ProvidenceRadiology Residency Program Goals and Objectives

*Expose the resident to all facets of the practice of diagnostic radiology. The resident will rotate through the same subspecialty area multiple times to maximize learning and acquire progressive responsibility.


*Provide teaching opportunities for the residents in formal lectures, in one-on-one situations at the view station, at Journal Club, by visiting professors, at outside rotations and lecture series and in film conferences.

*Monitor resident progress through yearly in-service examinations, mock oral board exams and through objective monthly evaluations at the end of each rotation. Residents will also be evaluated by support personnel.

*Monitor the success of the program itself and the teaching abilities of the faculty through evaluations by the residents. The program will also be judged by the resident's performance in the monthly rotations and on their formal examinations. The program will use these evaluations to improve the program.

*Provide for graduated responsibility through repeated exposures to the same procedures and through increasing responsibilities as the resident moves into the senior levels of the residency.

*Offer sufficient breadth and depth of radiological experience that the resident is well prepared for the American Board of Radiology Certification examination and that the resident is prepared to independently and competently practice radiology.

*Provide sufficient clinical background to facilitate interactions between radiology residents and the clinical services.

*Provide an atmosphere which supports and encourages the resident's research and academic interests.

The overall objective of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at Providence is to produce well-rounded, ethical and independent general radiologists who have balanced experience in all radiological subspecialties. This education includes monthly rotations in the subspecialties according to a curriculum that is designed to reflect the strengths of the program. Residents at Providence enjoy a high procedure to resident ratio and no competition for cases from fellows. The curriculum includes daily intradepartmental teaching conferences, multiple interdepartmental subspecialty conferences, participation in a visiting professor consortium and a core curriculum of radiation physics and biology.

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