Simone
Montoya, MD
Fellow
in Neuroradiology at MGH
PGY-6
02/17/2020
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| Radiology Trainees bonding over a shared passion for education! |
Despite the ubiquity of Radiology, no one really knows what
we do. We even refer to other providers as “clinicians” as if we are not
clinicians ourselves. Radiology still is not a required component of the
curricula of many medical schools, which (in my opinion) results in a
misunderstanding of the role of a radiologist in a patient’s overall care.
Those who do take a Radiology clerkship often find themselves sitting in the
dark behind someone who stares at thousands of images and talks about them in a
weird halted and excessively punctuated way. If we want to change how our
specialty is perceived, we must be able to effectively teach so that others can
appreciate what we do.
Since my face-to-face interactions are limited, I’m used to
not knowing anyone at COE events, so I was more than pleasantly surprised to
see other radiologists in attendance. I was even happier to have another
radiologist in my micro-teaching group, as well as Keith Baker, one of the course
leaders, so that we could demonstrate challenges that are unique to Radiology
education. I chose to give a radiology lesson without any imaging, while the
other radiologist gave a very typical radiology didactic. I think that the
others in our group were surprised about how inherently difficult it is to
teach Radiology and how different it is conceptually from other areas in
medicine – how do you teach how to see something, know what it is, and recreate
that finding in words? – and I found it extremely valuable to have input from
those outside Radiology.
The micro-teaching session allowed us to apply the day’s
lessons to a real teaching scenario – the ultimate “see one, do one, teach
one.” I gained a lot of insight from the course, but moreover I have a better
idea of how I can implement what I’ve learned specifically to Radiology
education.
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