- CREMS
- ACR - Appropriateness Guideline
- Faculty of Medicine Electives Website
- Transition to Residency Course (For Faculty)
- CXR database with questions and answers for medical students
- National Medical Imaging Curriculum
- NEW: Recommended Resources for Medical Students Organized By Subspecialty
Medical Student Resources - online, free and scrollable content
- www.ubcradiologyapp.ca
- https://openpress.usask.ca/undergradimaging/
- https://mistr.usask.ca/odin/
- https://wiki.usask.ca/display/MISTRFAQ/MISTR
- https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Chest-Xray-Basics/story_html5.html
- https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Xray-Introduction/story_html5.html
- https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Abdominal-Imaging/story_html5.html
- https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Neuroradiology/story_html5.html
- https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/MSK-Xray-Anatomy/story_html5.html
Recommended Resources for Medical Students Organized By Subspecialty
These resources are great sites to visit for online learning about radiology. This is more than what is required as mandatory knowledge but gives you an idea of the scope of practice and common anatomy and pathology and information about the imaging modalities used.
ABDOMINAL:
- Recommended Learning Modules/Websites:
- CT anatomy and search pattern are especially helpful. This is a curriculum of Dr. Michael Hartung’s Virtual Abdominal CT Elective syllabus for beginning learners: https://www.learnabdominal.com/virtual-elective
- Watch this video on Normal Abdominopelvic CT Anatomy (14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXQPN-Un7OI
- Optional longer video on CT Body Anatomy (65 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnr4ZB8e4nc&t=1552s
- Review the abdomen cases in the Virtual Textbook Project: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B993Y88wdoCxMkxTVV82SGZubVE
- Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Cases in Ultrasound: https://www.sru.org/Education-Content/Ultrasound-clinical-cases
- AUR Core Lecture Series: https://radiologyresidentcorelectures.com/abdominal-imaging-courses/
- Abdominal Imaging Module, Queen’s University: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Abdominal-Imaging/story_html5.html
CARDIOTHORACIC:
- Recommended Learning Modules/Websites:
- We have put together 50 teaching cases CXRs in scrollable format dedicated to medical student teaching: https://uoftmi.com/imsed/Lobby?AccessCode=MUWRB
- View the 15 short videos in the Society for Thoracic Radiology (STR) Curriculum for Medical Students and Allied Health Professionals on chest and cardiac imaging: https://thoracicrad.org/?page_id=2160
- Additional recommended resources:
- Chest X-ray Basics, Queen’s University:
https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Chest-Xray-Basics/story_html5.html
- Virtual Textbook Project. Created by Dr. Fred Bertino (a former Emory radiology resident), this collection shows radiology cases submitted by and for medical students. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B993Y88wdoCxMkxTVV82SGZubVE
- If you are on Twitter, and you are interested in learning more radiology then follow Dr. Tan-Lucien Mohammed, @TanMohammedMD and Dr. Janni Collins, @jannimd as they post chest cases with quizzes (Dr. Collins posts other topics including MRI too)!
- Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) Resident Bootcamp Videos: https://thoracicrad.org/?page_id=2370
- Dr. Stefan Tigges’s XRay Comix: https://xraycomix.com/comix/
EMERGENCY:
- Required module: Dr. Daniel Cornfeld’s A Night in the ED website with scrollable cases: http://radiology.cornfeld.org/EDindex.php
- Day 1: Small Bowel cases: 1, 2, a, ii, kk
- Day 2: Large Bowel cases: 7, 11, 12, 14, 16
- Day 3: Abdominal cases: 19, e, 24, x, 22
- Day 4: Chest Trauma cases: f, g, h, i, t
- Day 5: Abdominal Trauma cases: m, n, q, y, aa
- Additional recommended resources:
- American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) Up for Anything Lectures: https://veritastv.org/programs/collection-callprep
INTERVENTIONAL:
- Required modules:
- Watch the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)’s Introduction to Interventional Radiology video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi87Dadv6QY
- Watch SIR’s Introduction to IR Tools video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDQl43xQP8&list=PLC26PxZXvOrryWTerzKmPimO-NEjTEZXh&index=9&t=0s
- Pick 10 procedures (two per day) to review from the list of SIR’s IR Rotation Guides (on the left hand side): http://rfs.sirweb.org/ir-procedure-guides/
- For each procedure, try to find a corresponding video Emory’s IR videos: http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/irvideos or in the SIR video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/user/IRResidents/playlists
MAMMOGRAPHY:
- Required modules:
- Day 1: Intro, Screening Mammography
- Watch Dr. Jordana Philips’s Introduction to Mammography video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdR4iOdLh0&feature=youtu.be
- Test your knowledge with the following quick widgets:
- Breast anatomy: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/GDR9ZT
- CC anatomy: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/RDR93G
- MLO anatomy: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/4DR953
- Breast density: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/ADR97T
- Day 2: Diagnostic Mammography
- BIRADS review: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/DF6PT7
- Calcifications morphology: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/CDR9XZ
- Calcifications distribution: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/QDR9YL
- Rolled views: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/MDSUND
- Lesion localization: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/DGE8PH
- Axilla imaging: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/LDXP4Y
- Day 3: Breast Ultrasound, MRI and Procedures
- Breast ultrasound presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hxzbFPeIxTllHiKoUG2ELofqPthi9GRlPccitDt267s/edit#slide=id.g2c718dfee2_7_385
- Breast ultrasound widget: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/TF7D3S
- Breast MRI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlQ3MP2tBN4&t=349s
- Stereotactic biopsy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hlqtvn-A_4
- Day 4: Special Cases
- Breast implants: https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/TDTZ9E
- Breast emergencies video: https://media.med.unc.edu/tec/coils/radiology/ViewsYouCanUseEmergencyBreast/story_html5.html
- Men, Transgender, Pregnant, and Post-Partum Patients: http://msrads.web.unc.edu/files/2018/04/BreastDistinctivePatient.pdf
- Interdisciplinary teams video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTtsRWHr_rg&feature=youtu.be
- Day 5: Review and Assess Your Knowledge
- Complete Cases 1-7 in the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI)’s archive: https://www.sbi-online.org/Membership/RFSCaseoftheMonthArchives.aspx
- Day 1: Intro, Screening Mammography
- Additional recommended resources:
- UNC video on Screening Mammography: https://media.med.unc.edu/tec/coils/radiology/ViewsYouCanUseScreeningMammography/story_html5.html
- University of Washington Breast Imaging teaching files: https://rad.washington.edu/teaching-files/
- Dr. Katherine Dee’s interactive teaching cases: https://www.viaradiology.com/mammo-ed/index.html
MUSCULOSKELETAL:
- Required modules:
- Introduction
- Watch this Intro to MSK Imaging video by Dr. Chris Beaulieu (Stanford): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAj164a8wLc
- Upper Extremity Radiographs
- Watch Common Upper Extremity Injuries video by Dr. Soterios Gyftopoulos: https://radiologycorelectures.org/msk/iss112-gyftopoulos/
- Lower Extremity Radiographs
- Read the Radiology Assistant page on ankle fracture mechanisms and radiography: https://radiologyassistant.nl/musculoskeletal/ankle-fracture-mechanism-and-radiography
- Spine, Tumors, Pediatric MSK Radiographs
- Watch Bone Tumors video by Dr. Robert Boutin: https://radiologycorelectures.org/msk/iss107-boutin/
- Ultrasound, MRI, Procedures and Surgical Correlation
- Watch MSK Infections video by Dr. William Morrison: https://radiologycorelectures.org/msk/iss119-morrison/
- Watch this video on ultrasound-guided procedures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8elhukeSwFI
- Watch Dr. Adam Singer’s video on cases with MRI-Arthroscopy correlation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psn0rUsvUNo&list=PL0dSCPTZc28iNNJHH8VE8uJRRxdgUdnVh
- Introduction
- Additional recommended resources:
- International Skeletal Society (ISS) and Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) Core Lecture Series: https://radiologycorelectures.org/msk/
- Dr. Adam Singer (Emory) posts videos and cases on Twitter @AdamSingerMD and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfam3qoZgi-VEUFBpJ2TSRA
- MSK X-ray Anatomy, Queen’s University: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/MSK-Xray-Anatomy/story_html5.html
NEURO:
- Required module:
- University of Wisconsin’s Learning Neuroradiology website:
- https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/neuroradiology/Review the pages under Imaging Techniques
- When you get to the section on Lumbar Puncture, watch this interactive virtual reality video by Dr. Mohammad Elsayed (Emory resident) on fluoroscopic-guided lumbar puncture: https://youtu.be/5MSD58wFpJ8
- Watch this Weill Cornell video on Clinical Approach to Head CT: http://www.create-rad.com/headct
- Review the neuro cases in the Virtual Textbook Project: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B993Y88wdoCxMkxTVV82SGZubVE
- Complete Cases 1-4 on the UW Learning Neuroradiology website https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/neuroradiology/
- Complete Cases 5-8 on the UW Learning Neuroradiology website https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/neuroradiology/
- Additional recommended resources:
- Virtual Textbook Project. Created by Dr. Fred Bertino (a former Emory radiology resident), this collection shows radiology cases submitted by and for medical students. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B993Y88wdoCxMkxTVV82SGZubVE
- HeadNeckBrainSpine, an interactive neuroanatomy resource: http://headneckbrainspine.com/
- @BrentWeinberg (Emory) LearnNeuroradiology videos/website: https://learnneuroradiology.com/
- Neuroradiology Module for Medical Students, Queen’s University:
https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Neuroradiology/story_html5.html
NUCLEAR MEDICINE:
- Required modules:
- Introduction
- Review the Nuclear Medicine section of Dartmouth’s Introduction to Radiology site: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/HAE/Radiology_Intro/rad_index.html
- General Nuclear Medicine
- Read about Tagged RBC Scan and HIDA Scan, and watch this HIDA and GI Bleed for ER video (34 mins) by Dr. Raghuveer Halkar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a20LkEEVHyU
- Oncologic Imaging
- Watch this brief overview of how a PET scan works: https://youtu.be/yrTy03O0gWw
- Watch these Introduction to PET/CT videos by Dr. Mary Anne Joseph:
- Part 1 (9 mins): https://youtu.be/o3Dwdj8-Gok
- Part 2 (7 mins): https://youtu.be/z31J8AZ7LXc
- Cardiac Imaging
- Read about Myocardial Perfusion and Function Scans and MUGA Scan
- Watch this Nuclear Cardiac Imaging video by Dr. Valeria Moncayo (31 mins): https://youtu.be/DkMPGEnTw3o
- Therapies:
- Watch this Y90 Treatment video by Dr. David Schuster (44 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hssX6B6IAo
- Introduction
PEDIATRIC:
- Required modules:
- Watch this general intro to Pediatric Radiology (7 mins): https://youtu.be/zRxCr3h2T8w
- Peds Cardiothoracic
- Intro to Pediatric Chest Radiography by Dr. George Taylor (16 mins): https://youtu.be/w4IMVN2GX3E
- Chest Radiography in Pediatric Heart Disease by Dr. George Taylor (18 mins): https://youtu.be/dvOwL1Fi788
- Ultrasound First Applications by Dr. Beverley Newman (6 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XuSNGoSOyE&t=164s
- Peds GI/GU
- Pediatric Appropriate Imaging in Abdominal Pain by Dr. Jeannie Kwon (16 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE9if_GnZGs
- Neonatal Abdominal Radiographs video by Dr. George Taylor (14 mins): https://youtu.be/6JcF7PBr_98
- Peds MSK
- Pediatric Fractures video by Dr. Tal Laor (21 mins): https://radiologycorelectures.org/msk/iss127-laor/
- Elbow Fractures short videos from Radiopaedia:
- CRITOE (6 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBhCQB4tMQ
- Supracondylar fracture (3 min):https://youtu.be/oTYjm2HO5Zo
- Hip Dysplasia video from Boston Children’s (5 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v9lbfh17xs
- Skeletal Dysplasia video by Dr. Mary Wyers (13 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdjdiBSQYnM
- Peds Neuro
- Cranial Ultrasound video by Dr. George Taylor (15 mins): https://youtu.be/XLoro5xNMdg
- Review Dr. Nadja Kadom’s Pediatric Neuroradiology Primer: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19fOA_Nx9MZ3-U48VZd5pwgyMmEnL_9a0pMTxFRHQ5MA
- Interactive scrollable CT cases. Go to the 3rd tab (Cases by Diagnosis) and pick one case to review per category and see if you can make the findings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1efT9p56SqpNC6KD3wQBziJAr5sedkfzrHTUnLegEUtE/edit?usp=drivesdk
- Peds Potpourri
- Follow the pediatric imaging life of Lucky in this Case Workshop by Dr. Smyrna Tuburan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a-kJl46TpRBv3iGIqUVNwb9_PTibXzcQ/view?usp=drivesdk
- Go through these 11 cases in the Radiopaedia playlist, a great review of key pediatric diagnoses: https://radiopaedia.org/play/7314/entry/147314/slide/61648?lang=us
- Additional recommended resources:
- Pediatric Imaging: https://pediatricimaging.org/
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Radiology Videos: https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/chop-open-access-medical-education/radiology-courses
- Weekly Pediatric Radiology Curriculum, put together by the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Education-Curriculum Committee: https://thesocietyforpediatricradiolog.box.com/s/3sphav18msuhdxvmjphlcwhldjt4zhtx
- Pediatric Radiology Case of the Day: https://www.pedrad.org/Education/Unknown-Case
OTHER HELPFUL ONLINE RESOURCES:
Anatomy
- Dr. Tigges’s anatomy website: https://xraycomix.com/
General Radiology
- The Radiology Assistant: http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en
- Learning Radiology: http://www.learningradiology.com/
- Radiology Education: http://www.radiologyeducation.com/
- Navigating Radiology: http://www.navigatingradiology.com
- Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals, University of Saskatchewan: https://openpress.usask.ca/undergradimaging/
- Medical Image Solution for Teaching and Research (MISTR), University of Saskatchewan: https://wiki.usask.ca/display/MISTRFAQ/MISTR
- MISTR Case Library, University of Saskatchewan: https://mistr.usask.ca/odin/
Modality-Specific
- Xray Introduction, Queen’s University: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/sites/elentra/medicine/storyline/Xray-Introduction/story_html5.html
- CT is US: http://www.ctisus.com/tf/
- ACR MRI Teaching File: http://3s.acr.org/rfsmri/
Cases
- ACR Case in Point (daily case): https://cortex.acr.org/CiP/Pages
- Aunt Minnie: http://www.auntminnie.com
- MedPix Teaching File: https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home
Other
- RadQuiz: http://radquiz.com/
- EURORAD: http://www.eurorad.org/
- All areas of medicine including radiology: http://www.medicalstudent.com/
- Other excellent resources listed on the AMSER website: https://www.aur.org/affinity-groups/amser/medical-student-resources
- Radiology Teaching App, University of British Columbia: www.ubcradiologyapp.ca