Clinical training in the department of radiology at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) provides progressive, supervised responsibility for patient care and ensures that residents perform procedures commonly accepted in all aspects of clinical diagnostic radiology. Our residents rotate through all the subspecialties in radiology and are evaluated each month at the end of a rotation.
Five months of nuclear radiology and three months of mammography are required, but time in the department is otherwise evenly divided among the other subspecialties. There are five months of elective time during the final year of residency, during which residents gain additional experience in their subspecialty areas of interest.
We have instituted a new one-month rotation in the department of radiology during the fifth year. In this rotation, residents spend time learning the technical quality assurance aspects of radiology in MRI, nuclear medicine, x-ray and fluoroscopy, interventional radiology, and mammography. Residents work side-by-side with technologists to better appreciate the technical expertise and knowledge required to perform the examinations that they interpret. This unique rotation gives our residents unparalleled exposure and expertise in technology and quality assurance. Other electives include high-risk obstetric ultrasound, pediatric neuroradiology, cardiac imaging, oncologic imaging, outpatient radiology, PET-CT imaging, and invasive bone imaging.
This table shows the minimum number of months that residents should spend in each subspecialty area during the five years (60 months) of residency training. |
