RAD 5650: Clerkship in Interventional Radiology (VMS IV)

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Welcome to Vanderbilt University Medical Center Interventional Radiology. We  look forward to your participation in our specialty. During your time here you will  get a broad overview of our procedures, clinic, and participation in conferences in  the hospital. You will essentially be performing at the level of a resident.

 

Initial Information:

  1. Plan to arrive at the Interventional Radiology Reading Room at 7:15 am. We  are located on the hall off the back of the Main radiology reading room on the  first floor of the hospital. Go to the main radiology desk across from the  elevators and head back toward the film library. Keep going into the reading  room and head straight back through the door past the bathroom.  Take a  right and we are down on that hall. Identify yourself to the fellow.
  2. Wear Vanderbilt issue scrubs and your white coat.
  3. We will have rounds at 7:30 am.
  4. You will be doing procedures in a room with live x-rays. If you are pregnant, let us know so we can make the proper arrangements.
  5. If you get lost or need more information, please call 322-0840.

 

Responsibilities:

  1. After your first day, you will be assigned 1-2 patients to present on rounds  each morning. The fellows and residents will help you get oriented and what  information to present.  
  2. Be prompt in the morning and be ready to discuss your patients on rounds.
  3. Try to attend all conferences on the schedule.  
  4. Try to scrub into as many cases as possible. You are third tier on the totem pole, so try to find cases that the resident or fellow is not scrubbed into.
  5. If there is an unusual case (TIPS, Uterine artery embolization, etc.), try to read  about the disease process or procedure ahead of time. We can give you  resources to read.
  6. Relax and enjoy this time, we are an extremely broad specialty and there is no  way you will see all the procedures we do or understand everything we do, so  try to learn as much as you can.
  7. Ask questions  The only dumb question is the one that remains in your head.
  8. You will complete one Teaching File during your stay here. Pick a case that intrigues you early during your rotation. I will give you a powerpoint template to follow. You will present during rounds on the last Thursday you are with us.

There are other opportunities to explore. If you have a special interest in Neuro Interventional Radiology we can arrange time with the service.
 

Thanks for your interest; we look forward to meeting you.

 

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