Radiology Business April 21, 2024
Radiology residents are no slackers when it comes to “giving back.” However, many seem to believe they must travel abroad to find medically underserved populations in serious need of charitable medical care.
That perception is at odds with reality: More than 3,500 communities right here in the U.S. would greatly benefit by volunteer physician services.
The reminder comes from members of the Trainee Editorial Advisory Board at RadioGraphics, the primary education journal published by the Radiological Society of North America.
“There are many great local programs that not only give the trainee valuable experience, but more importantly, build sustainable, life changing impacts for the community,” says John Karp, MBChB, a radiology resident at Penn Medicine, in an interview with RSNA...