Radiology Education: Page 19

Self-tested QA could become routine for Dutch breast imagers

By Rebekah Moan

Everyone agrees on the importance of quality assurance (QA), especially in breast screening. But formal audits are time-consuming and infrequent, and often don't address individual performance. A group of Dutch researchers has addressed the issue with a self-test specifically designed to let breast imagers know how they are doing.

October 3, 2013

Updated MR textbook covers hot topics

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Round Table Foundation and European MR Forum have published the seventh edition of the online textbook Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The author is Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD, a regular columnist and adviser to AuntMinnieEurope.com.

October 1, 2013

iPads for radiology trainees? Yes. Yes. Yes.

By Kate Madden Yee

Should you equip your radiology trainees with iPads? The answer is an unequivocal yes, according to a group from Boston, who found there were multiple benefits to using iPads and other mobile devices. However, training programs should have a long-term vision for mobile-based education, they wrote in the October American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 29, 2013

ESOR plans breast imaging forum

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European School of Radiology (ESOR) has openings available for its upcoming Galen Advanced Course on Breast Imaging.

September 26, 2013

ESMOFIR plans educational workshop in Spain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Molecular and Functional Imaging in Radiology (ESMOFIR) plans to hold its first workshop in November.

September 16, 2013

Siemens launches syngo training facility in U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has launched a new dedicated training facility in the U.K. to train healthcare personnel in the use of its syngo 3D visualization and image review software.

September 5, 2013

Debate intensifies over limits on radiology trainees in France

By Philip Ward

The French Society of Radiology (SFR) has issued a strong warning about the dangers of limits on the number of radiology trainees being imposed by the government of President François Hollande. Over the next five years, 1,114 residents will be trained, but the SFR and others think 1,300 or more will be needed to maintain care.

August 5, 2013

New survey highlights major gaps in radiology teaching

By Philip Ward

Radiology teaching for medical students requires substantial improvements, particularly when it comes to interventional techniques, according to a survey reported at the 2013 U.K. Radiological Congress. Nearly 8% of respondents had never heard of interventional radiology.

July 29, 2013

RSNA foundation to award $3M in 2013

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The RSNA's Research and Education Foundation will fund 85 grants totaling more than $3 million in 2013.

July 15, 2013

SCoR: Radiotherapy training has serious attrition problem

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) has published a report that found more than a third of radiotherapy students fail to complete their training.

July 14, 2013

A practical guide to radiology trainee recruitment

By Dr. Paul McCoubrie

As Oscar Wilde once so neatly didn't put it, "There are lies, damned lies, and radiology trainee applications." To shortlist effectively requires an ability to read between the lines. Columnist Dr. Paul McCoubrie provides a key to what commonly used phrases actually mean.

July 2, 2013

Unpaid overtime and long working hours persist

By Philip Ward

A third of radiologists typically work more than 50 hours a week, and almost 10% of them work more than 60 hours per week. The majority tend to start work at around 8 a.m. or earlier, and do an average of one on-call session per week, AuntMinnieEurope.com's survey has found.

June 27, 2013

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