Bridging the divide between medical school and clinical practice: identification of six key learning outcomes for an undergraduate preparatory course in radiology.

Simelane, Thabisile; Ryan, David J.; Stoyanov, Slavi; Bennett, Deirdre; McEntee, Mark F.; Maher, Michael M.; O'Tuathaigh, Colm M. P.; O'Connor, Owen J.

Bridging the divide between medical school and clinical practice: identification of six key learning outcomes for an undergraduate preparatory course in radiology.

dc.contributor.author	Simelane, Thabisile
dc.contributor.author	Ryan, David J.
dc.contributor.author	Stoyanov, Slavi
dc.contributor.author	Bennett, Deirdre
dc.contributor.author	McEntee, Mark F.
dc.contributor.author	Maher, Michael M.
dc.contributor.author	O'Tuathaigh, Colm M. P.
dc.contributor.author	O'Connor, Owen J.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-11T12:22:18Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-11T12:22:18Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02-12
dc.date.updated	2021-03-01T08:49:52Z
dc.description.abstract	Background: There exists a significant divide between what is learnt in medical school and subsequently what is required to practice medicine effectively. Despite multiple strategies to remedy this discordance, the problem persists. Here, we describe the identification of a comprehensive set of learning outcomes for a preparation for practice course in radiology. Methods: Assessment of interns' readiness to interact with the radiology department was conducted using a national survey of both interns and radiologists. In parallel, group concept mapping (GCM) which involves a combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques was used to identify the shared understanding of participants from a diverse range of medical specialties regarding what topics should be included in an intern preparatory course for interacting with the radiology department. Results: The survey demonstrated that most interns and radiologists felt that undergraduate medical training did not prepare interns to interact with the radiology department. GCM identified six learning outcomes that should be targeted when designing a preparatory module: requesting investigations; clinical decision support; radiology department IT and communication; adverse reactions and risks; interpretation of radiology results and urgent imaging. The thematic clusters from the group concept mapping corroborated the deficiencies identified in the national survey. Conclusion: We have identified six key learning outcomes that should be included in a preparation for practice module in radiology. Future courses targeting these thematic clusters may facilitate a smoother transition from theory to practice for newly graduated doctors.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Published Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.articleid	17	en
dc.identifier.citation	Simelane, T., Ryan, D. J., Stoyanov, S., Bennett, D., McEntee, M., Maher, M. M., O’Tuathaigh, C. M. P. and O’Connor, O. J. (2021) 'Bridging the divide between medical school and clinical practice: identification of six key learning outcomes for an undergraduate preparatory course in radiology', Insights into Imaging, 12(1), 17 (8 pp). doi: 10.1186/s13244-021-00971-1	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1186/s13244-021-00971-1	en
dc.identifier.endpage	8	en
dc.identifier.issn	1869-4101
dc.identifier.issued	1	en
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Insights into Imaging	en
dc.identifier.startpage	1	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/11131
dc.identifier.volume	12	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer Nature	en
dc.relation.uri	https://insightsimaging.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13244-021-00971-1
dc.rights	© The Authors 2021. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Group concept mapping	en
dc.subject	Internship	en
dc.subject	Interventional radiology	en
dc.subject	Medical school	en
dc.subject	Preparedness for clinical practice	en
dc.subject	Radiologists	en
dc.subject	Radiology	en
dc.title	Bridging the divide between medical school and clinical practice: identification of six key learning outcomes for an undergraduate preparatory course in radiology.	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en