Radiology residents’ experience with intussusception reduction
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Cyrus Bateni & Rebecca Stein-Wexler & Sandra L. Wootton-Gorges & Chin-Shang Li
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Background Residents should be exposed to adequate procedural volume to act independently upon completion of training. Informal inquiry led us to question whether residents encounter enough intussusception reductions to become comfortable with the procedure. Objective We sought to determine radiology residents’ exposure to intussusception reductions, and whether their experiences vary by region or institution. Materials and methods U.S. radiology residency program directors were asked to encourage their residents to complete a 12-question online survey describing characteristics of their pediatric radiology department, experiences with intussusception reduction, and confidence in their own ability to perform the procedure. Results Six hundred sixty-four residents responded during the study period. Of those, 308 (46.4%) had not experienced an intussusception reduction, and 228 (34%) had experienced only one or two. Twenty-two percent of fourthyear residents had never experienced an intussusception reduction, and 21% had experienced only one. Among second- through fourth-year residents, only 99 (18.3%) felt confident that they could competently reduce an intussusception (P < 0.0001), and 336 (62.2%) thought they would benefit from a computer-assisted training model simulating intussusception reduction (P < 0.0001). Conclusion Radiology residents have limited opportunity to learn intussusception reduction and therefore lack confidence. Most think they would benefit from additional training with a computer-simulation model.
Pediatr Radiol (2011) 41:721–726 DOI 10.1007/s00247-010-1923-0 Received: 25 July 2010 / Revised: 17 October 2010 / Accepted: 1 November 2010 / Published online: 22 December 2010
