RSNA Education Grant Leads to
Overhaul of Physics Teaching File
New Physics Teaching File an Online
Resource for Residents and Instructors
RSNA Education Grants are designed to promote the healthy future of the specialty by supporting the development of educational materials and
methods, clinical training and education career development.
Walter Huda, Ph.D., Anthony J. Seibert, Ph.D., and Kent M. Ogden, Ph.D., recipients of a 2005 World Wide Web-Based Educational Program Grant,have put these standards into action by developing a comprehensive RSNA Physics Teaching File. It was a task that the educators were glad to develop and their final product has filled an important need: replacing the outdated and incomplete ACR Physics Teaching File.
The focus of the teaching file is to identify clinical images that illustrate important imaging physics principles that would be helpful for those involved in the teaching of physics to radiology residents. The teaching file covers material that addresses imaging modalities that use x-rays (i.e., projection radiography, mammography, fluoroscopy, angiography/DSA and CT). In the future, the file may be expanded to incorporate Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound and MR.
Dr. Huda, now Professor of Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina, has been actively involved with the physics education of radiology residents and has received numerous awards for teaching radiology residents.
“The material on the RSNA Physics Teaching File will help residents and their instructors achieve a basic understanding of all x-ray based medical imaging systems, including radiography/mammography, fluoroscopy and Computed Tomography,” said Dr. Huda.He encourages anyone involved with teaching to use the web site, http://www.upstate.edu/radiology/rsna.
Also an annual supporter of the Foundation, Dr. Huda sees the full circle of impact his donations can have and hopes that others will support worthwhile grants as well.
It is thanks to your support that education grants like this one are making an impact on the radiological sciences. These gains could not be made without the funding from generous donors like you. Learn more about education grants at http://www.rsna.org/Foundation.
