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II. Length of Program

The diagnostic radiology residency is of four years duration. The program complies with the basic standards for residency training established by the A.O.C.R. as follows:

A. First Year Rotations:
  Description
Months
  Combined General Radiology
C.T.
Ultrasound
Nuclear Medicine
Interventional

5
2
1
2
2

B. Second, Third and Fourth Year Rotations:
  Description
Months
  General Radiology
Nuclear Medicine
C.T.
Ultrasound
Interventional
Pediatric
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroradiology
Electives
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Emergency Radiology

9
4
1
2
1
3
2
4
6.5
1.5
2

The four year program should introduce the resident to basic research and its clinical application. Research studies are encouraged and research shall be done in cooperation with the program director and approved by institutional authorities. Research projects can be retrospect or prospective in nature.

The resident shall submit a substantive progress report including the purpose, the method and results of the study to the A.O.C.R. with his/her annual report. The research project could be utilized in the writing of one of the required scientific papers-exhibits.

The program director shall assure that the resident complete A.O.C.R. required examinations.

C. Required Electives
 

Subspecialty rotations are provided in pediatric radiology at Children's Hospital of Michigan in the Detroit Medical Center, affiliated with Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Additional elective time or variation in the current required elective will be made on an individual basis. Botsford General Hospital Department of Radiology has affiliations with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in nuclear radiology, at Harper Hospital in the Detroit Medical Center, affiliated with Wayne State University School of Medicine in neuroradiology, at Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders for neuroradiology, and at Michigan State University's Radiology Department for magnetic resonance Imaging.

D. Vacation Time - In accordance with A.O.A. guidelines and with approval by the Program Director and Director of Medical Education.
E. On-Call Time - Each resident is on-call for for specific periods of time. Frequency is based on the number of residents in the program. The resident assigned on-call responsibilities is required to be in house.

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