Curriculum

Diagnostic Radiology Residency includes daily conferences — led by Department of Radiology faculty, monthly guest lecturers and the residents themselves — interdisciplinary conferences, clinical teaching at picture archiving and communication system (PACS) monitors and teaching medical students. The department also hosts a robust monthly Radiology Grand Rounds. Residents are encouraged to attend Chicago Radiology Society meetings to interact with other radiology residents and faculty in the city. In addition to the training in Feinberg’s Chicago campus, the department pays for tuition and living expenses for residents to attend both the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology in Maryland and the HUDA Physics Review Course during the third year of residency training.

Ample opportunities exist to participate in research activities in the department with protected research time. Residents receive time and travel funding if they have a peer-reviewed oral presentation at a meeting.

Rotations

Call responsibilities vary among Feinberg’s affiliate hospitals. At Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), there is a one-month ED block, with both a junior and senior resident on call overnight in the emergency room and covering the hospital. Residents are evaluated monthly by the staff on their rotations and the residents evaluate the attending staff as well.

Technology

All studies at NMH are read off of cutting-edge PACS monitors. Simplified access to this archive of digital images in conjunction with an advanced radiology information system allow for the development of personal and departmental teaching file databases.

Educational Resources

The incoming first-year residents receive an iPad loaded with articles and reading materials for each radiology rotation, which is updated continuously on our server. Recorded conferences can be streamed on the iPads. The department pays for each radiology resident to have their individual e-anatomy and RadPrimer accounts. Stat DX is also available to residents and fellows.

The Galter Health Sciences Library also offers the full complement of paper and electronic resources. Department resources include a resident room complete with network-enabled computers, a resident library, a collection of the American College of Radiology syllabi and the ACR teaching file on the department intranet.

Radiology Interest Tracks

The department offers five elective Radiology Interest Tracks to complement and enhance the residents' training: Business of Radiology, Education, Research, Global Health and Informatics. Current residents are enrolled in the ACR's Radiology Leadership Institute, an online business curriculum.