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04 '21
Last month, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a letter to the American Board of Radiology (ABR), recognizing its Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) certification process. The ABR IR/DR certification process meets the applicable requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 35.290 and 35.394 for NRC recognition effective March 2021. …
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04 '21
Item writing for ABR exams is a rigorous iterative process of editing and critical review by volunteer content experts. The goal is not only to reduce ambiguity and confusion for certification candidates but also to enhance the relevance of content across the domain of the specialty. Although this is a continuing pursuit, our recent exit…
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03 '21
The reading room is the center of diagnostic function in a radiology department. It’s also the site of numerous interruptions as radiologists perform complex tasks. At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, diagnostic radiologists were being interrupted on average every 186 seconds. The distractions were numerous: phone calls, clinical questions, pages, and more. Ethan Smith,…
