The primary educational objective of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Training Program at Wayne State University is to provide the trainees with a four year comprehensive educational experience. This includes offering the residents in depth exposure and training to all of the subspecialties that constitute current radiologic practice. The program provides the residents an exposure to an incredible wealth of clinical material in a supportive environment staffed by a large number of full time radiology faculty. Because of this, the primary focus of the training program is clinical radiology. Although the residents all have important clinical responsibilities and need to actively participate in patient care, the training program is designed to offer an excellent educational experience without the burden of overwhelming clinical pressures.

Another important educational objective is the development of an appreciation for the radiologic literature and research. The residents are exposed to and strongly encouraged to participate in the many ongoing research projects underway in the Department. The Department feels that experience in some aspect of radiological research is an essential part of a university based Radiology Residency Training Program. The faculty function as mentors and project advisors. The program director is committed to this concept and has made this a program requirement. This has been successful and has lead to an increasing number of resident publications and presentations.

The final educational objective of the Program is to train the residents to be able to interact with their referring physicians and to function in their future consultative role. This is accomplished not only during their day to day training activities but also during the many interdepartmental conferences with resident participation. Examples of this are the residents' participation in Surgical Chief Rounds and Medical Grand Rounds at Harper Hospital.

The ultimate objective for the radiology trainees is for them to be trained to become top notch radiologists who will be successful in either an academic or private practice career. The goal is to have each resident superbly trained in general radiology and all the appropriate radiology subspecialties. The objective is also to ensure that the trainees are able to interact appropriately with referring physicians, patients and family and for them to understand that they need to also play a significant role in triaging which imaging examinations are performed and in appropriateness assessment.

The residency program takes advantage of the subspecialty focus of the hospitals of the Detroit Medical Center. The main teaching facility is Harper Hospital, a recognized center of excellence for Neurosciences, Oncology and Cardiology. The residents are also exposed to pediatric radiology at Children's Hospital of Michigan, emergency radiology at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Orthopedic and Obstetric radiology at Hutzel Hospital, and general radiology at Grace Hospital and the VA Hospital.

The radiology department is one of the largest in the country, performing over 600,000 imaging procedures per year, with approximately 65 faculty members. Besides the residency program, there is an active student education program as well as fellowships offered in Neuroradiology, Interventional Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, and MRI.

1/2007 - 12/2007 Diagnostic Radiology Procedures
Procedures:
Chest	177520
GI/GU	28896
Vasc/Interv	3834
Musculoskeletal	58537
Neuro	67320
Ultrasound	58631
Mammo	1272
Myocard Perf	18528
Bone Scan	3202
PET	1409
	Adult	Pediatric
Total Admissions:	60777	14930
Total ER Exams	128229 (approx)	22498 (approx)

Summary Of Training	Duration Of Assignment Or Rotation (Indicate Whether Weeks Or Months)
General Radiology	3 months
Thoracic, including cardiac & CT	3 months
Abdominal Imaging(GI/GU)	4 months
Musculoskeletal, including CT	4 months
Breast Imaging	3 months
Emergency Radiology (if separate), including night float	2 months
Nuclear radiology	4 months
Neuroradiology	4 months
Pediatric radiology	4 months
Vascular/Interventional radiology	2 months
Computed tomography	4 months
Magnetic resonance imaging	1 month
Ultrasound	3 months
Pathology/AFIP	1 month
Research	0 month
Elective time (if not included above)	6 months
Vacation 3 months – 3 weeks/year	3 months
Other (does not fit into above categories; identify and describe)	0
Total (months)	51 months (entire four years including vacation)

The table below shows the intradepartmental conferences/lectures that will occur in a typical month

Conferences, lectures, etc. (Intradepartmental)	Frequency / Time
Chair's Conference	M,T,Th,F 12:30-1:30p.m.
Didactic Lectures	Wed 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Physics	Wed 2:30-4 p.m.
Neuroradiology	Thursday 3:00-5:00 p.m.
MRI	Tu, Th
Pediatrics	M – Fri
Gastrointestinal Radiology	M - Fri
Chest	M- Fri
Neuro-oncology	Weekly
Flea Market	Weekly
Clinical Radiological Pathological Correlation	Monthly
Journal Club	Monthly
Mortality/Morbidity Conference	Montly

The program provide the residents with the following educational experiences:

	Frequency
Visiting Professors Program	9/yr
Journal Club	6/yr
Other Educational Experiences (Specify)
M & M	1/mo
Brant and Helms Reading Group	1/mo x 6 mo

List of regional and national meetings that residents have attended in the last twelve months:

1. American Roentgen Ray Society Meeting
2. Radiological Society of North America Meeting
3. Association of University Radiologists Meeting
4. SCAR (Society for Comprehensive Applications in Radiology)
5. Michigan Radiological Society

Info:
Duration: 4 yrs
Total Positions: 44
Positions Filled:


Contact:
Program Director: Wilbur L. Smith, M.D.
Email: wlsmith@med.wayne.edu

For more information or to request an application, please call (313) 745-3430.

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To see the database information on this and other accredited GME programs, please visit the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access (FREIDA), compiled and available through the American Medical Association website.

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