PURPOSE An objective tool is desired, which optimally prepares for Radiology boards examination. Such program should prepare examinees with pertinent radiological contents and simulations as expected in the real examination. BACKGROUND Many countries require written boards examinations for Radiology certification eligibility. No objective measure exists to tell if the examinee is ready to pas...

INTRODUCTION Starting in 2008, emergency ultrasound (EUS) was introduced as a core competency to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) emergency medicine (EM) training standards. The Royal College accredits postgraduate EM specialty training in Canada through 5-year residency programs. The objective of this study is to describe both the current experience with a...

OBJECTIVE Pennsylvania, like many states, is in a professional liability crisis characterized by escalating cost and decreasing availability of liability insurance. Medical and surgical specialists have experienced especially large increases in insurance premiums. The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of liability concerns during a professional liability crisis on Pennsylvania ...

Recent advances in imaging technology have created new opportunities for medical imaging to improve health care in resource-restricted countries around the world. Radiology residents are increasingly interested in global health and imaging outreach, yet infrastructure and opportunities for international outreach are limited. With the recent change in the ABR exam schedule, residents now have mo...

OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at evaluating the performance of residents trained in the reading of conventional and digital mammography images with a specific computational tool. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The training was accomplished in the Laboratory of Medical Images Qualification (QualIM – Laboratório de Qualificação de Imagens Médicas). Residents in radiology performed approximately ...

conclusions in this study radiology students believed digital radiology can enhance the production efficiency and quality of the images. they also had the right information about digital radiology. however, it is recommended in order to prevent the emergence of problems caused by change of radiology equipment and efficiency of the professional in-service training the theoretical training needs ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate resident’s characteristics, supervisor’s publication the dentistry specialty theses in Turkey. 
 Materials and Methods: Dentistry Speciality Theses uploaded on website Council Higher Education (YÖK) National Thesis Centre between 2015-2019 were researched 1381 reached. Results: One thousand three hundred forty completed state universities 41 found...

After a long night on call, a general surgery resident on a vascular surgery rotation meets a radiology resident at the hospital coffee shop, and they begin to discuss interesting consults from the previous night. She mentions to her radiology colleague that she had been called to the emergency department to see an elderly gentleman with peripheral vascular disease, and she had found an asympto...

As I anxiously waited to perform my first upper-gastrointestinal series during my pediatric rotation, I was taken aside by my attending radiologist and instructed how to limit radiation to the 11-year-old patient. From the proper shielding of the patient to the narrow collimation of just the esophagus, I was surprised at the amount of meticulous detail given to radiation exposure. Most of all, ...