An Assessment of Radiology Residency Program Websites
An Assessment of Radiology Residency Program Websites
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jacr.2017.11.010
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Long, Suzanne
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作者：
Hansberry, David R.;Bornstein, Jonathan;Long, Suzanne
目的：当未来的放射科住院医师决定在哪里申请住院医师实习时，许多人会使用互联网作为获取信息的资源。因此，对于住院医师项目来说，制作和维护一个信息丰富且全面的网站非常重要。在这里，我们审查了 179 个放射科住院医师项目网站的 19 项标准，包括与住院医师申请流程、福利、教学、研究、临床培训和教师领导力相关的各个方面。方法：我们评估了 179 个放射科住院医师项目网站，以确定是否包含 19 项不同的标准。网站上无法直接提供的信息标准以及没有信息的链接被视为不存在。结果：179 个计划网站中只有 12 个 (6.7%) 至少满足 19 项标准中的 80%。此外，41 个项目 (23%) 其网站上列出的标准不到 50%。网站的标准范围从 16% 到 95% 不等。结论：虽然之前的研究表明，潜在的放射科住院医师申请者受到当前住院医师满意度和学术声誉等无形因素的影响，但他们也表明，申请者还受到教育课程、临床培训、项目资源、研究机会和师资质量的影响。因此，为潜在候选人提供在线资源势在必行，以使住院医师项目在招募高质量的美国医学生毕业生方面保持竞争力。这些发现表明，放射科住院医师计划网站上提供的信息的全面性还有提高的空间。
Purpose: When prospective radiology residents decide where to apply to residency, many will use the Internet as a resource to garner information. Therefore, it is important for residency programs to produce and maintain an informative and comprehensive website. Here, we review 179 radiology residency program websites for 19 criteria including various aspects related to the residency application process, benefits, didactics, research, clinical training, and faculty leadership.Methods: We evaluated 179 radiology residency program websites for the inclusion of 19 different criteria. Criteria for information not available directly on the website and links with no information were considered not present.Results: Only 12 of the 179 (6.7%) program websites had at least 80% of the 19 criteria. In addition, 41 programs (23%) had less than 50% of the criteria listed on their websites. Websites ranged from having 16% of the criteria to as much as 95%.Conclusion: Although previous studies have shown that prospective radiology resident applicants are influenced by intangibles like current resident satisfaction and academic reputation, they have also shown that applicants are influenced by the educational curriculum, clinical training, program resources, research opportunities, and quality of faculty. Therefore, it is imperative to provide online resources for prospective candidates in an attempt for residency programs to remain competitive in recruiting high-quality US medical student graduates. These findings suggest there is room for improving the comprehensiveness of information provided on radiology residency program websites.