Anticipated Supply and Demand for Independent Interventional Radiology Residency Positions: A Survey of Department Chairs

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• 作者：Sanna E. Herwald ; BA^a ; ^{sanna.herwald@tufts.edu} ; James B. Spies ; MD ; MPH^b ; E. Kent Yucel ; MD^c
• 关键词：Interventional radiology residency ; interventional radiology ; Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments ; residency match ; early specialization in interventional radiology ; ESIR
• 刊名：Journal of the American College of Radiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：14
• 期：2
• 页码：242-246
• 全文大小：247 K
• 卷排序：14

文摘

The first participants in the independent interventional radiology (IR) residency match will begin prerequisite diagnostic radiology (DR) residencies before the anticipated launch of the independent IR programs in 2020. The aim of this study was to estimate the competitiveness level of the first independent IR residency matches before these applicants have already committed to DR residencies and possibly early specialization in IR (ESIR) programs.MethodsThe Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) Task Force on the IR Residency distributed a survey to all active SCARD members using SurveyMonkey. The survey requested the number of planned IR residency and ESIR positions. The average, minimum, and maximum of the range of planned independent IR residency positions were compared with the average, maximum, and minimum, respectively, of the range of planned ESIR positions, to model matches of average, high, and low competitiveness.ResultsSeventy-four active SCARD members (56%) answered at least one survey question. The respondents’ programs planned to fill, in total, 98 to 102 positions in integrated IR residency programs, 61 to 76 positions in independent IR residency programs, and 50 to 77 positions in ESIR DR residency programs each year. The ranges indicate the uncertainty of some programs regarding the number of positions.ConclusionsThe survey suggests that participating programs will fill sufficient independent IR residency positions to accommodate all ESIR applicants in a match year of average or low competitiveness, but not in a match year of high competitiveness. This suggestion does not account for certain difficult-to-predict factors that may affect the independent IR residency match.