Curriculum

Our residents have 13 4-week block rotations during each academic year. The table below is a rough guide to our DR (Diagnostic Radiology) rotations as some of our rotations combine multiple areas. Our 2nd through 4th-year residents work in the ED as a separate clinical rotation. A research month is scheduled once every academic year for all 2nd through 4th-year residents. Electives are offered for the 3rd and 4th year residents.

Sample Diagnostic Radiology schedule

Year 1

  • 8 weeks of Chest
  • 8 weeks of Body
  • 8 weeks of Neuroradiology
  • 4 weeks of Ultrasound
  • 4 weeks of Musculoskeletal
  • 4 weeks of Fluoroscopy
  • 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
  • 4 weeks of Emergency Radiology
  • 4 weeks of Breast
  • 4 weeks of Interventional Radiology

Year 2

  • 8 weeks of Emergency Radiology
  • 8 weeks of Night Float
  • 8 weeks of Interventional Radiology
  • 4 weeks of Neuroradiology
  • 4 weeks of Musculoskeletal
  • 4 weeks of Body
  • 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine/PET
  • 4 weeks of MRI
  • 4 weeks of Pediatric Radiology
  • 4 weeks of Breast

Year 3

  • 8 weeks of Pediatric Radiology
  • 4 weeks of Neuroradiology
  • 4 weeks of Body MR
  • 4 weeks of Musculoskeletal
  • 4 weeks of Oncology
  • 4 weeks of Ultrasound/OB-GYN
  • 4 weeks of Emergency Radiology
  • 4 weeks of Cardiac
  • 4 weeks of PET
  • 4 weeks of Research
  • 4 weeks American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP)
  • 4 weeks Advanced Elective/Mini-Fellowship

Year 4

  • 16 weeks Advanced Elective/Mini-Fellowship
  • 12 weeks of Emergency Radiology/Night Float
  • 4 weeks of Ultrasound/OB-GYN
  • 4 weeks of Musculoskeletal
  • 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
  • 4 weeks of Neuroradiology
  • 4 weeks of Breast
  • 4 weeks of Research

Didactics overview

All residents are given protected time to attend didactic lectures. Physics, MSK Ultrasound and Cardiac Imaging are all dedicated components of the didactic curriculum. Monthly lecture schedules are emailed by the residency program leadership. View sample lecture schedule.

First-year residents attend Brant & Helms club, a weekly, subspecialty faculty supervised study group based on the gold standard for diagnostic radiological fundamentals.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all lectures are currently live streamed virtually. Lectures, including those from monthly visiting professors, are recorded and made available to all residents.

Program accreditation

The Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The most recent continued accreditation was in April 2021.