Darel Heitkamp, MD Profile picture
Radiologist. Educator. Advocate. Seeking an evidence-based future for #RadEd. Cardiothoracic radiologist at @AdventHealth.
May 1, 2020 27 tweets 33 min read
The two biggest challenges to #RadEd over past 20 years have become institutionalized in academic medicine, but their rise was so gradual that most don’t see them as barriers. So why are they a problem?

Because they separate academic radiologists from their residents. Image @benwhitemd @EKKpdx @MonicaSheth @JRobbinsMD @RichDuszak @chrisho_md @AnnJayMD1 @TKrad_md @docroc99 @uyedajen The massive growth and influence of these two enterprises has been slowly robbing trainees of their most precious educational resource: time with educators. They also may be stealing away the *incentive* for faculty to teach, which can be just as important.

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