Mona Roshan spent a lot of time in her second year of medical school watching experienced board-certified radiologists at Baptist Health work. No, she wasn't on a clinical rotation. She was conducting research.
The third-year medical student in FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine authored a recently published paper showing how a new radiology reporting style increases accuracy and speed — a win for both patients whose treatment plan hinges on accuracy and radiologists often juggling a large workload.
Now, Roshan is sharing how her experience doing research was an opportunity to inform changes in her future field, while also giving her a true behind the scenes glimpse at the real world of radiology.
How did you get involved with this specific research project?
I'm very interested in pursuing diagnostic radiology and had the chance to meet and connect with Dr. Ricardo Cury at an event hosted by the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. I expressed my interest in radiology and how I hoped to do some type of research in the field.
Later, he reached out and told me about an opportunity to get involved in a study where we were comparing different dictation styles to determine which one was more accurate and could make workflow more efficient for radiologists.
So, what was the experience like?
It was rewarding and confirmed my interest in this field — and that this is what I want to pursue in my career.
I loved learning more about radiology through this experience. It felt like a mini radiology rotation. I went to different sites throughout the Baptist Health system and was able to shadow various types of radiologists in different specialties and recorded them with an eye tracking device. While I was recording them, I was also able to observe their work more closely, how they put together these reports and what that was like.
I was essentially getting a glimpse into a "day in the life of a radiologist."
I saw how this new dictation process really did speed up the process. Radiologists review numerous images in a day and then put together reports. At hospitals like Baptist, there's a lot of demand. So, this could really help streamline the process.
Meet the student behind the research
Mona Roshan is a third-year medical student in FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. She recently authored a study showing how a new radiology reporting style increases accuracy and speed — a win for both patients whose treatment plan hinges on accuracy and radiologists often juggling a large workload.
