Radiologist-technologist integration training program: Evaluation and practice / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

The radiologist-technologist integration (RTI)training program involves radiologists′ participation in technologists′ scan and examination training and technologists′ participation in physicians′preparation of reports during their residency training.Based on the investigations in the PLA General Hospital, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, The SecondXiangyaHospitalofCentralSouthUniversity, International Hospital of Peking University, and The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, the author evaluated the methods of and practice in RTItraining as well as the potential value of RTI and itsfacilitation of work quality.RTItraining has effectively enhanced the basic skills training of the residents, deepened their understanding of the imaging process, and promoted scientific research and clinical work.The RTI training program can cultivate the technologists′ abilities to identify lesions, design individual protocols, and achieve the targeted scan for diagnosis.Meanwhile, itmay contribute to the improvement of human resource management inthe radiology department and overall quality of radiological examinations.