Radiology Education: Page 18

RSNA plans to open learning center in Tanzania

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA has selected Tanzania to be the location of its second Global Learning Center in Africa.

September 28, 2020

Can you trust YouTube videos on mammography?

By Rebekah Moan

With more and more patients turning to digital media, particularly YouTube, for the answers to their mammography-related questions, are the videos made by knowledgeable people rising to the top? Or are they getting buried? A new study suggests the latter: Quality mammography videos are not reaching the majority of YouTube viewers.

September 23, 2020

RSNA to offer webinar on COVID-19 disparities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA plans to offer a webinar on September 18 at 11:00 a.m. CT that will address health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 16, 2020

Augmented reality enhances medical student training

By Erik L. Ridley

Augmented reality (AR) technology and 3D CT holograms can significantly improve recall of head and neck anatomy in first-year medical students, yielding better performance than viewing the holograms on traditional laptop displays, according to research published online August 20 in Academic Radiology.

August 24, 2020

ABR Core Exams to be held over 3 days in 2021

By Erik L. Ridley

The American Board of Radiology (ABR) said that remote administrations of its Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology Core Exams in 2021 will now be held over three days.

August 17, 2020

Holographic anatomy program shifts gears after COVID-19

By Brian Casey

A program that uses holograms to teach human anatomy at Case Western Reserve University didn't miss a beat when COVID-19 hit in March. It distributed nearly 200 holographic headsets to students so they could continue learning at home, according to a talk at the Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists virtual meeting.

August 9, 2020

Snapchat makes radiology diagnosis a snap for residents

By Theresa Pablos

Snapchat -- the social media platform famous for its quickly disappearing images -- proved to be an effective tool for educating radiology residents in a small pilot study published on July 30 in Emergency Radiology.

August 3, 2020

Is the new movie about Marie Curie worth watching?

By Brian Casey

On July 24, a new movie called "Radioactive" debuted about the life of Marie Curie. The film chronicles the remarkable life of Curie, who performed pioneering research into radioactivity, work for which she won two Nobel Prizes. But is "Radioactive" actually worth watching?

July 29, 2020

RSNA wins grant to develop learning center in Africa

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA said that it received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to develop a new Global Learning Center in sub-Saharan Africa.

July 27, 2020

Are U.S. medical students avoiding radiology due to AI?

By Erik L. Ridley

If results from a survey of medical students in the U.S. are any indication, the misperception that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace radiologists poses by far a bigger threat to the specialty than the technology itself, according to research published online June 27 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

July 8, 2020

UPMC thoracic radiology chief dies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dr. Carl Fuhrman, who served as the chief of thoracic radiology and a medical school professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for the last 27 years, has died.

July 7, 2020

ABR sticks to plan for 2021 virtual exams

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Despite opposition from many educators and radiology trainees, the American Board of Radiology (ABR) has decided to stick to its previously announced plan to hold the next board exams as virtual tests in 2021.

June 22, 2020

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