title: Interventional radiology residency: steps to implementation.
abstract: Implementation of an interventional radiology (IR) residency program requires significant planning, as well as clear communication and consensus among departmental and institutional stakeholders. The goal of this short article is to highlight key decisions and steps that are needed to launch an IR residency, and to illustrate a possible timeline for implementation of the integrated and independent IR residency models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: mmarx@med.usc.edu.
authors.forename: M Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors.forename: Saher S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sabri
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: ESIR; Interventional radiology residency; early specialization in interventional radiology; independent IR residency; integrated IR residency; timeline to implementation of IR integrated and IR independent residency programs