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Fujifilm to sponsor ARRS grants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

For the fourth year, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA of Stamford, CT, will fund educational travel grants to the American Roentgen Ray Society's (ARRS) annual meeting.

January 22, 2008

Residents' on-call CT reads comparable to faculty's final reports

By Kate Madden Yee

At the 2007 RSNA meeting in Chicago, Dr. Matthew Chan of Detroit's Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center presented findings from a study he and colleagues performed to evaluate on-call radiology resident CT interpretation performance as compared with faculty radiologists' final reports. The study was conducted using RADPEER, a system designed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) that allows peer review to be performed during the routine interpretation of current images.

December 31, 2007

ABR to schedule boards after residency

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Board of Radiology of Tucson, AZ, is changing the structure of its annual oral board certification to move to a format of computer-based exams that are administered after candidates complete their residencies.

October 28, 2007

Study: Job surplus seen in 2007

By Kate Madden Yee

Each year anxiety runs high for fellows and residents completing their training as to whether attractive jobs will be available for them. Radiologists interested in changing jobs share their concerns. The worry is merited, as the job market for diagnostic radiologists has fluctuated dramatically in the past decade, according to researchers Jonathan Sunshine, Ph.D., and Dr. C. Douglas Maynard. They recently published the results of their survey of vacancies in academic departments.

October 22, 2007

Radiologist explores seamy underbelly of malpractice in first novel

By Shalmali Pal

Locked In is the debut medical thriller by Dr. Michael Esposito, a neuroradiologist in private practice in Tampa, FL. After 15 years in radiology, Esposito was looking for a creative outlet and decided to try writing fiction. His main character is also a neuradiologist who's part of a malpractice scam that involves manipulating patient images to "create" missed diagnoses, then cashing in on the settlements.

October 1, 2007

Residents' reads reliable, study says

By Kate Madden Yee

Working effectively can be difficult when you're not getting enough sleep, and radiology residents are just as susceptible as other physicians to making errors after hours. But how much do these errors affect patient care? According to a study by researchers at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ, patients and attendings needn't worry: interpretations by on-call radiology residents can be trusted.

September 18, 2007