This is Himanshu Pendse. I am currently working in Australia as a Radiologist with special interest in Interventional Radiology. Thanks to the Cafe Roentgen team for the opportunity to elaborate about the Australian radiology system. A little bit about the Australian Health System first. Australian health system is a public based system similar to the …
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Preparedness is the key for reopening our radiology departments or imaging centers after the lockdown is over. We need to be prepared for things to do during lockdown, things to do in the post-lockdown high volumes which are expected, and things to do if India faces a New York or Italy like surge of patients. …
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Hospital/Imaging Centre and City: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging Fellowship, Christian Medical College, Vellore Duration: One year. Full time. Accredited: No Exit exam: Yes, at the end of the fellowship, with practical and/or theory exams with external examiners. Diagnostic exposure: The fellow gets 9 months of dedicated cardiothoracic and vascular posting, 2 months of Doppler posting, …
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Hospital: Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu Head of Paediatric radiology sub-speciality: Dr. Sridhar Gibikote at present Course details: Duration: 1 year. The fellowship starts at June end-July and ends at August every year.Number of seats: 1 per yearFees: INR 32000MCI/Tamil Nadu Medical Council recognition: Not recognised at present How to apply: 1. …
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Hospital/Imaging Centre and City: Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon Duration: One year; two fellows. Comprises of 6 months of GI imaging and 6 months of Non GI (Thoracic and Genito-urinary imaging). Accredited or not: Not accredited Diagnostic exposure: Medanta – The Medicity is one of India’s largest multi-super specialty institutes with a huge case load. Total …
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Duration: Three years DM course in Interventional Radiology, followed by one year of bond. Entrance through NEET Superspeciality examination. No. of seats: 2 per year (Along with the DM trainees, there are also 1-2 IR fellows and 3-4 MD residents posted in Interventional Radiology at a given time) Eligibility: MD/DNB Radiodiagnosis Exams: Exams (Theory + Practicals) at end …
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Hospital/Imaging Centre and City: Clinical fellowship in MSK Radiology at Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore. Duration: Previously it was for one year, but it is now a 2-year long fellowship Accredited: Recognized by Dr MGR Health University, TN. Diagnostic exposure: During the fellowship, we had exposure to almost all MSK related pathologies one goes …
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Institute: InnoVision imaging Mentors: Dr Aditya Daftary and Dr Malini Lawande Duration: 1 year No. of seats: 3 per year Eligibility: MD/DNB/DMRD Entrance exam: No entrance exam; there is a fellowship interview instead. No specific questionnaire or list of questions which is asked Fellowship application: Oct-Dec, variable. Send your CV on their email for application: …
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Who needs to wear masks in the radiology department? Should you wear a surgical mask or an N95 mask or a cloth mask? When should someone be quarantined? What to do if there is a shortage of PPE? Learn the answers to these commonly encountered questions in our Cafe Roentgen Journal Watch video. https://youtu.be/RcR5Ed6OXJs …
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1. When to image a suspect coronavirus patient? (Answer: Very very rarely) 2. What are the imaging features of COVID-19? 3. How to manage suspect COVID-19 patients in the dept? 4. How to keep disinfect the dept/center after imaging a COVID-19 patient? How soon can we re-use the CT or Xray machine after imaging a …
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