Radiology goes back to school: presenting the face of radiology to school children.

THE PROBLEM Among health care professionals, the critical role of radiology in patient care is obvious. For example, most emergency department patients receive some form of imaging when presenting with abdominal pain [1]. Among the general public, however, the radiologist’s role is less clear. There is confusion as to the role of the radiologist, technologist, and even referring physician in image interpretation [2,3]. Furthermore, many people do not realize that radiologists are doctors [3]. The lack of general knowledge as to the importance of radiologists continues to have serious implications, particularly among policymakers [4]. One method of addressing this problem has been the ACR’s Face of Radiology campaign, designed to educate the adult public that radiologists are doctors who are highly trained and experts in image interpretation [2].