I plan to teach at Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Central Jakarta as well as Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung. While there, I will be giving two lectures per day as well as direct feedback on radiology cases. I will help consult on any Diagnostic Radiology cases as well as provide insight on any workflow improvements. There is a large residency training program and as a senior resident, I plan to give resident-level lectures and share resources to bridge any training gap. I believe this will be valuable, as the resources we have at our institution may be novel to the residents in Indonesia.
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. There are 1,5000 radiologists for a population of 270 million people in Indonesia. There are 57 radiology residents at Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital and zero sonographers. All ultrasounds are performed by radiologists and residents. The hospital wants to improve their breast imaging department, as there is no national breast cancer screening guideline as there is in the USA. I plan on giving robust lectures on ultrasound as well as breast imaging.
After my trip, I expect the residents and the hospital to be more knowledgeable about radiology. Radiology is all about seeing more cases. My lectures will show a wide breadth of cases to expose the residents to as much pathology as possible. In addition, I will show them the workflow of breast cancer screening in the USA so they can have a greater fund of knowledge as soon as a national breast cancer screening initiative is finished in Indonesia. Once I leave, I hope that our relationship continues. If there are any cases they'd like to review or any radiology questions in general, I would like to have an open line of communication.
I hope I impacted the residents in both Jakarta and Bandung. I thoroughly enjoyed giving lectures to the residents and learning about their training process. Needless to say, they impacted me as well. I was able to see many cases that we simply don't see in the US. I also gained a new perspective on radiology training compared to how we do it in the US.
