Notes of a Radiology Watcher

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Centralized Interviews for Prospective Radiology Residents....Pages 3-7
A Critique of the Transitional Internship....Pages 9-12
Looking Back at the Value of the Internship....Pages 13-14
Radiology Residents: Internship Survey....Pages 15-17
The Debt Crisis and Radiology....Pages 19-21
Radiology Residency Positions: Growth, Distribution and California....Pages 23-25
Radiology Resident Recruitment: Robustness in an Uncertain Environment....Pages 27-29
Radiology Residencies: Disasters and Preparedness....Pages 31-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Reorganizing the Fourth Year: Curricular Organization—How Will the Fourth Year Be Redesigned?—Part I....Pages 37-40
Reorganizing the Fourth Year: The Fourth Year After the Boards Change—How Should It Be Constructed?—Part II....Pages 41-43
Reorganizing the Fourth Year: Reimagining the Fourth Year of Training in the of Training in the Era of Subspecialization—Part III....Pages 45-46
Are We Losing the Certification Wars?....Pages 47-50
The Trouble with Fellowships....Pages 51-54
The Changing Board Exam Schedule in the U.S.: Will General Radiologists and Emergency Radiologists Become Synonymous?....Pages 55-57
Bubble Trouble....Pages 59-61
Regulation Without Representation....Pages 63-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
O.E.C.D. Health Data: Where Does the U.S. Stack Up?....Pages 69-72
Characteristics of Radiology Training Programs in Europe in Comparison with Those in The United States....Pages 73-76
Japan: A Country with a Currently Successful Radiology Model of Health Care....Pages 77-78
Radiology in Cuba: A Different Path with Fewer Resources and More Compulsion....Pages 79-81
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Geography and Radiology: Perfect Together....Pages 83-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Who Will Be the New Radiologists?: A 2012 Assessment....Pages 89-91
Women in Radiology....Pages 93-95
South Asians in Radiology in the United States, Part I....Pages 97-99
South Asians in Radiology in the United States, Part II....Pages 101-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Towards More Literate Reports: Avoiding Words and Phrases You Should Not Say....Pages 105-109
The Radiology Report....Pages 111-113
More Jargon....Pages 115-117
Anything Is Possible so Is Possible Anything?....Pages 119-120
The Radiology Report: The Value of the Impression....Pages 121-124
Metaphors in Radiology....Pages 125-127
Metaphor: Redux....Pages 129-131
Electronic Health Records and Expectations of the Transformation of the Work of Radiologists....Pages 133-135
Telling Patients Results....Pages 137-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Fallacies in Reasoning: Part 1....Pages 143-146
Fallacies in Reasoning: Part 2....Pages 147-148
We Are Radiologists: What Business Are We in?....Pages 149-152
Communication vs. Consultation: Two Duties We Must Pursue....Pages 153-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Quality: Metrics in Radiology....Pages 159-161
Quality: Measures in Radiology....Pages 163-165
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Quality: Initiatives You Should Know About But May Not Have Heard About....Pages 167-169
Quality: Some Simple Things You Might Change....Pages 171-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
U.S. Medical Malpractice: Some Data-Driven Facts....Pages 177-179
Malpractice Suits Against Radiologists....Pages 181-183
Radiology Malpractice: The Demography of Medical Malpractice Regarding Radiology....Pages 185-187
Apology: It’s Elements and Legal Intrusions....Pages 189-191
Is It Appropriate to Have Appropriateness Criteria for Radiology Testing?....Pages 193-195
Authorization or Appropriateness or the Lady or the Tiger Redux....Pages 197-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Teleradiology: From the Confines of Place to the Freedom of Space....Pages 203-204
Medical Tourism, Opportunities for American Radiologists?....Pages 205-207
Geriatric Radiology A Proto-Manifesto....Pages 209-211
Self-Referral Remedies....Pages 213-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
The Radiologist Assistant: Do We Need This Job Title?....Pages 217-220
Challenges to Radiology From Below, Astride and Afar....Pages 221-224
The Coming Revolution in Radiology: Beware and Prepare....Pages 225-227
Teleradiology and GATS-An-800 lb Gorilla Down the Hall....Pages 229-232
Commodity Policy and the Vulnerability of Radiology....Pages 233-236
Radiologists and the Press....Pages 237-239
Will the Job Market for Radiologists Remain Grim?: A Contrarian Perspective-A 2013 Assessment....Pages 241-243
American Radiologists at a Crossroad....Pages 245-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Peer Review-Peering Over Its Shoulder....Pages 251-254
Peer Review-Innovations and Ethical Issues....Pages 255-257
Electronic Publishing: A Boon or a Bugbear....Pages 259-260
The Tendentious Tendency in Radiology Clinical Research....Pages 261-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Radiation Dose: A Primer of Units and Limits....Pages 265-267
CT-ER-Dose and Cost and What to Do About It....Pages 269-271
Radiation Dose Redux....Pages 273-276
CT Techniques: Risk and Challenges—Who Will Control Radiology....Pages 277-279
CT Utilization and Thyroid Cancer: Is There a Connection?....Pages 281-283
MR Safety Another Look....Pages 285-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
From Nipple Shadows to Bullet Holes....Pages 291-293
Pelvic Phleboliths....Pages 295-297
Eponymous Abdominal Hernias, Part I....Pages 299-301
Eponymous Abdominal Hernias, Part II....Pages 303-305
Other Radiology Bits and Pieces of Lore....Pages 307-309
It Ain’t What You Don’t Know, It’s What You Do Know That Ain’t So....Pages 311-313
Illicit Drug Transport....Pages 315-317
The Spleen: The Forgotten Organ, Is There Anything To Say?....Pages 319-321
Acute Pancreatitis: What and When Is There Room for Imaging in the Diagnosis and Followup of Patients with Acute Inflammation of the Pancreatic Gland?....Pages 323-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-332