Training takes place primarily at the Diagnostic Radiology Department of Cottage Hospital. The program also utilizes the nuclear medicine facilities of the Radiation Center of the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara, the Cottage Community Magnetic Resonance Center, and the outpatient facilities of the Sansum Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic. At least one year of clinical training is required for entry into the program. These rotations provide the necessary experience to allow the resident to assume call responsibility which occurs after 6 months.
Staff is readily available for consultation on all call cases.
Integrated later into the first year are rotations in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nuclear Medicine. During the second year, the resident spends several months in Interventional Radiology. With increased experience, the resident gradually assumes greater responsibility for his or her service and functions more independently in performing procedures. The staff continues to double-read all examinations and directly oversees all procedures. A month is spent in outpatient radiology at the Sansum Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic at the beginning of the second year, and rotations in Pediatric Radiology at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles also begin in the second year.