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Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us?
Interventional radiology is a relatively young specialty, and it is undergoing a period of considerable growth. The benefits of a minimally invasive approach are clear, with smaller incisions, less pain, and faster recovery times being the principal benefits compared to surgical alternatives. Traine...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20190002 |
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author | Mashar, Meghavi Nanapragasam, Andrew Haslam, Philip |
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description | Interventional radiology is a relatively young specialty, and it is undergoing a period of considerable growth. The benefits of a minimally invasive approach are clear, with smaller incisions, less pain, and faster recovery times being the principal benefits compared to surgical alternatives. Trainees need to acquire the technical skills and the clinical acumen to accurately deliver targeted treatment and safely follow up patients after the procedure. The need to maintain an efficient interventional radiology service whilst also giving sufficient time for trainee education is a challenge. In order to compensate for this, novel technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cadaveric simulation, and three-dimensional (3D) printing have been postulated as a means of supplementing training. In this article, we outline the main features of these innovative strategies and discuss the evidence base behind them. Benefits of these techniques beyond pure clinical training include the standardization of educational cases, access to training at any time, and less risk to patients. The main disadvantage is the large financial outlay required. Therefore, before widespread uptake can be recommended, further research is needed to confirm the educational benefit of these novel techniques, both in and of themselves and in comparison to existing clinical-based education. |
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spelling | pubmed-75924322020-11-10 Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? Mashar, Meghavi Nanapragasam, Andrew Haslam, Philip BJR Open Opinion Interventional radiology is a relatively young specialty, and it is undergoing a period of considerable growth. The benefits of a minimally invasive approach are clear, with smaller incisions, less pain, and faster recovery times being the principal benefits compared to surgical alternatives. Trainees need to acquire the technical skills and the clinical acumen to accurately deliver targeted treatment and safely follow up patients after the procedure. The need to maintain an efficient interventional radiology service whilst also giving sufficient time for trainee education is a challenge. In order to compensate for this, novel technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cadaveric simulation, and three-dimensional (3D) printing have been postulated as a means of supplementing training. In this article, we outline the main features of these innovative strategies and discuss the evidence base behind them. Benefits of these techniques beyond pure clinical training include the standardization of educational cases, access to training at any time, and less risk to patients. The main disadvantage is the large financial outlay required. Therefore, before widespread uptake can be recommended, further research is needed to confirm the educational benefit of these novel techniques, both in and of themselves and in comparison to existing clinical-based education. The British Institute of Radiology. 2019-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7592432/ /pubmed/33178937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20190002 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Opinion Mashar, Meghavi Nanapragasam, Andrew Haslam, Philip Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title | Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title_full | Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title_fullStr | Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title_full_unstemmed | Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title_short | Interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
title_sort | interventional radiology training: where will technology take us? |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20190002 |
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