Abstract：
OBJECTIVE: The number of international medical graduates (IMGs) entering radiology residencies and neuroradiology fellowships averaged 9.7% and 20.9% from 2021 to 2023, respectively. We aimed to determine whether IMG graduates are populating leadership roles at a proportionate rate in diagnostic radiology (DR) and neuroradiology.
METHODS: We surveyed 191 DR program directors, 94 neuroradiology program directors (PDs), 192 chairs of radiology, and 91 directors of neuroradiology inquiring about their original citizenship and medical school (American Medical Graduates [AMG] vs IMG). We reviewed institutional websites to obtain missing data and recorded H indices for each person using Scopus.
RESULTS: We confirmed the original citizenship and medical school location in 61-75% and 93-98% of each leadership group. We found that 16.2% of DR program directors, 43.7% of neuroradiology PDs, 28.5% of Chairs, and 40.6% of neuroradiology directors were not originally US citizens. The IMG rate was 18/188 (9.6%), 20/90 (22.2%), 26/186 (14.0%), and 19/85 (22.4%) for the same groups respectively. The most common country of origin and medical school cited was India for all leadership groups. IMGs had a median H index of 14 while AMG 10, significantly different (p = 0.021) CONCLUSION: Compared to the rate of diagnostic and neuroradiology trainees entering from 2021 to 2023, IMGs are proportionately represented at the leadership positions studied. The H index of the IMGs was higher than AMG. We conclude that IMGs have made substantial and proportionate inroads in radiology and neuroradiology leadership.
METHODS: We surveyed 191 DR program directors, 94 neuroradiology program directors (PDs), 192 chairs of radiology, and 91 directors of neuroradiology inquiring about their original citizenship and medical school (American Medical Graduates [AMG] vs IMG). We reviewed institutional websites to obtain missing data and recorded H indices for each person using Scopus.
RESULTS: We confirmed the original citizenship and medical school location in 61-75% and 93-98% of each leadership group. We found that 16.2% of DR program directors, 43.7% of neuroradiology PDs, 28.5% of Chairs, and 40.6% of neuroradiology directors were not originally US citizens. The IMG rate was 18/188 (9.6%), 20/90 (22.2%), 26/186 (14.0%), and 19/85 (22.4%) for the same groups respectively. The most common country of origin and medical school cited was India for all leadership groups. IMGs had a median H index of 14 while AMG 10, significantly different (p = 0.021) CONCLUSION: Compared to the rate of diagnostic and neuroradiology trainees entering from 2021 to 2023, IMGs are proportionately represented at the leadership positions studied. The H index of the IMGs was higher than AMG. We conclude that IMGs have made substantial and proportionate inroads in radiology and neuroradiology leadership.
摘要：
目标：从2021年到2023年，进入放射学住院医师和神经放射学研究金的国际医学毕业生（IMG）人数平均分别为9.7％和20.9％。我们旨在确定IMG毕业生是否在诊断放射学（DR）和神经放射学中以成比例的比例增加领导角色。
方法：我们调查了191名DR项目主管，94名神经放射学项目主任(PD)，192把放射学椅子，和91名神经放射学主任询问他们最初的公民身份和医学院（美国医学毕业生[AMG]vsIMG）。我们审查了机构网站，以获取缺失的数据，并记录了使用Scopus的每个人的H指数。
结果：我们确认了每个领导小组中61-75％和93-98％的原始公民身份和医学院所在地。我们发现16.2%的DR项目主管，43.7％的神经放射学PD，28.5%的椅子，40.6%的神经放射学主任最初不是美国公民。IMG率为18/188(9.6%)，20/90（22.2%），26/186（14.0%），同一组分别为19/85(22.4%)。对于所有领导团体，最常见的原籍国和医学院都是印度。IMG的中位数H指数为14，而AMG为10，差异显着（p=0.021）结论：与2021年至2023年进入诊断和神经放射学的学员比率相比，IMG在所研究的领导职位中占比例。IMG的H指数高于AMG。我们得出的结论是，IMG在放射学和神经放射学领导方面取得了实质性和相称的进展。
方法：我们调查了191名DR项目主管，94名神经放射学项目主任(PD)，192把放射学椅子，和91名神经放射学主任询问他们最初的公民身份和医学院（美国医学毕业生[AMG]vsIMG）。我们审查了机构网站，以获取缺失的数据，并记录了使用Scopus的每个人的H指数。
结果：我们确认了每个领导小组中61-75％和93-98％的原始公民身份和医学院所在地。我们发现16.2%的DR项目主管，43.7％的神经放射学PD，28.5%的椅子，40.6%的神经放射学主任最初不是美国公民。IMG率为18/188(9.6%)，20/90（22.2%），26/186（14.0%），同一组分别为19/85(22.4%)。对于所有领导团体，最常见的原籍国和医学院都是印度。IMG的中位数H指数为14，而AMG为10，差异显着（p=0.021）结论：与2021年至2023年进入诊断和神经放射学的学员比率相比，IMG在所研究的领导职位中占比例。IMG的H指数高于AMG。我们得出的结论是，IMG在放射学和神经放射学领导方面取得了实质性和相称的进展。
