Notes of a Radiology Watcher (eBook)

Stephen R. Baker, M.D. 2660 Deer Path Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Department of Radiology UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School 150 Bergen Street Newark NJ 07103 bakersr@umdnj.edu

Part I: Early Residency – Preparation and Participation.- 1. Centralized Interviews for Prospective Radiology Residents.- 2. A Critique of the Transitional Internship.- 3. Looking Back at the Value of the Internship.- 4. Radiology Residents - Internship Survey.- 5. The Debt Crisis and Radiology.- 6. Radiology Residency Positions – Growth, Distribution and California.- 7. Radiology Resident Recruitment – Robustness in an Uncertain Environment.- 8. Radiology Residencies – Disasters and Preparedness.- Part II: Late Residency, Fellowship and Just Beyond.- 9. Reorganizing the Fourth Year, Part I.- 10. Reorganizing the Fourth Year, Part II.- 11. Reorganizing the Fourth Year, Part III.- 12. Are We Losing the Certification Wars?.- 13. The Trouble with Fellowships.- 14. The Changing Board Exam Schedule in the U.S. – Will General Radiologists and Emergency Radiologists Become Synonymous?.- 15. Bubble Trouble.- 16. Regulation Without Representation.- Part III: Radiology Elsewhere in the World.- 17. O.E.C.D. Health Data – Where does the US stack up?.- 18. Characteristics of Radiology Training Programs In Europe In Comparison With Those In The United States.- 19. Japan – A Country With A Currently Successful Radiology Model Of Health Care.- 20. Radiology in Cuba – A Different Path With Fewer Resources And More Compulsion.- 21. Geography and Radiology – Perfect Together .- Part IV: Radiologist Inclusiveness – Minority Features.- 22. Who Will be the New Radiologist? – A 2012 Assessment.- 23. Women in Radiology.- 24. South Asians in Radiology in the United States, Part I.- 25. South Asians in Radiology in the United States, Part II.- Part V – The Appearances and Implications of the Radiology Report.- 26. Towards More Literate Reports – Avoiding Words and Phrases You Should Not Say.- 27. The Radiology Report.- 28. More Jargon.- 29. Anything is Possible so is Possible Anything.- 30. The Radiology Report – the Value of the Impression.- 31. Metaphors in Radiology.- 32. Metaphors – Redux.- 33. Electronic Health Records and Expectations of the Transformation of the Work of Radiologists.- 34. Telling Patients Results.- Part VI: Radiologist Responsibilities.- 35. Fallacies in Reasoning, Part 1.- 36. Fallacies in Reasoning, Part 2.- 37. We Are Radiologists: What Business Are We In?.- 38. Communication vs. Consultation – Two Duties We Must Pursue.- Part VII: Quality Considerations.- 39. Quality- Metrics in Radiology.- 40. Quality- Measures in Radiology.- 41. Quality - Initiatives You Should Know But You May Not Have Heard About.- 42. Quality- Some Simple Things You Might Change.- Part VIII: Malpractice Apology and Appropriateness.- 43. U.S. Medical Malpractice: Some Data-Driven Facts.- 44. Malpractice Suits Against Radiologists.- 45. Radiology Malpractice: The Demography of Medical Malpractice Regarding Radiology.- 46. Apology: Its Elements and Legal Intrusions.- 47. Is it Appropriate to Have Appropriateness Criteria for Radiology Testing?.- 48. Authorization or Appropriateness or the Lady or the Tiger Redux.- Part IX: Opportunities for Radiologists.- 49. Teleradiology – From the Confines of Place to the Freedom of Space.- 50. Medical Tourism, Opportunities for American Radiologists.- 51. Geriatric Radiology A Proto-Manifesto.- 52. Self-Referral Remedies.- Part X: The Challenges Facing American Radiologists.- 53. The Radiologist Assistant – Do We Need This Job Title.- 54. Challenges to Radiology from Below, Astride, and Afar.- 55. The Coming Revolution in Radiology: Beware and Prepare.- 56. Teleradiology and GATS- An-800lb Gorilla Down the Hall.- 57. Commodity Policy and the Vulnerability of Radiology.- 58. Radiologists and The Press.- 59. Will the Job Market for Radiologists Remain Grim? A Contrarian Perspective – A 2013 Assessment.- 60. American Radiologists at a Crossroad.- Part XI: Research.- 61. Peer Review – Peering Over Our Shoulder.- 62. Peer Review – Innovations and Ethical Issues.- 63. Electronic Publishing – A Boon or a Bugbear.- 64. The Tendentious Tendency in Radiology Clinical Research.- Part XII - Radiation Dose.- 65. Radiation Dose – A Primer of Units and Limits.- 66. CT–ER-Dose and Cost and What To Do About It.- 67. Radiation Dose Redux.- 68. CT Techniques: Risk and Challenges – Who Will Control Radiology?.- 69. CT Utilization and Thyroid Cancer – Is There a Connection?.- 70. MR Safety - Another Look.- Part XIII: Nooks and Crannies in General Radiology Including Some Forgotten Observations.- 71. From Nipple Shadows to Bullet Holes.- 72. Pelvic Phleboliths.- 73. Eponymous Abdominal Hernias, Part I.- 74. Eponymous Abdominal Hernias, Part II.- 75. Other Radiology Bits and Pieces of Lore.- 76. It Ain’t What You Don’t Know, It’s What You Do Know that Ain’t So.- 77. Illicit Drug Transport.- 78. The Spleen – The Forgotten Organ, Is there Anything To Say?.- 79. Acute Pancreatitis – What and When is There Room for Imaging in the Diagnosis.