Radiology in Israel: what is happening?

951 months of clinical rotation, and a 6-month basic science project. Radiology residents complete compulsory rotations through the imaging subspecialties. A committee of the Scientific Council of the Israel Medical Association supervises training facilities, and participating departments must conform to strict requirements. Small hospitals that are unable to provide all the required rotations are not granted full recognition and must send their residents for supplementary training in major medical centers. Currently, 19 medical centers and hospitals in Israel have partial or complete radiology training programs. Every training radiologist completes two certification examinations: a written examination halfway through the residency program and an oral examination during the final year of training. The written examination is offered annually and includes 160 multiple-choice questions covering nine subspecialty fields: cardiothoracic, musculoskeletal, pe di atric, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and breast imaging and neuroradiology, inter ventional radiology, and sonography as well as a physics section. The oral examination is a standardized, structured examination offered biannually that includes nine stations according to the required subspecialty fields listed previously [4]. The radiology examination board has recently introduced a computerized Web-based system for preparation of the oral examination by expert radiologists from around the country. A similar system is now being developed for preparation of the written examination. Both the written and oral examinations are computer-based and use specialized software developed in Israel. A two-semester postgraduate course in radiology is offered by the Faculty of Medicine of the Tel Aviv University. Radiology residents from around the country attend this course, which covers most aspects of radiology in Radiology in Israel: What Is Happening?