What Does Competence Entail in Interventional Radiology?
- Imperial College London, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology (United Kingdom)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Department of Radiology (United States)
- St Mary's Hospital, Department of Interventional Radiology (United Kingdom)
Interventional radiology is a relatively new speciality and may be referred to as 'image-guided surgery without a scalpel.' Training and accreditation bodies regard interventional radiology training as being 'different' from general radiology because of the additional need for dexterity and clinical acumen. Due to the multidimensional role of an interventional radiologist, a practitioner in this discipline must have a number of the competencies of anesthetists, surgeons, and radiologists. The attributes required of an interventional radiologist are akin to those required of a surgeon. This paper gives an overview of the skills required to be a competent interventional radiologist along with a succinct introduction to methods of assessment of technical and non-technical skills.
- OSTI ID:
- 21429056
- Journal Information:
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 33, Issue 1; Conference: BSIR (British Society of Interventional Radiology) 2009 annual meeting, Brighton (United Kingdom), 4-6 Nov 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9732-2; Copyright (c) 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); ISSN 0174-1551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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