Overseas exams - Perception of audience in a conference symposium: A survey

Therakathu, Jacob; Keshava, Shyamkumar Nidugala; Thippeswamy, Pushpa Bhari; Chandramohan, Anuradha

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“…Abroad education attracts students for the reasons such as, "being trained in an environment of highly structured training protocols," or for having a variety of subspeciality topics to choose from, which are sparsely available in India (such as women, imaging, fetal medicine). 15,23,24 Also, as previously mentioned, that most of the fellowship courses in radiology in India are not recognized by the NMC; hence, they could not be presented as post-PG-academic qualifications. Another option for getting a fellowship degree was writing foreign fellowship examinations such as FRCR, FRANZCR, and EDiR.…”

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“…The demerit lies in the fact that these do not provide the candidate with any hands-on practical exposure, thus having no benefit regarding skill enhancements but adds to the academic portfolio. 23,24 Other than higher academic affiliations, the resident can pursue the avenues of senior residency, private practice, or a combination of both. The NMC expects residents of any specialities to pursue a 3-year senior residency in their respective departments in an institute where they can get a seat.…”

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Subspecialization, Senior Residency, or Private Practice: The Dilemma of Final-Year Radiology Postgraduate Residents in India

Sarangi

Narayan

Panda

et al. 2023

Indian J Radiol Imaging

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Background Radiology is among India's top five speciality choices pursued by meritorious medical graduates. With the advent of the subspecialization degree courses, fellowships, the requirement of senior residency as faculty eligibility criteria, and the lucrative option of private practice, the final-year postgraduates are given opportunities to choose from but with little guidance on what and how to choose. This study aims to analyze the views of the final-year radiology postgraduate residents in India regarding their understanding of how to proceed in their professional life with options available. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted online via Google forms distributed via email and social media platforms. The questionnaire was prepared after going through previous literature, video blogs, and media available on the Internet and was further validated for content. Results About half (48%) of them wished to pursue higher studies in the form of Doctorate of Medicine (DM) degree courses or fellowships. Almost three-quarters of the participants preferred short-term subspecialization via fellowships over 3-year DM courses (28%). Regarding clinical practice, 61.9% preferred to take up senior residency, while slightly over one-third (35.7%) expressed their will to move on to private practice. Conclusion A relative conundrum was observed in the decision to take up senior residency or private practice or to go for DM but had to pursue a fellowship due to limited choice in topics and seats available in the country for subspecialization.

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Subspecialization, Senior Residency, or Private Practice: The Dilemma of Final-Year Radiology Postgraduate Residents in India

Sarangi

Narayan

Panda

et al. 2023

Indian J Radiol Imaging

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Insights into obtaining FRCR and beyond: Obstacles, opportunities and post-relocation dilemma – An Indian perspective

Thaker

Botchu

Gupta

2020

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

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Indian radiology trainees and radiologists are interested to have FRCR (Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists) qualification for various reasons including academic career progression, subspecialty interest and other socioeconomic factors. The path for acquiring FRCR qualification is adventurous yet onerous and exhausting. Perseverance, meticulous planning and clarity in the vision are essential prerequisites for an Indian graduate aiming to complete FRCR qualification, and one may require to invest an average of 1.5–2 years even if there is no reattempt in this tripartite examination. Indian doctors including radiologists are considered amongst the finest across global medical fraternities. However, the Indian medical education is skewed and variably distributed over the subcontinent due to organisational inability to provide single radiology curriculum-based education to all radiology training programmes. Parallel educational boards and a variety of institutions such as government, trust-funded and private organisations provide radiology training to further complicate the grand picture of radiology education in India. Conversely, UK radiology education is uniform nationally and rigorously enforced by deaneries based upon state-provided guidelines. UK training opportunities are essentially academically rewarding experience but they require herculean efforts to gain access to one. One should constantly focus on building a resume at par with that of a UK trainee by obtaining experience required to fulfil checklist for such opportunities. Alongwith addressing local (UK) competition thoughtfully, hard work, diligence, and high standards of work ethics are absolute musts to build a great resume, to obtain training opportunity and, in turn, to satisfy the ultimate goal of carrier advancement.

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Overseas exams - Perception of audience in a conference symposium: A survey

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Subspecialization, Senior Residency, or Private Practice: The Dilemma of Final-Year Radiology Postgraduate Residents in India

Subspecialization, Senior Residency, or Private Practice: The Dilemma of Final-Year Radiology Postgraduate Residents in India

Insights into obtaining FRCR and beyond: Obstacles, opportunities and post-relocation dilemma – An Indian perspective

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