Adopt-a-Resident Grant
The Adopt-A-Resident program encourages residents to pursue innovation in the field of radiology that may not fit the typical mold of clinical or basic science research. Awarded during the R1 year, the grant consists of $10,000 allotted over four years of residency to cover the costs of bringing the resident's ideas to fruition.
Since 2008, our "adopted" residents have completed projects that have enhanced the residency program and beyond. These range from global health projects to advance radiology training in Ethiopia and Nigeria to improvements in education technology in our own department (introduction of conference podcasting and an audience response system, and development of a smart-device teaching case file and procedure tracking system). Others were successful quality initiatives (imaging appropriateness improvements and a new electronic system for residents to review complicated cases) and