Darel E Heitkamp

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How will radiology applicants learn about and express interest in programs this application cycle without away rotations or in-person interviews?

The cancellation of in-person interviews makes it tougher on students to learn about program environment and culture. How will they make this up in the virtual space?

06 July 2020 9,238 1 View

What are strategies for applicants and programs to improve their virtual interview performances this cycle?

The 2020-2021 residency interview season will be conducted virtually, which will test the limits of programs and applicants to optimize both their technical and interpersonal skills. What are ways...

06 July 2020 4,403 0 View

How do you plan on ensuring that students have adequate exposure to IR prior to making their career decisions?

IR residency will be challenged by being one of the most specialized residencies in the NRMP match and yet not having a required clerkship in the medical school curriculum. How do you plan on...

04 December 2017 9,183 3 View

How do you improve medical student exposure to interventional radiology?

Do you currently participate in any of the following activities to improve medical student exposure to IR: a. IR Student Interest Group b. IR Sub-Internship c. IR Electives d. Participation...

04 December 2017 4,869 9 View

What is your plan for the PGY-4 integrated IR resident who tells you that they no longer want to do IR?

a. Allow them to transfer into DR. b. Make them finish their IR residency commitment first.

04 December 2017 203 2 View

How does your program plan on utilizing the Independent Pathway?

a. Heavily. We will likely recruit at least one resident per year on the Independent Pathway. b. Sporadically. We will likely use it only to fill in gaps every few years. c. Seldomly. We will...

04 December 2017 3,698 1 View

Have board reviews evolved at your institution in the Core Exam era? Do you give the same number of board reviews as you did in the oral boards era?

As we gain more experience with the Core Exam at Indiana University, we are beginning to think that there is a poor correlation between faculty board reviews and test performance. We are...

03 December 2017 6,220 0 View

How are radiology programs coordinating their new IR residency interviews w/ their DR interviews? A unified approach to recruitment seems prudent?

The hot topic this interview season (2017-2018) seems to be how programs are coordinating their new IR residency interviews with their ongoing DR interviews. The fact that most IR-interested...

03 December 2017 5,215 2 View

The concept of IR Sub-Internships as a means to provide medical students hands-on exposure to IR is new. Does your program offer an IR Sub-I?

I have just heard about the concept of IR Sub-Internships as a means to provide medical students a real hands-on exposure to what IR workflow is really like. Just like Sub-I experiences in other...

03 December 2017 1,780 3 View

Do you have a formal curriculum to teach radiology residents how to perform hands-on ultrasound?

It can be difficult to find the time to teach radiology residents a formal hands-on ultrasound curriculum in the setting of a busy clinical ultrasound service. The pressures of daily workflow and...

22 February 2015 5,445 3 View

Does your radiology department plan on starting an Integrated IR Residency, an Independent IR Residency, or both? Will funding be an issue for you?

IR Residency programs begin recruiting in 2015-2016. Many questions remain unanswered for both IR and DR program directors: Do medical students really know what subspecialty of radiology they...

15 November 2014 9,769 1 View