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.
Experts recently detailed their efforts to garner more student interest in the field—efforts that were successful, according to a survey responses from students who completed a short nuc med seminar.
Reviewing a 20-month run with a radiologist-to-technologist communications tool, researchers have found minor problems with image quality 10 times more common than patient callbacks for repeat imaging.
For years radiology educators have been reassuring prospects, recruits and trainees that artificial intelligence can only—and will only—assist or augment radiologists. And still a nervous concern continues to come up.
The virtual reality training sessions were designed to feature "the same sights, sound and sensations a surgeon would encounter during real procedures."
