Your clinical training experience covers all subspecialty areas of diagnostic radiology. You participate in radiological examinations, interpretations, and interventional procedures while on rotations in every subspecialty.

Rotation schedule

*ESIR (Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology): Eight or nine months of interventional radiology (IR) training during diagnostic radiology residency for a total of 11 interventional radiology or IR-related rotations along with an ICU rotation during the diagnostic radiology residency.

**Nuclear pathway: A total of 16 months of nuclear radiology training throughout the four years of diagnostic radiology residency is required to obtain specialty certification in diagnostic radiology and subspecialty certification in nuclear radiology.

Call frequency

Your call schedule is different for each rotation. Mayo Clinic follows the recommendations of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Didactic training

Clinical conferences, formal courses, seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs, and one-on-one instruction are all an integral part of the residency. A core curriculum course covering all aspects of radiology is taught weekly by staff from many different areas within Mayo Clinic.

Research Training

Residents are strongly encouraged to participate in clinical research. All residents are expected to produce publishable work during their residency. To assist in this endeavor, residents are allowed up to ten academic days each year as well as a research elective during their R-4 year.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona has dedicated bio-statisticians as well as informatics and clinical research staff available to you as resources as you develop projects and evaluate data. Mentorship and guidance from faculty is tailored to each resident's goals and interests. The institution provides writing and publishing services to help with manuscript submission.

When your research is ready for presentation, you may use up to ten presentation trip days each academic year to present scholarly work (abstracts, posters, and oral presentations) at national specialty society meetings.

Teaching opportunities

You will have the opportunity to participate in education and teaching activities for rotating medical students, physicians, and visiting residents, staff, and faculty. Teaching formats include individual contact, lecture formats, and journal clubs. You may also have opportunities to mentor medical student research projects.

Evaluation

To ensure that you acquire adequate knowledge and develop the appropriate technical skills to meet program expectations, your performance is monitored carefully during the Diagnostic Radiology Residency. You are formally evaluated by supervising faculty members after each clinical rotation. In addition, you regularly evaluate the faculty to confirm that your educational needs are being met. 

Career Development

The environment and large patient volume at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona will prepare you in all aspects of diagnostic radiology in an academic, as well as a robust clinical environment. Involvement in the applied research for the specialties’ practice will further strengthen your academic and clinical skills.