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Proceedings of the 2006 Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research Meeting
Vol 13, No 10, October 2006
Jarvik
Proceedings of the 2006 Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research Meeting The Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research (RAHSR) celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 2006 Association of University Radiologists (AUR) in Austin, Texas, with 3 days of sessions that both looked back at what the field of radiology has accomplished in the past decade with respect to health services research and gazed forward into the future at new challenges for health services researchers in radiology. RAHSR continued to have the privilege of co-hosting the opening session of the meeting with the A3CR2 and presented a session on “Critical Thinking Skills: Bottom-Up Evidence-Based Practice: Rules and Tools for Practice-Based Learning.” In a departure from the usual didactic session, this was a highly interactive workshop on practicing evidence-based radiology (EBR). Dermot Malone, MD, and Marie Staunton, MBBCh, from the University College Dublin, developed and led the workshop. Drs. Malone and Staunton are both radiologists with a long history of teaching EBR in Europe, and they were kind enough to make the trans-Atlantic journey to share their course with us. William Hollingworth, PhD, an economist in the Department of Radiology and Health Services Researcher from the University of Washington, assisted Drs. Malone and Stuanton. Participants were asked to bring their own laptop and to be prepared to connect to the Internet using wireless network connection. The course was designed for residents and radiologists to not only learn but also take home and integrate into their daily routine computer-based skills related to EBR. These skills included formulating searchable questions, constructing structured literature searches, and using simple rules and tools for critical appraisal of scientific articles. This session played to a full house, with the room brimming with residents and attendings working side by side, learning and using the skills of EBR. Next year, bring your laptop—we plan to repeat and expand the session.
The Wednesday afternoon colloquium was entitled, “Gazing Back, Looking Forward: 10 Years of RAHSR.” This session was the centerpiece of the celebration of a decade of RAHSR. We invited two past presidents of RAHSR to reflect about the founding of RAHSR, its early days, and its current state. We also asked a molecular imager to speak about the future role of health services research in radiology. Michael Pentecost, MD, the first president of RAHSR, who went on to become the chairman of radiology at Georgetown University and is now a member of the Permanente Medical Group of the Mid-Atlantic States, spoke about “RAHSR’s Beginnings.” RAHSR grew out of a course sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s with Drs. Pentecost and Curt Langlotz, MD, PhD, playing key roles during those early days. Bruce Hillman, MD, also a past president of RAHSR, former chairman of radiology at the University of Virginia and currently the Theodore Keats Endowed Professor, gave a talk entitled, “Health Services Research: Lessons Learned from the Past.” Dr. Hillman reviewed important accomplishments in radiology health services research including a “Top 10 List” of health services research publications. Finally, David Mankoff, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at the University of Washington, discussed the critical role of outcomes research in molecular imaging and gave examples of how health services and outcomes research will be instrumental in advancing the field. Each year, in addition to the “basic skills” Wednesday morning session, RAHSR also holds a session on Advanced Topics in Health Services Research. This year, Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of radiology at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, gave a seminar on cost-effectiveness modeling and microsimulation. In addition, Annette Johnson, MD, MS, chief of neuroradiology
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at Indiana University, gave an excellent review of the use of cohort studies in radiology. For the second year in a row, the RAHSR program included a session on mentoring. Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Wisconsin and the program chairperson for the 2007 RAHSR program, organized this session, during which three mentor-mentee pairs discussed what made their mentoring relationship successful. Participants included Etta Pisano, MD, professor of radiology, and Dag Pavic, MD (UNC), assistant professor of radiology; Lynn Broderick, MD, associate professor of radiology, and Donna Blankenbaker, MD, (University of Wisconsin), assistant professor of radiology; and John Eng, MD, associate professor of radiology, and Krishna Jurulu, MD, resident in radiology (Johns Hopkins). RAHSR continued to sponsor a scientific session during which health services research–related papers were presented. Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Michigan, and Janie Lee, MD, MS, senior scientist with the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment and assistant radiologist at MGH, co-chaired the session. John Eng, MD, continued to organize the RAHSR oneon-one mentoring program for a fourth year. This pro-
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gram matches senior faculty with more junior “advisees” to discuss mutual areas of interest. The program provides a unique opportunity for radiologists just beginning their career to sit down in an informal setting with some of the most accomplished of academic radiologists and garner advice regarding their projects and career. The RAHSR business meeting had the usual, brief reports given by the Membership Committee chair, the Program Committee chair, and the secretary-treasurer. Elizabeth Burnside, MD, is the 2007 Program Committee chair; John Eng, MD, advanced to vice president; and Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, was elected secretary-treasurer. Craige Blackmore, MD, MPH, professor of radiology at the University of Washington, then passed the baton of the RAHSR presidency to Kimberly Applegate, MD, associate professor of radiology at Indiana University. Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH e-mail: [email protected] Neuroradiology, Radiology Health Services Research Section University of Washington Box 357115 1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98195
Jarvik
Proceedings of the 2006 Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research Meeting The Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research (RAHSR) celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 2006 Association of University Radiologists (AUR) in Austin, Texas, with 3 days of sessions that both looked back at what the field of radiology has accomplished in the past decade with respect to health services research and gazed forward into the future at new challenges for health services researchers in radiology. RAHSR continued to have the privilege of co-hosting the opening session of the meeting with the A3CR2 and presented a session on “Critical Thinking Skills: Bottom-Up Evidence-Based Practice: Rules and Tools for Practice-Based Learning.” In a departure from the usual didactic session, this was a highly interactive workshop on practicing evidence-based radiology (EBR). Dermot Malone, MD, and Marie Staunton, MBBCh, from the University College Dublin, developed and led the workshop. Drs. Malone and Staunton are both radiologists with a long history of teaching EBR in Europe, and they were kind enough to make the trans-Atlantic journey to share their course with us. William Hollingworth, PhD, an economist in the Department of Radiology and Health Services Researcher from the University of Washington, assisted Drs. Malone and Stuanton. Participants were asked to bring their own laptop and to be prepared to connect to the Internet using wireless network connection. The course was designed for residents and radiologists to not only learn but also take home and integrate into their daily routine computer-based skills related to EBR. These skills included formulating searchable questions, constructing structured literature searches, and using simple rules and tools for critical appraisal of scientific articles. This session played to a full house, with the room brimming with residents and attendings working side by side, learning and using the skills of EBR. Next year, bring your laptop—we plan to repeat and expand the session.
The Wednesday afternoon colloquium was entitled, “Gazing Back, Looking Forward: 10 Years of RAHSR.” This session was the centerpiece of the celebration of a decade of RAHSR. We invited two past presidents of RAHSR to reflect about the founding of RAHSR, its early days, and its current state. We also asked a molecular imager to speak about the future role of health services research in radiology. Michael Pentecost, MD, the first president of RAHSR, who went on to become the chairman of radiology at Georgetown University and is now a member of the Permanente Medical Group of the Mid-Atlantic States, spoke about “RAHSR’s Beginnings.” RAHSR grew out of a course sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s with Drs. Pentecost and Curt Langlotz, MD, PhD, playing key roles during those early days. Bruce Hillman, MD, also a past president of RAHSR, former chairman of radiology at the University of Virginia and currently the Theodore Keats Endowed Professor, gave a talk entitled, “Health Services Research: Lessons Learned from the Past.” Dr. Hillman reviewed important accomplishments in radiology health services research including a “Top 10 List” of health services research publications. Finally, David Mankoff, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at the University of Washington, discussed the critical role of outcomes research in molecular imaging and gave examples of how health services and outcomes research will be instrumental in advancing the field. Each year, in addition to the “basic skills” Wednesday morning session, RAHSR also holds a session on Advanced Topics in Health Services Research. This year, Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of radiology at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, gave a seminar on cost-effectiveness modeling and microsimulation. In addition, Annette Johnson, MD, MS, chief of neuroradiology
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Proceedings of the 2006 RAHSR Meeting
at Indiana University, gave an excellent review of the use of cohort studies in radiology. For the second year in a row, the RAHSR program included a session on mentoring. Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Wisconsin and the program chairperson for the 2007 RAHSR program, organized this session, during which three mentor-mentee pairs discussed what made their mentoring relationship successful. Participants included Etta Pisano, MD, professor of radiology, and Dag Pavic, MD (UNC), assistant professor of radiology; Lynn Broderick, MD, associate professor of radiology, and Donna Blankenbaker, MD, (University of Wisconsin), assistant professor of radiology; and John Eng, MD, associate professor of radiology, and Krishna Jurulu, MD, resident in radiology (Johns Hopkins). RAHSR continued to sponsor a scientific session during which health services research–related papers were presented. Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Michigan, and Janie Lee, MD, MS, senior scientist with the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment and assistant radiologist at MGH, co-chaired the session. John Eng, MD, continued to organize the RAHSR oneon-one mentoring program for a fourth year. This pro-
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gram matches senior faculty with more junior “advisees” to discuss mutual areas of interest. The program provides a unique opportunity for radiologists just beginning their career to sit down in an informal setting with some of the most accomplished of academic radiologists and garner advice regarding their projects and career. The RAHSR business meeting had the usual, brief reports given by the Membership Committee chair, the Program Committee chair, and the secretary-treasurer. Elizabeth Burnside, MD, is the 2007 Program Committee chair; John Eng, MD, advanced to vice president; and Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, was elected secretary-treasurer. Craige Blackmore, MD, MPH, professor of radiology at the University of Washington, then passed the baton of the RAHSR presidency to Kimberly Applegate, MD, associate professor of radiology at Indiana University. Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH e-mail: [email protected] Neuroradiology, Radiology Health Services Research Section University of Washington Box 357115 1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98195