The Needs of Academic Radiology in the Seventies

ABSTRACTThis report, prepared by a joint committee of the Association of University Radiologists and the Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiology Departments, establishes the needs of academic radiology by identifying and separating the academic functions from the patient care function. In a community hospital, each of the subdisciplines of radiology ‐ diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine – is responsible solely for patient care. In an academic radiology department, each sub discipline is responsible for three other functions in addition to patient care: resident training, graduate and undergraduate teaching, and research. By using the costs of high‐quality community hospital radiologic patient care as a standard, the further needs of academic radiology were determined. It was found that, depending on the subdiscipline, from 77% to 120% more staff physicians are required in an academic than in a community hospital radiology department and that the academic department requires from 29% to 192% more space, from 33% to 56% more investment in equipment, and from 0.5 to 2.5 additional full‐time equivalents in supporting staff. Adding to these are the costs of salari