MISSION & VISION
The OMSB Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program is committed to the integration
of high academic and professional competency standards in a comprehensive
curriculum of excellence. The program provides resident education in the
Academic Core Curriculum and enhanced professional development through the
General Competencies for residents.
Our goal is to educate the next generation of leaders in imaging science and its
applications and to graduate well-qualified internationally recognized
radiologists who will support patient care as effective members of the
health-care team with strong radiology interpretive skills, knowledge of
appropriate diagnostic radiology tools and cost effective resource utilization.
They will be able to provide consultative services to referring physicians and
other practitioners in support of quality patient care, demonstrate a high
degree of professionalism and ethics, show a commitment to continuous education
and demonstrate an awareness of the role of service to the profession and their
community.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning objectives are established for the curriculum and include the following
for each subspecialty area:
- A thorough understanding of the indications for examinations and familiarity
with the principles and limitations of studies, including benefit and risk to
the patient.
- A familiarity with the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and posttherapeutic
findings which may be identified through general radiology examination.
- An understanding of technology and techniques of radiology.
- Learning skills needed for effective physician consultation and communications.
- Criteria for radiographic exposure and positioning and effective communication
with radiologic technologists and other department personnel.
- Fluoroscopic techniques and its uses.
- Workup pathways with attention to quality outcomes for patient care and cost
effective resource utilization.
- Professional communication with patients for both information gathering and for
diminishing the burden of disease.
- Indications and contraindications of contrast studies, as well as the
performance of these studies, risks and benefits for the patient and
alternatives.
- Pathology covered in the academic curriculum will include the following
categories: Congenital Diseases Infection Immunologic Diseases Neoplastic
Diseases Metabolic Diseases Vascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Diseases
Environmental Diseases and Physical Agents Trauma Operative Changes Irradiation
and Post Therapeutic Changes Complications of Therapy Miscellaneous or Other
Diseases
The program provides residents with experience and education in the following
subspecialty areas of diagnostic radiology:
- Emergency Radiology
- Uroradiology
- Ultrasound
- Computed Axial Tomography
- Chest Radiology (including cardiac imaging)
- Gastrointestinal Radiology
- Musculoskeletal Radiology
- Pediatric Radiology
- Neuroradiology (including neuroangiography, neuro CT, and neuro MRI)
- Mammography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
- Nuclear Medicine (including PET/CT)
- Radiology Research o PACS, Voice Recognition, and basic information systems
utilization
LIST OF TRAINING CENTERS
- Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH)
- Royal Hospital (RH)
- Khoula Hospital (KH)
- Armed Forces Hospital (AFH)
- Royal Oman Police Hospital
Note: Regional hospitals could participate later after review of the facility.
CONTACT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CONTACT COORDINATOR
ROSEMARIE V. RODANILLA
Medical Coordinator
Office No: (968) 24499252 ext. 110
E-mail address: radiology@omsb.org