Our study further demonstrated that although students in a traditional 4-week senior EM clerkship had generally higher mean post-rotation procedural scores, clinical and diagnostic abilities were equally high with 2-week rotators.
After completion of an ACGME-accredited PGY1 internship, the resident would complete a five-year training program, including three years (PGY2 – PGY4) of core DR training followed by two years (PGY5 – PGY6) of training in interventional radiology (IR), including procedural rotations, an ICU rotation, and clinical care experience (both in-patient care and outpatient).
The correlation between test scores and training level was high (r = 0.69), with similar results noted for contrasting groups based on endoscopic rotation and endoscopic procedural experience.
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Our results indicate that even a shorter rotation provides rotators with enhancement of their clinical and procedural abilities, though perhaps 2 weeks is not sufficient time to learn and improve a great variety of basic procedural skills.
The Independent program requires the same procedural and clinical rotations of the PGY5-PGY6 years of the Integrated program.
Any rotation providing experience in clinical or procedural care that overlaps with or is complementary to interventional radiology can be pursued.
Students reported significant gains in confidence with basic common procedural skills after their rotation, particularly in the areas of medical and trauma resuscitation.
After rotation, the explained variances for distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice were 31.616%%, 24.520 %, and 23.099 % respectively.
Internal Medicine residents were expected to acquire procedural skills experience throughout their rotations as opportunities presented themselves.
The database generated by regular users provided potentially useful information to the training program director regarding the scope and location of procedural training among the different rotations and hospitals.
