The cases that the residents are expected to interpret correspond to their level of training – lower level residents read more basic cases and modalities and upper level residents select or are assigned more advanced cases. The case volume available is high, and the complexity of cases (as a transplant center, tertiary care referral center and comprehensive cancer center) provides an outstanding environment for learning. The residents’ responsibility also is to choose cases that commiserate with their experience and background to maximize their education, i.e. particularly with regards to interventional cases. The attending radiologists provide case-by-case teaching at the workstations and are responsible for ensuring all clinical work is completed.
Our Emergency Department shift covers the Emergency Department from 4 p.m. – 2 a.m. Monday through Friday. Our night float shift covers the Emergency Department from 8 p.m. – 8 a.m. Sunday through Friday. On weekends, resident shifts run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., as well as 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Saturday. The Emergency Department and night float residents work closely with our in house dedicated Emergency Department attending faculty who provide support and supervision while providing final reads overnight. Residents have the opportunity to review, dictate, and draft all cases independently before attending review.
ED Schedule Structure:
- No call for R1 residents during the first 6 months of radiology residency
- The primary call responsibility falls on the second-year residents who each cover 12-14 weekend shifts (10 weekend days, 4 weekend nights) per academic year.
- Third year residents are not scheduled for call shifts in the spring, in accordance with ACGME requirements, to allow maximal time for studying for the Core Exam.
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Our new residents will have access to an online curriculum for each core subspecialty area, in preparation for call. This curriculum details expectations for each rotation, weekly learning objectives, recommended reading assignments, supplemental videos, suggested cases to review, and recommendations for learning.
Curriculum material can be reviewed and completed during the corresponding clinical rotation to build a strong foundational knowledge of basic search patterns, normal anatomy, emergent/critical pathology, and common benign findings.
Our residents are given 30 days of time for research projects that can be taken in one-day increments. While on a research day, the resident is excused from other clinical duties and these days can be taken at any time throughout the four year residency (and is in addition to our yearly conference time and vacation time). This allows our residents to take days to prepare and perform research projects as needed throughout their residency. As an example, if a resident is notified that revisions are needed to an IRB, that resident can request a research day to meet the time sensitive deadline as needed.
Learn more about Imaging Research in the Department of Radiology and find out about our faculty members representative research interests.