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A Window to the Real World of Radiology From the Ivory Tower of Academia: The Value of Community Rotations and "Career Training" in Radiology Residency Programs in Canada.

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We highlight what we believe are 2 major areas of weakness in current Canadian radiology training programs: insufficient community radiology training and limited preparation of residents for the job market.… Click to show full abstract

We highlight what we believe are 2 major areas of weakness in current Canadian radiology training programs: insufficient community radiology training and limited preparation of residents for the job market. Although focusing on Canadian radiology programs, we suspect that these are also 2 areas of substantial concern for radiology training programs in the United States and other countries. We offer suggestions to address these deficiencies, particularly by using pre-existing hybrid radiology practices and by making relatively small changes to the current curricula of radiology residency programs.

Keywords: community; radiology; radiology training; residency programs; radiology residency

Journal Title: Current problems in diagnostic radiology
Year Published: 2017

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