The Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions/Michigan State University Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program exposes the residents to both the academic and clinical practice of radiology. Research is a requirement in our program.
A research endeavor is to be completed each year of radiology residency training, including at least one clinical research project.
Clinical Research
This is original research. It requires approval of experimental design prior to proceeding. It will include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, statistical analysis, and discussion, with the format following the recommendations of a major radiology journal.
All projects require:
- Approval by appropriate Investigational Review Board (IRB)
- Clinical faculty mentors
- Status review with Research Director
- Submission to GRMERC Research Day
- All projects must be of publishable quality
Submission of papers/posters for presentation at national meetings (RSNA, ARRS, or other national meetings deemed acceptable by the program director) is encouraged. The Research Office at Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center, research@grmerc.net, for Health Professions will provide support to residents in all areas of research and scholarly activity.
Case Report
A case report is a brief discussion of a single case with unique features; either unique manifestation of a disease entity or making unique use of imaging to diagnose a disease entity. Abstract is in the form of an introduction which includes a general background of the case and the imaging relevance. The Abstract is in the form of that required by a radiology journal for submission, including an introduction which includes a general background of the case and the imaging relevance. The discussion should be related to imaging.
Case Conference
A Case Conference consisting of fifteen to twenty radiology cases that are typical of oral boards will qualify for a scholarly activity provided the resident has completed, or is working on, their original research and case report. The Case conference is to be completed in power point and presented to the radiology residents with an attending proctor in order to receive credit. The cases should be focused on a particular area of radiology, such as pediatrics, and include a differential diagnosis and discussion for each case.