Breast Imaging Fellowship Consortium: Developing a Comprehensive Virtual Educational Platform for Breast Imaging...

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Radiology
• Breast Imaging

Background:

• Breast imaging fellowship education faces challenges due to understaffing and increased clinical demands, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Limited time for traditional didactic education impacts fellowship training quality.
• A need exists for innovative educational models in breast imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe a collaborative, multidisciplinary didactic lecture series for breast imaging fellows.
• To establish a framework for inter-institutional educational collaboration.
• To leverage the Society of Breast Imaging's curriculum as a foundation for fellowship education.

Main Methods:

• Developed a weekly, multidisciplinary didactic lecture series involving multiple institutions.
• Utilized the Society of Breast Imaging's suggested fellowship curriculum.
• Focused on collaborative content creation and delivery by faculty.

Main Results:

• The lecture series fostered camaraderie, networking, and engagement among breast imaging fellows.
• Faculty gained professional development opportunities by sharing niche expertise.
• Created a platform for faculty recognition as regional and national experts.

Conclusions:

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary didactic programs can effectively enhance breast imaging fellowship education.
• This model addresses the challenges of understaffing and high clinical volumes.
• The program benefits both trainees through improved education and faculty through professional growth and recognition.