The challenge of radiology education in developing countries

• Published in: Biomedical imaging and intervention journal 2008-01, Vol.4 (1), p.e2-e2
• Main Authors: Ramírez-Arias, Jl, Rodríguez-Treviño, C, González-Vergara, C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1823-5530; 1823-5530
• DOI: 10.2349/biij.4.1.e2

Public and university hospitals have traditionally been related to the training of medical residents - they have large clinical grounds and their patients are less inconvenienced when they receive medical treatment by the institution’s personnel as opposed to private institutions where the physicians are usually chosen by the paying patient. The new concept of concierge medicine [3] allows physicians to avoid attending to a massive number of patients. [...]they tend to have a more relaxed medical practice but most of the time away from scholastic purposes. Private medical institutions supported by private insurance companies and health maintenance organisations (HMOs), expedite administrators in the knowledge that the relation of cost-benefit while investing in costly radiologic equipment will usually give them the benefit of a faster capital reimbursement if they have competitive equipment to offer.