Curriculum & Evaluation

Basic Curriculum 

Clinical and research components

• The fellow will be able to demonstrate competency performing, interpreting and dictating all pediatric radiology procedures with all modalities, including CT scans, MRI, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, nuclear medicine and plain radiography.
• The fellow will discuss ideas for research project with fellowship director during the first month of the fellowship; begin performing the research and collecting data the second month of the fellowship; submit abstract for paper and poster to Society for Pediatric Radiology annual meeting (or other national radiology conference) in fourth month of the fellowship. Fellow will complete paper and/or poster by March of the fellowship year.

Participant's supervisory and patient care responsibilities

• The fellow will work with radiologist residents, pediatric residents and medical students in the radiology department.
• The fellow will provide safe patient care in radiology through describing protocols in radiology for patient safety; describing Children's policy for surgical site identification; describing Children's policy for patient identification; and describing Children’s radiology policy for screening for pregnancy prior to radiation exams.

Didactic components

• The fellow is taught through the use of lecture series, assigned readings, working with staff one-on-one, and teaching with residents and medical students.
• Program is 12 months in duration. 

Evaluation

On the first day of every quarter, starting at the conclusion of three months of the fellowship, the fellow will turn in the following documentation to the program director for signature and review: 

• Evaluation forms for all staff; anonymously submitted with resident evaluations.
• Evaluation form for the rotation; anonymously submitted with resident evaluations.
• Signed quarterly evaluation from program director, after conference with program director.
• At the end of the fourth quarter, signed final fellow summary written by the program director and reviewed between fellow and program director.