The high level of professional training, technical skill and practical skills the doctor acquired on simulator X-ray magnetic resonance RadiumSim studies increase quality medical diagnostic care. A focus group radiologists evaluated uniqueness effectiveness Radius simulator, as well indicated wishes changes in formation interface (including designer protocols conclusions CT studies) simulator. ...

A decade ago, the American Board of Radiology established a research pathway for residency training designed for individuals to simultaneously train in diagnostic radiology or radiation oncology and in basic science, clinical, or transitional investigation. This new pathway was called the ABR Holman Research Pathway, named for B. Leonard Holman, M.D., who first proposed this initiative to foste...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the interobserver agreement (IOA) between the initial radiology resident and the final staff radiologist reports of combined computed tomographic pulmonary angiograms (CTPA) and computed tomographic venograms (CTV) performed during on-call hours. MATERIALS AND METHODS Approval by the institutional review board was obtained. Six-hundred and ninety-six consecutive studies...

The integrated and independent IR residency programs require the tracking reporting of procedure volumes for both to Accreditation Council Graduate Medical Education American Board Radiology program trainee certification. Society Interventional (SIR) Association Program Directors in (APDIR) have formalized case process form a templated electronic spreadsheet aid collecting this data. Despite ab...

This study assesses the accuracy of Emergency Medicine (EM) residents in detecting the size and presence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) using EM ultrasound (EUS) compared to radiology measurement (RAD) by computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), angiography, or operative findings. There were 238 aortic EUS performed from 1999-2000; 36 were positive for AAA. The EUS...

This paper examines the results of two initial studies of the problemsolving strategies used by more and less skilled medical professionals during mammogram interpretation. The first study examined the cognitive processing of staff radiologists and radiology residents, while the second looked at surgical residents and medical students‚ as they individually solved a set of breast disease cases. ...

Background: Internal Medicine (IM) is one of the main medical specialties. In this paper, the features of the Iranian IM residency training program, duties and salary were evaluated and compared with some countries. Methods: Using the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (IMHME) directive, the features of educational curriculum, compulsory working hours, duties and salary were extra...