It discussed many topics regarding radiotherapy such as Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, clinical Brachytherapy, and Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy.(5)
How to Become an Interventional Radiologist? By: Marah Abu-Muhsen Interventional radiology (IR) was established as a unique speciality in medicine in 2012 by the American Board of Medical Specialties, and a dedicated interventional radiology residency was approved by The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2014. So it is considered a new speciality. The traditional pathway for the IR is one year of IR fellowship after graduation from a diagnostic radiology residency (The diagnostic radiology (DR) is known to be a 4 year residency program) a total of 5 years after finishing the internship year. This is offered until June 30, 2020 then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anticipated to be ceased, and your way to train in IR will be through the IR residency: either the Integrated Residency or the Independent one; which differs from the traditional pathway in the years spent in DR, IR, and clinical rotations. For the integrated residency, it is a 5 year training program after finishing the internship year and it includes 3 years in DR and 3 years in IR. While the independent residency consists of 1-2 years after having completed a diagnostic radiology residency, that is; 5-6 years after the internship year. So if you are a 3rd year DR resident or younger and wish to become an interventional radiologist, then you have to go through the independent pathway. References: ___________________ 1: 2020. [online] Available at: <https://jordan.gov.jo/wps/portal/Home/GovernmentEntities/Ministries/ Ministry/Ministry%20of%20Health?nameEntity=Ministry%20of%20Health&entityType=ministry> 2: 2020. [online] Available at: <http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s17296e/s17296e.pdf> 3: 2020. [online] Available at: <http://khmc.jo/en/specialized-units/diagnostic-interventional-radiologydepartment/> 4: 2020. [online] Available at: <http://www.jordan-hospital.com/Contents/Radiology_Imaging_Department. aspx> 5: 2020. [online] Available at: <https://www.mefomp.com/Workshop-on-Advances-in-Radiology-andDiagnostic-Physics-in-Amman-Jordan_a6930.html> 6: 2020. [online] Available at: <https://www.mefomp.com/Computed-Tomography-Workshop-andQuality-Control-in-Amman-Jordan_a6931.html> 7: 2020. [online] Available at: <https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/UAE_Ministry_of_ Health__Prevention_to_organize_regional_workshop_on_Interventional_Radiology_IR_and_Radiation_ Protection_RP-ZAWYA20190716110908/> 8: Northwestern University, Feinberg university of medicine, 2019: feinberg.northwestern.edu/ 9: Society of interventional radiology, 2019: sirweb.org/ 10: Review Committee for Radiology ACGME: 415InterventionalRadiologyFAQs2018.pdf
