The Interventional Radiology (IR) Elective is for the BUSM student to gain an immersive experience in IR.  The student will be a fully-functioning member of the Interventional Radiology team.  This rotation is designed for fourth-year students who have completed the Radiology Selective or Core Elective.  Students will build on fundamental knowledge obtained in the radiology Selective as well as draw upon clinical skills developed in other third-year rotations such as Internal Medicine and Surgery. Students will be exposed to a variety of procedures that treat disease processes from nearly every organ system. This is meant to be hands-on rotation modeled after a surgical sub-internship, and will include responsibilities such as seeing consults, rounding on inpatients, and writing H&P’s and post-procedure notes. Students will be gradually given autonomy until they can function as an independent team member and handle a small patient load (2-3 patients). The elective takes place in the Department of Radiology at Boston University Medical Center. The student will identify an attending radiologist with whom they plan to spend the majority of their elective time with as their mentor. This radiology attending will also be responsible for completing the student’s evaluation at the end of the elective rotation. Students will interact with patients, radiology technologists, residents, fellows and attending’s. Through required readings within each subspecialty, students will focus on studying on the subspecialty-specific Required Diagnoses that are assigned to each subspecialty within the Radiology elective.

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