Martha S Linet, Kimberly E Applegate, Cynthia H McCollough, Janet E Bailey, Cedric Bright, Jerrold T Bushberg, Stephen J Chanock, Jenna Coleman, Nicole H Dalal, Lawrence T Dauer, Pamela B Davis, Robert Y Eagar, Guy Frija, Kathryn D Held, Lisa A Kachnic, Ana P Kiess, Lloyd W Klein, Ourania Kosti, Charles W Miller, Michelle M Miller-Thomas, Christopher Straus, Neha Vapiwala, Jessica S Wieder, Don C Yoo, James A Brink, John L Dalrymple
U.S. physicians in multiple specialties who order or conduct radiological procedures lack formal radiation science education and thus sometimes order procedures of limited benefit or fail to order what is necessary. To this end, a multi-disciplinary expert group propose an introductory broad-based radiation science educational program for U.S. medical schools. Suggested preclinical elements of the curriculum include foundational education on ionizing and non-ionizing radiation (e.g., definitions, dose metrics, and risk measures) and short- and long-term radiation-related health effects as well as introduction to radiology, radiation therapy, and radiation protection concepts...
September 18, 2022: Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR