The program creates a network of accredited sites where radiation oncologists can complete the final regulatory requirements needed to become authorized users for RPT.
The American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine is still pushing forward with its efforts to change how cardiologists are certified in the United States. While the group can reapply in the future for a standalone cardiology board, it is also looking at possible partnerships with other organizations.
The program is one of only a handful across the United States to offer students meaningful exposure to the field prior to beginning their official clinical training.
Association of Black Cardiologists President Anthony Fletcher, MD, discusses the group's efforts to educate patients in Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi.
The majority of radiology trainees have expressed interest in furthering their knowledge of artificial intelligence applications in the field, yet few are offered the opportunity to do so during the course of their education, according to new survey data.
Recent years have seen the venerable chest X-ray built upon with new technologies, screening programs and educational techniques. As a result, today’s thoracic imaging may be a humble herald of things to come across radiology.
As of last fall, 35% of radiologic technologist educators seeking to place prepared students in open jobs were still hampered by the operational effects of COVID-19. Fortunately, that figure was a far cry from the 98% who reported placement trouble in the spring of 2020.
When trained with high-fidelity simulation, junior radiology residents can master the discipline of reading whole-body CTs right at the trauma scanner—and doing so with high diagnostic accuracy, work speed and interpretive confidence.
