In this webinar Dr Jeanette Dickson will briefly explore some of the issues and challenges facing 21st century radiologists.

Radiology is an exciting specialty with rapid technological advances both in diagnostics and intervention. There is a potential for increased direct patient facing care. The workforce is currently stretched meeting increasing the demand placed on it in a timely fashion. At present there are more applicants than training places, which is a good position for the specialty to be in. 
Looking forward, how is the specialty likely to change in the next few decades? How will current trainees experience of work be different from now? How can we ensure that those coming into radiology have a career as a consultant that is both fulfilling and sustainable? 

In this lecture Dr Dickson will try to project the current changes in technology and models of care to look at how a radiologist’s working life may change. She will talk about the potential impact of artificial intelligence / machine learning, skill mix, new models of care including rapid diagnostic centres (RDC) and increases in targeted screening. She will touch on the potential impact of genomics on radiology. For intervention, Dr Dickson will look at how demand might increase and the shift toward new and follow-up out-patient clinic consultations becoming the norm rather than the exception. Nuclear medicine – once isotope supplies are secured post Brexit there is likely to be a shift to more molecular radiotherapy indications for both benign and malignant conditions.

Educational aim:

• To convey the current breadth of practice of radiology and how that will change over the coming years

Speakers

Dr Jeanette Dickson

Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre 

President of the Royal College of Radiologists

1 CPD credit 

Free to register