Norwalk Hospital's residency in Diagnostic Radiology provides a nurturing environment for resident training, which is essential to our educational philosophy and approach to teaching. The Program consists of 8 radiology residents, 2 in each of 4 years. The teaching faculty is comprised of 13 fellowship-trained radiologists, including the various subspecialties of radiology.

Training and education are focused exclusively at the resident level, and provide direct hands-on training in all aspects of radiology including angiography, breast biopsies, and other interventional procedures that are typically reserved for fellows in other programs.

Educational Curriculum
The first two weeks of training are purely didactic consisting entirely of lectures in basics of radiology, radiation protection, and handling of emergency situations. The next 6 weeks are spent in abbreviated two-week rotations in ultrasound, computed tomography, and fluoroscopy.

There are two conferences that are given by Norwalk Hospital's faculty but they also incorporate guest lecturers, all luminaries in their fields, who provide regularly scheduled lectures and case conferences as well.

The PGY1 (Internship) Year
Norwalk Hospital permits many options for the PGY-1 (internship) year.

Any ACGME accredited approved clinical year is acceptable to us. Many residents have done their PGY-1 year in Medicine or Surgery while some have done transitional years. Norwalk Hospital itself offers PGY-1 year in Internal Medicine, which is excellent. Candidates who would like to do their PGY-1 year at Norwalk Hospital in Internal Medicine must apply separately to that department through ERAS.

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About Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk Hospital is a community teaching hospital that is committed to providing personalized, compassionate healthcare services of exceptional and consistent quality to the residents of Fairfield County.

The Diagnostic Radiology Department of Norwalk Hospital consists of the facilities at Norwalk Hospital itself and at Norwalk Radiology and Mammography Center, an outpatient facility. The Department together with Norwalk Radiology & Mammography Center performs over 120,000 examinations each year, employing state-of-the-art equipment in all areas.

This information is reposted with thanks to Norwalk Hospital.

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