不管你怎么计算从业者的人数,不可否认的是我们已经落后了。学员的数目是个很好的指标:2002年,介入放射学员有217人。而2001年就有2305位心血管病学员7。这只是其中一个竞争者,另外还有许多其他的竞争者。另一方面,培训位置仍大量保持空缺。你们可能会说我们的统计范围有误,如同钓鱼选择在小小的池塘,毕竟大多数放射科医生按其工作性质与个人倾向都并非介入医生。但是,即便在更开阔的海洋,也没有表明我们可钓到更多的鱼儿的迹象。“直接通道法the Direct Pathway”是美国放射学会一项富有想象力的措施,它允许医生可有两年进行非放射工作,这样可以吸引其他专业的住院医生,但是迄今为止,报名者寥寥。“直接通道”在随后几年中是否会吸引更多人的注意呢,让我们拭目以待。但是在英国进行的调查结果并不太令人乐观。2000年我们在Guy’s 和St. Thomas医院为愿意从事介入放射学的住院医生安排了一项课程。其中56人是放射科医生,32人则是其他学科的住院医生。对他们后来进行了五年的跟踪调查。参加该课程的32位非放射科医生中只有3位进入放射科8。或许我们应该寻求更好的办法来从非放射科医生中钓到鱼儿。
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作者:From the Department of Radiology, First Floor, Lambeth Wing, St. Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom. From the 2006 SIR Annual Meeting. Address correspondence. to A.A.; E-mail: andy.adam@kcl.ac.uk
Boston Scientific, Inc., partially funded a fellowship in interventional radiology at the Department of Radiology of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in exchange for occasional consultancy services provided by the author..
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