Curriculum
The emphasis of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency curriculum is to acquire knowledge and skills outlined by the American Board of Radiology utilizing a system-based approach including all subspecialties (e.g., neuroradiology, musculoskeletal, pediatric radiology, etc).
The Department of Radiology at Cooper University Hospital has developed objectives to guide the residents through each clinical rotation defined per year of residency standing. Clinical rotations enable the resident to accumulate knowledge, develop technical skills and establish decision- making processes by continuously reading cases and performing procedures under one-to-one faculty to resident supervision. Our senior fourth year residents have large blocks of elective time to individualize their training in preparation for their fellowship and future practice.
Four-week block rotations allow for 13 rotations each year:
General Radiology/Plain Films, Fluoroscopy, Nuclear Medicine, Pediatrics, Body CT, Neuroradiology, Musculoskeletal, Ultrasound.
Body CT, Body MR, IR, Mammography, Neuroradiology, Musculoskeletal, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), General Radiology/Plain Films and Research.
Body CT, Body MR, IR, Neuroradiology, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Fluoroscopy, Pediatrics, Ultrasound, General Radiology/Plain Films, AIRP (American Institute for Radiologic Pathology), Obstetrical Ultrasound.
Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Electives (9).
Residents attend multidisciplinary conferences across different subspecialties to further enrich their learning opportunities. Cooper’s affiliation with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, allows residents to learn from world renowned experts during tumor boards and to see a high volume of unique pathologies.
All residents attend this four week course focusing on radiological and pathological presentation of diseases during their third year of training. This course is held in Silver Spring, MD, and residents receive a generous housing stipend for their stay.
R3 residents attend a board review course of their choosing, as well as a physics board review course. Physics education is supplemented by our in-house physicist with extra didactic sessions for R3 residents prior to the Core examination.
Formal and informal mentorship remains a strong part of our program. Each resident is paired with an attending of their choosing, regularly meeting throughout the year to discuss resident progress, educational goals, research opportunities, fellowship, and career plans.