Spending an Evening in the Dark: The Radiology Medical Student Call Experience

The level of independent decision-making required of a radiology resident, as well as the acuity of studies populating the worklist, differ between the normal workday and a call shift. However, unlike clerkships where call is standard, medical students in radiology typically only have half of the true resident experience. To expose our rotating medical students to what a future career in radiology might actually look like, we implemented a required call shift as part of our medical student curriculum.
Source: Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research