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NeuroRad Tracts is a free educational resource that I've created to help neuroradiology residents and fellows bridge the gap between understanding complex concepts and applying them in clinical practice. As imaging volumes continue to grow, increasing demands on radiologists and physician shortages often leave attendings with less time available for one-on-one teaching. Our goal is to help bridge that gap by making this type of nuanced, clinically focused education accessible and free.
Our goal is to continue expanding the educational platform that we've created. This pipeline allows AI to take my clinical expertise and teaching material, as well as published research, and turn it into educational videos and illustrations that help replicate the clinical reasoning and thought processes of an attending, something that traditional educational resources don't always provide.
The same process allows us to incorporate new research as it becomes available, so the educational content can be updated as our understanding changes. With additional funding, we can expand this pipeline, improve the quality of the material, and reach more learners without requiring a large team.
Ultimately, we want to use AI to make the knowledge and experience of a subspecialty attending available to a much larger audience, while keeping the education free and accessible to everyone.
We will know this project has been successful through feedback from residents and fellows on whether the educational material has been useful to them, as well as any recognition or acknowledgment from professional societies in the field.
The requested funding will primarily support my time developing and clinically reviewing the educational material, along with independent clinical review to ensure its accuracy. It will also help cover the computing resources and production tools needed to create high-quality videos, illustrations, and interactive educational content.
Additional funding will support video editing, transcripts, captions, editorial assistance, and project management. We also want to continue maintaining the website as a free, publicly accessible educational resource.
I am the primary researcher, E. Brooke Schrickel, MD. I am an academic neuroradiologist and assistant professor of radiology at a major university. I completed my neuroradiology fellowship at Yale and am board-certified in diagnostic radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification in neuroradiology.
Tab is the CEO of Resonant Labs, LLC, and oversees business operations and project management.
My previous work includes research involving AI-assisted radiology reporting, clinical evaluation of AI-generated content, and the development of educational resources for radiologists and trainees. This project would allow us to expand on that work and more formally evaluate whether this approach is useful.
I think the biggest risk would be not being able to use AI to effectively translate an attending's clinical knowledge into educational material that trainees find useful. Simply producing content won't necessarily provide the same understanding or clinical perspective that comes with working directly with an attending.
If this project fails, trainees will continue to rely on educational resources that can be expensive and may not provide the clinical insight and perspective they're looking for. With increasing imaging volumes and less time available for one-on-one teaching with attendings, this gap in education will likely continue.
However, even an unsuccessful approach will allow us to better understand the limitations of using AI to transfer this type of specialist knowledge and where direct human teaching remains necessary.
We have not raised any external funding in the last 12 months. This has been a self-funded project, and given the positive traction with our research papers currently being considered for publication, we feel that now may be the right time to seek additional funding to expand the research and allow more people to benefit from the resource.