REGULAR CONTENT
Final ID
605
Type
Educational Exhibit-Poster Only
Authors
M Chung1, K Wilson2, M Patil1, P Moudgil3, V Kumar4, G Vatakencherry5, P Rochon6, S Ahn7
Institutions
1Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 4Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5Department of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 6Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 7Department of Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Purpose
To present the impact of the efforts of the Society of Interventional Radiology's Student and Resident Committee (SARC) and Medical Student Council (SIR-MSC) in promoting interventional radiology (IR) to medical students through IR interest groups (IRIG's), local IR symposia, and involvement with SIR.
Materials & Methods
With the implementation of the integrated interventional radiology residency, early medical student exposure to IR is imperative for recruiting top talents to the field and for preparing potential applicants. SARC's mission is to increase awareness of interventional radiology as a specialty and as a career option for residents and medical students by providing educational and career resources. SIR-MSC was formed in 2011 as a grassroots movement to promote medical student education. The main goals of the SIR-MSC include promoting formation of IRIG's and IR symposia across the country through the distribution of instructional 'cookbooks,' increasing medical student SIR membership, and encouraging attendance at the SIR national meeting, while working closely with the SARC's IRIG and IR Symposia Subcommittee.
Results
Since the first local IR symposium in 2012, the number of IR symposia has doubled annually from 2013-2015 and the total number reached 13 in 2016. The first regional symposium was formed in 2016. Currently, there are 77 existing IRIG's. This represents a 22% and 133% increase from 2015 (63) and 2014 (33), respectively. These increases coincide with the growing demand for symposium and IRIG cookbooks. Cookbook requests have increased by 2.7-fold and 2.2-fold, respectively. SIR student membership has also increased 38% in the last year from 923 to 1277.
Conclusions
The growing numbers of IRIG's, IR symposia, and SIR medical student members reflect the collective efforts of SARC and SIR-MSC to actively promote early medical student exposure to IR. Based on several measures of student engagement, SARC and SIR-MSC are effective conduits for SIR to educate medical students about the field of IR during this crucial transitional period.
Final ID
605
Type
Educational Exhibit-Poster Only
Authors
M Chung1, K Wilson2, M Patil1, P Moudgil3, V Kumar4, G Vatakencherry5, P Rochon6, S Ahn7
Institutions
1Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 4Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5Department of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 6Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 7Department of Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Purpose
To present the impact of the efforts of the Society of Interventional Radiology's Student and Resident Committee (SARC) and Medical Student Council (SIR-MSC) in promoting interventional radiology (IR) to medical students through IR interest groups (IRIG's), local IR symposia, and involvement with SIR.
Materials & Methods
With the implementation of the integrated interventional radiology residency, early medical student exposure to IR is imperative for recruiting top talents to the field and for preparing potential applicants. SARC's mission is to increase awareness of interventional radiology as a specialty and as a career option for residents and medical students by providing educational and career resources. SIR-MSC was formed in 2011 as a grassroots movement to promote medical student education. The main goals of the SIR-MSC include promoting formation of IRIG's and IR symposia across the country through the distribution of instructional 'cookbooks,' increasing medical student SIR membership, and encouraging attendance at the SIR national meeting, while working closely with the SARC's IRIG and IR Symposia Subcommittee.
Results
Since the first local IR symposium in 2012, the number of IR symposia has doubled annually from 2013-2015 and the total number reached 13 in 2016. The first regional symposium was formed in 2016. Currently, there are 77 existing IRIG's. This represents a 22% and 133% increase from 2015 (63) and 2014 (33), respectively. These increases coincide with the growing demand for symposium and IRIG cookbooks. Cookbook requests have increased by 2.7-fold and 2.2-fold, respectively. SIR student membership has also increased 38% in the last year from 923 to 1277.
Conclusions
The growing numbers of IRIG's, IR symposia, and SIR medical student members reflect the collective efforts of SARC and SIR-MSC to actively promote early medical student exposure to IR. Based on several measures of student engagement, SARC and SIR-MSC are effective conduits for SIR to educate medical students about the field of IR during this crucial transitional period.