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Radiology In Training: The Inaugural Year Amidst a Pandemic

2021; Radiological Society of North America; Volume: 301; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1148/radiol.2021211587

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Eric Kim, Anna Trofimova, Francis Deng, Susanna I. Lee,

Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

HomeRadiologyVol. 301, No. 1 PreviousNext Reviews and CommentaryFree AccessEditorialRadiology In Training: The Inaugural Year Amidst a PandemicEric Kim , Anna Trofimova, Francis Deng, Susanna I. LeeEric Kim , Anna Trofimova, Francis Deng, Susanna I. LeeAuthor AffiliationsFrom the Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016-6402 (E.K.); Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga (A.T.); and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (F.D., S.I.L.).Address correspondence to E.K. (e-mail: [email protected]).Eric Kim Anna TrofimovaFrancis DengSusanna I. LeePublished Online:Jul 27 2021https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2021211587MoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In The past year has been a challenge for all, with the COVID-19 public health crisis driving rapid changes in clinical practice, research, and publication. During this unprecedented time, our journal launched Radiology In Training in July 2020 under the leadership of the Radiology Editor in Chief, Dr David Bluemke, and Senior Consultant to the Editor, Dr Susanna Lee. Radiology In Training was established to create a community of trainees who engage with Radiology as editors, reviewers, authors, and readers. The journal recognizes that residents and fellows will define the future of radiology. Thus, our residents and fellows should be offered an opportunity to directly participate in the activities of the journal and help shape it with their unique perspectives (1).Like many new publishing ventures in this online era, Radiology In Training launched with a website containing journal content that would be of special interest to trainees and a description of its panel of editors and mentors (2). The inaugural editorial board consisted of seven Deputy Editors and eight Associate Editors representing 13 institutions across three countries. They were recruited from an international pool of applications based on their past accomplishments in radiology research, education, or public service. They were asked to demonstrate a track record in medical publishing and social media. During a 1-year term, the trainee editors learned about and actively participated in various editorial activities for the journal. They also created multimedia content on social media platforms to increase awareness of and broaden readership for the journal articles.One particularly successful initiative was a one-on-one mentored review program. This program was well received both by the trainee editors and their mentors. The usual experience of budding academics is that they start reviewing manuscripts with little to no guidance on how to critically appraise a manuscript. Thus, each reviewer is left learning by trial and error what kind of feedback might be most useful for editors and authors. The mentored review program remedied this by pairing each trainee editor with an experienced journal reviewer with matching subspecialty interests. Trainees were tasked to review manuscripts for the journal under guidance of their mentors. After reviewing several manuscripts, the trainees “graduated” from the program and, since then, they have been independently reviewing manuscripts, thereby significantly augmenting Radiology's pool of highly qualified peer reviewers. We wish to sincerely thank all the mentors who took their time to teach and to support the trainee editors this past year.The In Training Deputy Editors also had the opportunity to participate in Radiology's editorial board meetings. The In Training editorial board members assessed select manuscripts that had returned from peer review and that were being considered for publication. During the meeting, the trainee editors deliberated with the full journal editorial board regarding article quality and importance. This provided the trainees a firsthand opportunity to see the diversity of reviewer comments and the factors that editors consider when making decisions for revision or acceptance in the journal.A major goal of Radiology In Training is to disseminate, translate, and communicate research published in Radiology to a broader readership. The trainee editors chose to focus their efforts on social media, which enables an international audience and engages a younger demographic to amplify the journal’s content. The In Training editors created “Tweetorials” and “In A Minute” videos that were posted weekly, summarizing the clinically relevant teaching points in journal articles. Tweetorials are threaded posts on the microblogging social network Twitter, consisting of a series of short messages enhanced with images, animations, videos, and/or multiple-choice polls. In A Minute videos are short—less than 2 minutes—narrated presentations summarizing the findings of an original research article. The multimedia are available on a searchable archive on the Radiology In Training website or on YouTube (2,3). This initiative was extremely productive, with more than 80 presentations posted on social media in the past year, each typically receiving hundreds of views and the most popular garnering tens of thousands of impressions. As for Radiology itself, the articles highlighted by the In Training board attained higher Altmetric scores, a measure of online attention that has been associated with a larger article readership (4,5).The In Training editors also selected the top Images in Radiology publications for the year 2020 (6). Since its launch in 2018, the Images in Radiology feature has been of strong interest to the journal’s readership and, in particular, to trainees. It showcases visually appealing and educational images highlighting novel pathologies or cutting-edge technologies. With this goal in mind, the Radiology In Training editorial board selected a winner and three finalists. The winner, appropriate for a year dominated by the pandemic, was the article entitled “COVID-19–associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: Imaging Features,” which presented a case of acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy in a patient with COVID-19 (7).Two new article types were introduced to encourage manuscript submissions of trainee-authored articles. The “Perspectives” articles are brief commentaries intended to reflect the author’s opinion on an issue relevant to the trainee experience. The “Research in Practice” articles are case-based reviews illustrating how research published in Radiology is applied to clinical practice. This format enables a trainee to write with a mentor in an area of shared interest. The trainee presents the clinical scenario with a description of the patient and imaging. The expert mentor reviews the relevant literature and its clinical application to the case. All trainee-authored manuscripts were reviewed by at least one of the In Training editors. Several Perspectives and Research in Practice articles were published in the past year, some authored by members of the Radiology In Training editorial board (8,9).Overall, the inaugural year of Radiology In Training, founded in the midst of a time dominated by COVID-19, was a tremendous success. As with the pandemic response, much of the effort required creativity and agility but was, in contrast, a lot more fun. Consequently, both the journal and the trainee editors broadened their perspectives and skill sets. In looking forward to the coming academic year, we have recruited our 2021 In Training editorial board. The 2021 board consists of 19 remarkably talented trainees with diverse backgrounds and geographic locations. Board members will represent 15 institutions and five countries. Thus, Radiology In Training will continue to benefit from new insights and ideas and grow as an exemplary program for trainee engagement in radiology publication.Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest: E.K. Activities related to the present article: is a member of the Radiology In Training editorial board. Activities not related to the present article: disclosed no relevant relationships. Other relationships: disclosed no relevant relationships. A.T. Activities related to the present article: is a member of the Radiology In Training editorial board; is recipient of RSNA Resident and Fellow Research Grant; is 2020 RSNA William W. Olmsted Trainee Editorial Fellow. Activities not related to the present article: disclosed no relevant relationships. Other relationships: disclosed no relevant relationships. F.D. Activities related to the present article: is a member of the Radiology In Training editorial board. Activities not related to the present article: is editor for Radiopaedia.org. Other relationships: disclosed no relevant relationships. S.I.L. Activities related to the present article: is a member of the Radiology editorial board and the Radiology In Training editorial board. Activities not related to the present article: has grants or contracts with ECOG-ACRIN; receives author royalties from Wolters Kluwer and Springer; received financial support for attending meetings and/or travel from RSNA for Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop faculty. Other relationships: disclosed no relevant relationships.References1. Lee SI, Bluemke DA. Radiology In Training: An Investment for Our Future. Radiology 2020;296(2):245. Link, Google Scholar2. Radiology In TrainingWeb site. https://pubs.rsna.org/page/radiology/radintraining. Accessed June 20, 2021. Google Scholar3. Radiology RSNA YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/RadiologyRSNA. Accessed June 20, 2021. Google Scholar4. 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