Curriculum
The four-year diagnostic radiology residency program is designed to provide residents with direct clinical involvement at graduated levels of responsibility. "Hands-on" experience is a major feature of the program. Residents initially interpret radiographic studies, which are subsequently reviewed by a faculty attending. Additionally, during most interventional procedures, residents are primary operators under the direct supervision of the attending physician.
| Rotations | |
| Body CT/MR | 4 months |
| Body Ultrasound | 4 months |
| Chest/Cardiac | 5 months |
| ED/Trauma | 2 months |
| GI/Fluoroscopy | 2 months |
| Outpatient Clinic | 2 months |
| Mammography | 3 months |
| Musculoskeletal | 3 months |
| Neurointerventional | 2 months |
| Neuroradiology CT/MR | 4 months |
| Night Float | 2 months |
| Nuclear Medicine | 4 months |
| Pediatrics | 4 months |
| Vascular/Interventional Procedures |
4 months |
| Elective | 2 months |
| AFIP* | 4 weeks |
| * Residents are provided with tuition and a partial housing stipend to attend the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology course in Radiological Pathology in Washington, D.C. | |
The broad curriculum and educational experience is supervised by the Radiology Educational Committee, which is composed of several attending physicians and the chief residents. This Educational Committee directs all aspects of the program, including resident responsibility guidelines, the resident's annual rotation schedule and the noon lecture series.
The first six months of residency training is considered the orientation program and consists of the basic clinical areas: pediatrics, body ultrasound, body CT/MR, GI/fluoroscopy, neuro CT/MR, and chest / cardiac. Every effort is made to have first year residents paired with senior residents to provide educational and clinical support. The first year residents have limited dictating responsibilities during the first week of these rotations so that they may observe the particular language of the reports and dedicate their attention to learning each field's basic principles.
We are initiating an emergency radiology core teaching module that each first year radiology resident will complete prior to assuming call responsibilities. All residents participate in a mentoring program in which they select a faculty member to provide guidance during the training process and to act as a resource for individual needs. Periodic reviews provide a forum to encourage educational progress and professional development.
Conferences and Teaching Facilities
We are currently formalizing our education curriculum into a two-year rotating lecture series to ensure ample presentation of learning material. Our conferences include daily noon lectures comprised of interactive case presentations and didactic presentations, weekly multidisciplinary conferences, morning conferences, QA conferences and monthly resident grand rounds.
Our Visiting Professor Lecture Series introduces our residents to leaders and experts from all over the world and encourages discussions of the future progress in our field.
There is also a summer physics series to prepare for the American Board of Radiology Physics Examination. During the spring, supplemental review sessions are dedicated to senior residents as they prepare for the oral examination.