PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences in the perception of the "good doctor" image between faculty and students, based on the competencies of the "Korean doctor's role." METHODS: The study sample comprised 418 students and 49 faculty members in medical school. They were asked to draw images of a "good doctor," and the competencies were then analyzed using the Draw-A-Scientist test and the social network program Netminer 4.0. RESULTS: Of the competency areas, "communication and collaboration with patient" and "medical knowledge and clinical skills" were the most frequently expressed, and "education and research," "professionalism," and "social accountability" were less commonly expressed. Images of a good doctor by the faculty focused on competencies that were directly related to current clinical doctors. Conversely, those by the students expressed various competencies equally. CONCLUSION: We have provided basic data for faculties and schools to plan various education strategies to help students establish the image of a good doctor and develop the necessary competencies as physicians.
Clinical Competence/*standards ; Data Mining ; Faculty/*psychology ; Humans ; *Perception ; Physician's Role/*psychology ; Republic of Korea ; Schools, Medical ; Statistics as Topic ; Students, Medical/*psychology

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the interobserver variability and performance in the interpretation of ultrasonographic (US) findings of thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 72 malignant nodules and 61 benign nodules were enrolled as part of this study. Five faculty radiologists and four residents independently performed a retrospective analysis of the US images. The observers received one training session after the first interpretation and then performed a secondary interpretation. Agreement was analyzed by Cohen's kappa statistic. Degree of performance was analyzed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS: Agreement between the faculties was fair-to-good for all criteria; however, between residents, agreement was poor-to-fair. The area under the ROC curves was 0.72, 0.62, and 0.60 for the faculties, senior residents, and junior residents, respectively. There was a significant difference in performance between the faculties and the residents (p < 0.05). There was a significant increase in the agreement for some criteria in the faculties and the senior residents after the training session, but no significant increase in the junior residents. CONCLUSION: Independent reporting of thyroid US performed by residents is undesirable. A continuous and specialized resident training is essential to enhance the degree of agreement and performance.
Adult ; Aged ; Clinical Competence/*statistics & numerical data ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Faculty, Medical/*statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Internship and Residency/*statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Observer Variation ; ROC Curve ; Radiology/education ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Thyroid Gland/ultrasonography ; Thyroid Neoplasms/*ultrasonography