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
- 4 weeks of Body
- 8 weeks of Neuroradiology
- 4 weeks of Ultrasound
- 4 weeks of Musculoskeletal
- 8 weeks of Fluoroscopy
- 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
- 8 weeks of Emergency Radiology
- 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 Breast
- 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
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.
All residents take part in the core curriculum based on Brant and Helms’ Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, which include lectures from subspecialty trained faculty lectures. An advanced curriculum is also provided, which includes presentations by guest lecturers.
Lectures are currently live streamed virtually. Lectures, including those from visiting professors, may be recorded and made available to 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 January 2024.