Are the changes beneficial or even needed?

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Are the changes beneficial or even needed? Journals take up dispute over certification exam revisions, length of residency The wide-ranging debate within the pages of two of radiology's leading peer-reviewed journals includes proposals for yet another dramatic approach to reforming the residency and testing process: cutting residency to three years and moving clinical training to a year of fellowship. Writing in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology, three researchers with the American College of Radiology recommend trimming residency training to three years, saying that includes the time necessary to complete required clinical rotations. Graduates could then take fellowships in their planned subspecialties, according to the suggestion by Drs. Jonathan H. Sunshine, Rebecca S. Lewis, and Mythreyi Bhargavan. Following residency, there should be an examination covering the whole of radiology, they said.

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