevalence , Risk AssessmentSubject(s)
Employment/trends , Internship and Residency/trends , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/trends , Radiology/trends , Specialty Boards/trends , Certification/standards , Certification/trends , Employment/standards , Forecasting , Internship and Residency/standards , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/standards , Radiology/standards , United States , WorkforceABSTRACT
PURPOSE: Catheter-directed embolization has become a widespread technique for the treatment of benign and malignant neoplasms. The mechanism whereby embolization leads to selective atrophy of these neoplasms is largely speculative. As a potential model for the large regional perfusion differences between normal and neoplastic tissues, renal perfusion was studied before and after catheter-directed embolization. The working hypothesis was that embolization would create measurable changes in blood flow in the renal cortex and medulla. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Microspheres (l0 microm in diameter) containing a series of different fluorophores were injected into the arterial system before and after the renal arteries were embolized with a series of larger (100-300 microm) particulate embolic agents. The distribution of the microspheres in the renal cortex, renal medulla, and liver was analyzed by fluorescence microscopy as well as by extraction of the fluorophores. RESULTS: The distribution of the fluorescent microspheres was readily assessed by fluorescence microscopy or extraction of the fluorophores. Before embolization, the renal cortex received approximately three times more flow than the medulla. After embolization, perfusion of the renal cortex and medulla decreased in parallel. CONCLUSIONS: Fluorescent microspheres are a powerful tool for measuring the changes in flow that occur after catheter-directed embolization. The fact that parallel decreases in flow were found in the renal cortex and medulla indicates that the distribution of each embolic agent was flow-directed. These results might provide insight into the mechanism of tumor atrophy after uterine artery embolization or hepatic chemoembolization.
