Journal Club meetings organized by the residents occur four to five times yearly. Conferences University of Toronto residents are encouraged to attend any of the conferences hosted by the university department. This includes the Organ Imaging Review Course which is a week long internationally recognized imaging course held annually. In addition there are conferences in vascular and interventional imaging and obstetric ultrasound. Residents are encouraged to attend The Canadian Association of Radiology Meeting and the Radiological Society of North America Meeting.
Some financial support is available for resident attendance.
While training in clinical radiology remains the main focus of the residency, research is considered to be of paramount importance as well. It is essential that residents gain experience in as many aspects of research as possible, including searching the literature, data analysis and manuscript preparation. With the enthusiastic involvement of Dr. Gaylene Pron, the seminar series continues to expand. A two day workshop in Critical Appraisal is given toward the end of the year. In the PGY3 year, there are seven lectures covering study design, measurement error, diagnostic tests, likelihood ratios and ROC curves.