HUP Residency - Special Resident Programs
Informatics is increasingly important within the radiology community. Residents in the Penn Radiology Residency program have the opportunity to participate in a new pilot Informatics Fellowship during their fourth and fifth years in combination with other clinical fellowships within the department. The program consists of didactic lectures and small group discussions designed to provide critical training in the field of informatics. Topics include database design and management, familiarity with hardware, software and communications standards in imaging, basic programming, scripting, and web and app design. In addition, participants critically evaluate and address the current challenges in imaging informatics and explore applications of imaging informatics techniques to problem solving in quality and safety issues related to patient care and outcomes. Academic time is given for development and completion of informatics projects; support and mentorship are provided for publication and presentation of informatics related work.
