BACKGROUND Diagnosing the underlying cause of acute dyspnea can be challenging. Lung ultrasound may help to identify pulmonary edema as a possible cause. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of residents to recognize pulmonary edema on lung ultrasound using chest radiographs as a comparison standard. METHODS This is a prospective, blinded, observational study of a convenience sample of residen...

PURPOSE Three-dimensional (3D) reformatted images provide a more inclusive representation of abnormalities than transverse images in cranial computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this study was to assess the value of 3D reformations for radiology residents in the interpretation of emergency cranial CTs. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 218 consecutive patients who underwent emergency crania...

Letter to: Indian Radiologists Crave for Foreign DegreesIndian J Radiol Imaging 2023; 33(02): 280-280DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760279

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the literature regarding radiology curricula for both undergraduates and residents. METHODS A review of the literature was performed using relevant key words. Articles were retrieved through December 2012 using PubMed, ScienceDirect, ERIC, Proquest, and ICL databases along with a manual review of references. RESULTS Of the 4716 unique abstr...

The purpose of our Quality Improvement (QI) project was to evaluate the effectiveness of radiology-led didactics on efficiency and ordering practices in the emergency department. Residents of the emergency medicine (EM) program at Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital (postgraduate years 1 4) participated in a didactic lecture series during the first two months of the 2013 academic yea...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES With advancements in technology and push for health care reform and reduced costs, minimally invasive procedures, such as those that are ultrasound-guided, have become an essential part of radiology, and are used in many divisions of radiology. By incorporating standardized training methodologies in a risk free environment through utilization of a simulation center with...

PURPOSE To determine the initial digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performance of radiology trainees with varying degrees of breast imaging experience. METHODS To test trainee performance with DBT, we performed a reader study, after obtaining IRB approval. Two medical students, 20 radiology residents, 4 nonbreast imaging fellows, 3 breast imaging fellows, and 3 fellowship-trained breast imag...

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 ...

In a previous article in this series, the authors called on private practice radiology groups to better support radiology research financially but also pointed out that academic radiology must make some changes as well. In this article, the authors discuss those changes in detail. They include revising the structure of the radiology residency, changing the timing of the American Board of Radiol...