Purpose
To determine demographics, practice patterns, needs from Society of Interventional
Radiology (SIR), and preferences of interventional radiologists (IRs) early in their
careers.
Methods
A 28-question descriptive survey was used to identify demographic and practice composition,
practice issues, and needs of early career IRs. The survey was distributed to SIR
members in the United States (US) (n = 859) within the first 8 years of practice, with 213 respondents (25%).
Results
Respondents were primarily male (n = 181, 87%), less than 40 years old (n = 156, 73%), in practice for 6 years or less (n = 167, 79%), and satisfied with IR as a career (n = 183, 92.4%). The majority were in academic practice (n = 89, 43.2%) or large private practice group (n = 67, 32.5%). Most respondents read diagnostic imaging daily or weekly (n = 130, 61%). The majority of respondents perform complex procedures regularly including
transarterial tumor therapy, percutaneous tumor ablation, peripheral arterial interventions,
and biliary interventions monthly. Many respondents (n = 49, 23%) have changed jobs at least once citing career advancement, practice issues/disagreements,
or compensation as reason. Most respondents would serve as mentors (n = 170, 80%) for trainees and were satisfied with their career mentorship (n = 166, 78%). Respondents felt that mentorship, identification of barriers facing
early career IRs, and networking should be the most important functions of the Early
Career Section (ECS)of the SIR.
Conclusion
As nearly all survey respondents indicated that early career IRs have different needs
and priorities than established physicians, they felt that mentorship, identification
of barriers facing early career IRs, and networking should be the most important functions
of the ECS. Additionally, this same group of IRs report low comfort with the business
side of medicine and may benefit from directed content provided by the SIR ECS.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 13, 2021
Accepted:
February 24,
2021
Received in revised form:
February 14,
2021
Received:
January 21,
2021
Footnotes
Funding: There was no funding for this study.
The author(s) declare(s) that they had full access to all of the data in this study and the author(s) take(s) complete responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
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