Abstract
Rationale and Objectives This study assessed medical student satisfaction with radiology lectures integrated into the 3rd-year student internal medicine clerkship, compared with faculty lectures in an independent radiology course, and investigated the effects of integrated instruction on departmental compensation from the medical school. Materials and Methods Students' evaluations were compared, with two-way analysis of variance, for faculty who presented lectures in an integrated radiology course and faculty who presented lectures in an independent radiology course from July 1998 to June 2001. Radiology department compensation from the medical school for each course was computed per contact hour. Results For the integrated course (663 evaluations), the mean overall faculty rating was 1.44 (1 = excellent, 5 = poor), lower (more positive) than the mean overall rating of 1.53 for the independent course (518 evaluations) ( P = .037). The interaction between type of instruction and topic was significant only for chest and musculoskeletal imaging, which were rated more positive and less positive in the integrated course, respectively ( P < .001). For the integrated course the radiology department received $762 per lecture hour, and for the independent course it received $296 per contact hour (all types) and $1,183 per lecture hour. Conclusion Student ratings of faculty lectures in an integrated course were excellent and comparable to those in an independent radiology course. The medical school differentiated the efforts of radiology faculty in the two courses through its budgeting process, awarding greater compensation per contact hour for participation in the integrated course. If only lecture hours are considered, compensation was greater for the independent course.
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