First Year
Residents rotate through general film-reading, with emphasis on bone and chest; through fluoroscopy, with emphasis on gastrointestinal and genitourinary radiology; and through neuro, ultrasound, CT, VIR, MRI and nuclear medicine, they are exposed to all facets of radiology and all disease processes we encounter, as well as trauma.
Members of the staff present daily teaching sessions geared to the new residents. Observation and performance of radiography under the supervision of our chief radiologic technologists acquaints the trainees with the fundamentals of x-ray technique and the general operation of the department.
Following the orientation period, residents begin four-week rotations through the sub-specialty divisions within the department, taking on greater responsibility for patient care and the performance and interpretation of routine diagnostic studies under the tutelage of a staff radiologist. The department physicist teaches a comprehensive didactic physics course in the second half of the year.
