Radiology Residencies: Hard to Find, Hard to Land

Medscape December 11, 2024
Kathleen Doheny

At the recent Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, a Swiss researcher reported lagging interest from medical students in pursuing a radiology residency and career. She found that survey respondents recognized radiology’s importance but expressed a desire for more patient contact, among other reasons to bypass it.

So, while 99% of the 1184 respondents agreed that radiology is important in their future clinical practice, 64% ruled it out as a career.

However, three leading radiologists in the United States took issue with the survey, which included responses from 21 universities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria but not the United States. The scenario in the United States is very different, they told Medscape Medical News. Among US medical students, interest...

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