Why PACS should be part of undergrads’ medical education

Health Imaging August 29, 2024
Hannah Murphy

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) could be a valuable tool for teaching undergraduate medical students about different aspects of radiology.

Learning the ins and outs of the field is integral to an undergrad’s medical education. However, many of these lessons leave out hands-on opportunities for students—something that could greatly benefit their understanding of the specialty, authors of a new BMC Medical Education paper propose.

“Currently, most radiology education still relies heavily on textbooks and traditional computer media such as PowerPoint or Word files both of which lack student interaction,” radiologist and corresponding author Farnood Rajabzadeh, MD, of Mashhad Medical Sciences at Islamic Azad University in Iran, and colleagues explain. “PACS offers advantages such as interactive image viewing,...

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