Summary of the proceedings of the International Su

Authors: European Society of Radiology ESR

Publish Date: 2016/01/11

Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-5

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Abstract

The need for subspecialisation in radiology and the relationship of general and subspecialist radiologists is very diverse in different regions of the world according to the reports presented at the ESR International Summit organised by the ESR during the European Congress of Radiology in March 2015 in Vienna The International Summit is held once a year by the ESR and its national and international radiological partner societies from outside Europe with the aim to address and discuss selected subjects of global relevance in radiology In 2015 the relationship between general and subspecialist radiologists was analysed It was shown that the situation differs immensely between developed and developing countries in developed countries a considerable proportion of radiologists are subspecialty trained subspecialty radiologists practise mainly in large and academic departments and many radiologists practise as multispecialty radiologists In many developing countries only general radiologists—if available at all—practise radiology and imaging interpretation is often performed by physicians with very limited relevant training or in some cases even by nonphysiciansThe International Summit was established by the European Society of Radiology ESR in order to intensify the collaboration of national and international radiological societies from outside Europe and to discuss selected subjects of global relevance in radiology at each European Congress of Radiology ECR So far at the ECR 2013 and ECR 2014 the relationship between radiology and nuclear medicine and the position of ultrasound in radiology were discussed while the topic of “General radiologist versus subspecialist radiologist” was discussed at ECR 2015 Representatives of the following radiological societies usually the president and one or two members of the executive were invited to this meeting to present the situation in their respective country or region American College of Radiology ACR Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology AOSR Canadian Association of Radiology CAR InterAmerican College of Radiology CIR Colombian Association of Radiology CAR International Society of Radiology ISR Japan Radiological Society JRS Korean Society of Radiology KSR Radiological Society of North America RSNA and the European Society of Radiology ESR Representatives of several past “ESR meets” countries/societies were also invited to attend the meeting Brazilian College of Radiology Egyptian Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Radiological Society of South Africa and Mexican Radiology and Imaging Society

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