conclusion attending radiologists could diagnose acute appendicitis accurately on ne-ldct. performance of senior residents on ne-ldct is better than junior residents and comparable to attending radiologists. results diagnostic performances for acute appendicitis were not statistically different for attending radiologists at both examinations. better performance was noted on the ce-sdct with a b...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The apprenticeship model for training of percutaneous liver biopsy has limitations, and costs of commercially available simulation models can be prohibitive. We created an inexpensive tissue phantom for liver biopsy simulation and evaluated the utility of this model for training radiology residents. MATERIALS AND METHODS A bovine-porcine tissue phantom was devised as ...

background: the purpose of our study was to assess resident and fellow patient care competency related to chest port catheter insertion after implementation of an educational program and completion of a certification checklist. furthermore, we aimed to measure the impact of this intervention on early infection rates. methods: baseline early infection rates as defined by the cdc were obtained in...

introduction: feedback is very important in education and can help quality in the training process and orient the trainees in clinical contexts. this study aimed to assess the residents’ points of view about feedback in clinical education at shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: the sample of this study included 170 medical residents attending medical workshops in shiraz university of...

conclusions following training, ed residents can perform fast with high accuracy and specificity, similar to rr residents, in patients with blunt abdominal trauma. results the ers had reported abdominal free fluid in 20 (6.9%) patients while rrs performing fast had positive results in 22 (7.6%) patients. the reports of fasts revealed significant correlation between the two resident groups (p < ...

We present a novel haptic-based simulator for training radiology residents and sonographers. The system consists of a force feedback haptic device that interacts in real-time with registered 3D multi-modality data sets of a subject anatomy, rendered and sliced simultaneously. The proposed system allows to develop radiology expertise with minimum practice on live patients, or in places or at tim...

Historically, diagnostic radiology residents have been allowed time off from clinical duties to study for the ABR oral board examination. This practice has resulted in a disruptive "board frenzy" at many programs. The new ABR examination structure gives programs an opportunity to evaluate this practice. This position statement of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology describes the r...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system on the diagnostic performance of radiologists for the estimation of the malignancy of pulmonary nodules on thin-section helical computed tomographic (CT) scans. MATERIALS AND METHODS The institutional review board approved use of the CT database; informed specific study-related consent was waived. The institutional revi...

OBJECTIVE We wanted to prospectively evaluate the interobserver agreement between radiology residents and expert radiologists for interpreting CT images for making the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS We assessed 112 consecutive patients, from April 2007 to August 2007, who were referred for combined CT pulmonary angiography and indirect CT venography for clinically...