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Hospital taps residents to direct quality improvement program
By Eric Barnes
A Boston hospital has found a solution to the persistent lack of involvement by residents in case reporting: Appoint a resident as director of quality improvement each year, according to an article in the April edition of Academic Radiology. The move has led to a culture change in how errors are reported at the institution.
April 2, 2013
Don't laugh: Comics can improve resident training
By Eric Barnes
The practice of medicine is typically no laughing matter. But a doctor from Pennsylvania has found that medical training can be improved through one of the lighter forms of popular culture: comic books. He's worked with a graphic artist to develop a five-page comic that deals with a case based on his own experience.
April 1, 2013
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NY Times highlights St. Barnabas, resident jobs decline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An article in Thursday's New York Times highlights ongoing problems in St. Barnabas Hospital's radiology residency program in the context of the radiology market's declining fortunes overall.
March 28, 2013
NY hospital relents, promising another year of residency
By Eric Barnes
Rethinking a decision that had sparked fear and anger among its radiology residents when it was announced last month, St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City has reversed course on a planned closure of its radiology residency program, vowing to keep it going for at least another year.
March 27, 2013
NRMP: Radiology residency PGY-1 slots climb 21% in 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of radiology residency PGY-1 positions offered in the 2013 edition of the Main Residency Match climbed by 21% compared to 2012, with international medical students increasingly filling slots at U.S. radiology programs, according to statistics released this week by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
March 18, 2013
Residents can benefit from quality improvement projects
By Eric Barnes
Quality improvement projects aren't simply an onerous requirement imposed on residents; they're a great way to improve patient care and clinical workflow while giving residents confidence in their problem-solving abilities, according to an article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 18, 2013
NRMP touts largest residency Match in history
By Brian Casey
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) said that the Main Residency Match on March 15 was the largest in NRMP's history, with the total number of Match registrants topping 40,000 for the first time and the total number of positions offered exceeding 29,000.
March 14, 2013
Match Day looms for medical students on March 15
By Brian Casey
It's the most wonderful time of the year -- at least if you're a medical student. The National Resident Matching Program said that results will be available on Friday, March 15, for Match Day, when students discover the academic program to which they've been assigned.
March 13, 2013
How to identify and mentor the troubled radiology resident
By Eric Barnes
Residents aren't expected to be perfect -- they're on the job to learn. But some inevitably struggle, and whether a resident has one particular area of weakness or 10, program directors and mentors need to identify problems early and move decisively to solve them, according to an expert on residency education.
February 28, 2013
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NY hospital to shutter radiology residency program
By Eric Barnes
A New York City hospital on Monday moved to terminate its radiology residency program, leaving 11 residents without a program or funding to continue beyond the current program year ending June 30. Funding for the program is being shifted to pay for more spots for primary care residents.
February 12, 2013
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Residents do well in overnight reads, but miss a few
By Eric Barnes
Radiology residents are generally accurate in their interpretations of emergency department CT studies performed on overnight call, though they do miss a handful of important findings, concluded a study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.
February 10, 2013
Residency program directors (mostly) love their jobs, study finds
By Eric Barnes
Job satisfaction runs fairly high among radiology residency program directors, but many complain about a lack of money, the intense workload, and the onerous requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, according to a study in the February American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 22, 2013
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