Rotations - Radiology Residency I Ohio State College of Medicine

Our curriculum is divided into 13 block rotations, consisting of rotations of two or four week blocks of time. The curriculum for each block is tailored to the resident’s level of training and experience. Residents rotate through the various radiology subspecialties and work one-on-one with subspecialty trained attending radiologists, integrating a curriculum geared towards the new ABR Core Examination.

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.

Emergency Department Shift
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.
Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR)

Those residents who are in the Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR) will use some of their elective time and mini fellowship time to gain clinical exposure relevant to the practice of interventional radiology, including additional months of IR rotation and rotations through clinical services such as oncology, vascular surgery or hepatology, among others.

View sample block schedule
Dedicated First Year Curriculum

The Ohio State Radiology Residency has developed a comprehensive first year curriculum, designed to help ease the transition for R1/PGY2 residents from intern year into radiology.

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.
Master Block Schedule
Research Days

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.

Diagnostic Radiology Rotations and Curriculum

Emergency Department Shift

Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR)

Dedicated First Year Curriculum

Master Block Schedule

Research Days

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