Subspecialty Fellowship Requirements in Musculoskeletal
Radiology
The following is a list of requirements for the subspecialty residency (fellowship) in
musculoskeletal radiology. This list represents requirements of the Departmental
program but where these requirements also satisfy the program requirements for
musculoskeletal radiology according to the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical
Education is indicated below.
1. Preliminary Requirements:
a. Prerequisite training for entry into a diagnostic radiology subspecialty
program includes the satisfactory completion of a diagnostic radiology
residency accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education (ACGME) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada (RCPSC), or other training judged suitable by the program
director. - PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
2. The following requirements are based on a 52 week academic year:
a. Musculoskeletal Radiology – 30 Weeks
i. MR Imaging 10 Weeks
ii. CT Imaging – 6 Weeks
iii. Interventional MSK Radiology – 4 Weeks
iv. Plainfilm Radiography – 8 Weeks
v. Nuclear Medicine/Ultrasound/PET – 2 Weeks
b. General Diagnostic Radiology – 10 weeks
c. Subspecialty Specific Research – 4 weeks
d. Vacation – 4 Weeks
e. Professional Time (To Include Professional Meetings and Presentations) –
2 Weeks
f. General Holidays, etc – 2 Weeks
3. Research:
a. Subspecialty fellows will be required to engage in an investigative project
under faculty supervision. This may take the form of laboratory research,
clinical research, or the retrospective analysis of data from patients, and
results of such projects shall be suitable for publication or presentation at
local, regional, or national scientific meetings. The subspecialty residents
will have access to office space, office supplies, and secretarial help for
the conduct of research projects. The attending faculty or research
assistant will also be available to provide assistance with literature
searches, editing, statistical tabulation, and photography. – PROGRAM
REQUIREMENT
4. Conferences & Teaching
a. Subspecialty fellows will be required to attend the subspecialty specific
conferences provided by Orthopedic Surgery, Rheumatology, Sports
Medicine, and other appropriate specialties or subspecialties. The
conferences include grand rounds presentations as well as other routine
meetings and discussions. Subspecialty fellows will also be encouraged to
attend clinical conferences in other specialties and serve as consultants to
these conferences. It is desirable that they participate in the clinical
teaching of medical students and also in the preclinical curriculum in
subjects such as anatomy and physiology.
b. Conferences will also include instruction necessary for developing skills
applied to the critical evaluation of the academic literature. This will
include quarterly journal club meetings as well as daily evaluation of the
current clinical literature as it applies to the diagnostic interpretation
sessions that occur, at minimum, twice daily.
c. The subspecialty resident will also be expected to attend the Society of
Skeletal Radiology. This national meeting showcases musculoskeletal
practices and research throughout the United States.
5. Procedures
a. According to the program requirements for subspecialty education in
musculoskeletal radiology, a log must be kept by each subspecialty
resident documenting the types of arthrographic and biopsy procedure
he/she performs. Subspecialty residents are given graduated responsibility
as their competence increases. Responsibilities for invasive procedures
include appropriate patient selection, risk assessment, preprocedural
patient preparation, the invasive procedure itself and post procedural
patient care. – PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
6. Other Program Requirements
a. Subspecialty fellows in non-accredited departmental training programs
will be held to the standards as defined in the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education’s Policies and Procedures for Residency
Education in the Subspecialties of Diagnostic Radiology
b. Subspecialty residents will also be required to develop or modify scanning
protocols for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
evaluation of the joints and/or spine. The adequacy of these modifications
will be assessed by the musculoskeletal imaging faculty.
c. Subspecialty residents are expected to work in collaboration with residents
from Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology whenever these additional
residents are rotating on the service.
7. Extracurricular Employment
a. Subspecialty residents will be allowed to pursue extracurricular
employment provided their responsibilities to the department and the
subspecialty division are adequately addressed. This employment will be
allowed only as long as the program director and the fellowship director
are in agreement that the subspecialty resident’s progress and performance
in the subspecialty training program are adequate.
8. Faculty and Staff
a. Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma employs 1 full time musculoskeletal
radiologist (Douglas P. Beall, M.D.) – PROGRAM REQUIREMENT