The Mumbai Haad Sena: Community Radiology Education for a city – Part II

Following up on the previous blog, which primarily relates to setting up a successful, regular teaching program, this post will focus on expansion.
Having got this activity up and running with good support from faculty and residents, we feel comfortable that we are not politically aligned and are open to working with the best teachers in [...]

The Mumbai Haad Sena: Community Radiology Education for a city – Part I

The best way to learn anything is in small sessions that are focused. Ones that highlight important things rather than rambling details and ones that are delivered in an entertaining manner. Most everything else contributes constructively to the sleep cycle!
I am proud to inform you that through a group of dedicated radiologists I am part [...]

The Saving Grace

I consider myself fortunate to be a physician today. Despite my borderline grades I somehow managed to get just about enough to make it to the next level in the merit category (into Jai Hind in the third list, D. Y. Patil on the last few merit seats). Something apparently clicked in the medical environment [...]

Radiology Education in India: A paradigm shift for residents

I was recently invited by IRADIX to write a bimonthly blog for them. One of the areas they suggested I write about was education. Having completeld my residency training rather recently and now as a junior attending, I feel like I am in an interesting position to re-assess how I learned radiology and how it [...]

Wandering Radiologist at IRADIX

A new avenue has emerged for the wandering radiologist to torture unsuspecting victims. Recently, IRADIX “a meeting place for radiology professionals” invited me to deliver a bimonthly blog to their website. Check these and other far more interesting entries out at http://iradix.in/Blogs.html.