Diagnostic Radiology Residency

PGY-2 is spent at Baylor University Medical Center.

For PGY-3-5, a short portion of the training takes place at other locations:

• Pediatric radiology rotations during PGY-3 or 4 are conducted at Children's Health Children's Medical Center Dallas (an affiliate of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School diagnostic radiology training program).
• PGY-4 residents attend a four-week American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) course, a program of the American College of Radiology (ACR). This continues the radiologic pathologic correlation training formerly conducted by the Armed Forces Institute in Pathology (AFIP). The AIRP course registration fee and a generous travel allotment are provided by the residency program.
• PGY-5 residents choose up to six months of electives during the final year of residency during which they gain additional experience in their subspecialty area(s) of interest.

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Categorical track

All applicants who successfully match for the categorical track with Baylor University Medical Center through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) system are automatically matched to a preliminary internal medicine clinical year at Baylor Dallas.

The preliminary intern year includes rotations on medicine wards, medical and cardiac intensive care units, medical subspecialty electives, night float as well as two months of elective time in the radiology department. The medicine intern year provides a comprehensive inpatient clinical experience with a diverse patient population and high volume of bedside procedures.

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Advanced track

The advanced track residents will receive an introductory basic training rotation at the beginning of R1 to ease transition into the program.

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Duties and responsibilities

Residents are expected to be available to see patients by 7:30 a.m. each morning. Residents usually leave the department by 5 p.m., and it is a priority they have sufficient study time for independent reading in the evenings.

Some rotations require residents arrive earlier or stay later, and they are encouraged to participate in each rotation in a way that meets the subspecialties' needs. The program director ensures rotation responsibilities do not detract from a resident’s overall educational experience.

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Night float

Residents are assigned to night float only after completion of 12 months of radiology. On-call responsibilities are satisfied through our four-week emergency department night float rotations.

For any four-week rotation block a resident will work 14 of the 28 shifts, up to 7 consecutive nights in accordance with ACGME requirements.

The residents have the flexibility to coordinate the daily schedule plan amongst themselves.