Unifying the Silos of Subspecialized Radiology: The Essential Role of the General Radiologist |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia;2. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;3. Department of Radiology, Summit Health, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania;4. Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland;5. Virtual Radiologic, Eden Prairie, Minnesota;6. Department of Radiology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey;1. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;2. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;3. Department of Radiology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Egleston), Atlanta, Georgia;1. Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;5. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;6. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;1. Butter Works Media LLC, New York City, New York;2. Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
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Abstract: | As radiology becomes increasingly subspecialized, conversations focus on whether the general radiologist is trending toward extinction. Current data indicate that the vast majority of graduating radiology residents now seek fellowship training. Practicing entirely within the narrow confines of one’s fellowship subspecialty area, however, is uncommon, with recent data indicating that more than half of all radiologists spend the majority of their work effort as generalists. From the traditional concept of the generalist as the non-fellowship-trained radiologist who interprets everything to the multispecialty-trained radiologist to the emergency radiologist who is a subspecialist but reads across the traditional anatomic divisions, the general radiologist of today and the future is one who remains broadly skilled and equipped to provide a wide spectrum of radiologic services. The successful future of many practices of all types and the specialty as a whole will require ongoing collaborative partnerships that include both general and subspecialized radiologists. This review article highlights various scenarios in which general radiologists provide value to different types of radiology practices. |
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Keywords: | General radiologist diagnostic radiologist subspecialist work force education futurism curriculum |
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