Provide sufficient research opportunities that will enable residents to develop and complete a research project of their own design. The residency program is structured so that residents assume progressive responsibilities throughout their training. For the successful completion of their residency, residents must exhibit competence in image interpretation and performance of basic radiologic procedures. It is expected that all residents will become board-certified at the completion of their training. The organization of resident education is structured in three major components.
Resident training is accomplished through both formal and informal methods.
First, residents receive a significant amount of Socratic informal training that takes place daily during the staffing of radiologic studies. The on-line reading structure of outpatient radiologic examinations has created an excellent informal teaching environment for all residents. Because of the need for timely staffing, faculty members are required to be physically present within the reading room with the residents during the work day. This arrangement offers continual resident-faculty interaction and has resulted in a significant increase in the amount of informal teaching that takes place daily. Furthermore, the abundant clinical conferences that occur create another excellent informal teaching opportunity.