Earlier this year, I moderated a Panel on Education and Academics at the Radiology Education Foundation (REF) Leadership Summit held at Mumbai. We discussed various aspects of education, ranging from curriculum and exams, mentorship, accreditation, and improving the quality of teaching and research. One major takeaway was voiced by Sumer Sethi, the founder of DAMS …
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No one can forget Steve Jobs masterful launch of the iPhone. “Today, we're introducing three revolutionary products” he said – “a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device.” Jobs then repeated the three products a few times: “An iPod, a phone, an internet communicator…”. And then he …
I am currently a PGY-2 in the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and applied for Match during the 2022-23 cycle. I'm breaking down this post on Matching in a Radiology Residency program into predominantly two parts. Although most of what I write comes from my experience of applying to the …
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I recently heard an amazing podcast on the Indian education system, and one of the things the speaker said stuck with me. The Indian education system is more of a ‘sorting’ system than a ‘teaching’ system. Let me elaborate. Essentially, education serves two purposes. The first is to ensure wholesome individual development by imparting knowledge, …
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