Residents/Fellows: Page 17

ACR offers resident, fellow scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is making five scholarships available for its upcoming Radiology Leadership Institute annual meeting.
May 29, 2013
Amirsys updates RadPrimer to version 3.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical education firm Amirsys has announced the July launch of RadPrimer 3.0, a comprehensive learning environment covering all levels of radiology residency.
May 23, 2013
Money worries fuel resident burnout
By Eric Barnes
Radiology residents are prone to burnout even more than some other specialties, but their dilemma has less to do with the late nights, long hours, and strained interpersonal relationships than one might imagine. Instead, there is a familiar culprit: money, says a new study in Academic Radiology.
May 19, 2013
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SCCT announces Toshiba award finalists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced finalists for the seventh annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Toshiba America Medical Systems.
May 15, 2013
Specialized iPad toolkit wins over resident trainees
By Eric Barnes
A free Apple iPad packed with four years of radiology residency content and connectivity is a hit -- shockingly -- among residents who use the device as their main learning tool throughout training, researchers report in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 9, 2013
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Study finds Canadian radiology training plagued by 'isolationism'
By Eric Barnes
A hidden culture of isolationism rules too many Canadian radiology training facilities, according to a new study in the European Journal of Radiology. Researchers found that four of the five academic centers surveyed were plagued by attitudes that negatively affected resident instruction.
May 2, 2013
Residents and fellows meet in DC this weekend
By Eric Barnes
This weekend's Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) meeting in Washington, DC, offers two days of focused content for radiology trainees, including an RFS first: dual content tracks for first-time and repeat attendees. Best of all, it's free for residents and fellows.
May 1, 2013
ABIM: Board recalls threaten integrity of medicine
By Eric Barnes
Stung by its own board recall controversy, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has joined the chorus of U.S. medical boards opposing the use of exam "recalls" to prepare for board exams. A new article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings condemns recalls as a practice that threatens the integrity of medicine.
April 29, 2013
Debates trump didactic lectures for educating residents
By Eric Barnes
There's no better way to put an audience of residents to sleep than submit them to a traditional didactic lecture. But offer the same material to them as a lively debate and they'll sit up and take notice, say researchers from Pennsylvania, who are using the debate format as a key part of teaching.
April 25, 2013
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Physician group sues to kill MOC recertification requirements
By Eric Barnes
Calling physician recertification a "moneymaking scheme" that reduces patient access to doctors, a physician group has filed a federal suit against the American Board of Medical Specialties to kill programs that require doctors to continually renew their medical certifications, even if they have passed their board exams.
April 23, 2013
Drowning in paperwork? Residency program directors sound off
By Eric Barnes
Swimming in a sea of paperwork, the demands on radiology residency program administrators are rising steadily, and may be reaching levels that make some wary of staying on the job, according to survey results published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 21, 2013
ARRS: Study examines why women avoid radiology
By Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON, DC - Why don't more female medical students choose careers as radiologists? A Canadian survey has found a number of reasons for the reluctance of women to pick medical imaging as a specialty, according to a study presented Tuesday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
April 16, 2013
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