“Must See” Radiology for Medical Students

Abstract

Abstract Introduction This resource is an interactive PowerPoint presentation intended for use with audience response pads suitable for third- and fourth-year medical students or junior medical residents. It covers topics from the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology curriculum, in particular the curriculum's “Must See” list. Methods The resource is set up to be used as either one long, or several short interactive presentations, preferably using audience response pads. The format involves asking a question with or without image, receiving answers/providing explanation, providing additional images. The presentation takes approximately 3 hours, but may be split into separate sessions. Results This module has been used for the past 2 years with the entire fourth-year medical student class (about 80 students) at Dartmouth around match day. Student feedback was excellent, rating the module on average of 4.3 and 4.4 on a 5-point Likert scale. Discussion This module can be used for both small- and large-group learning environments, or even as a self-teaching exercise. The learning is enhanced by not only discussing the right answer, but also why the other options are incorrect, or less likely. As it was designed as a 3-hour session, the scope is wide but shallow. Multiple shorter sessions could allow more depth of discussion.

Keywords

• Learning
• AMSER