Clinical Radiology Training Requirements – Phase 3

Phase 3 Training Requirements

Trainees will undertake four sub-specialty rotations of three months duration (FTE) within their training network in systems areas of interest, such as neuroradiology, abdominal, breast imaging etc. Trainees interested in subspecialty rotations in supervised research or artificial intelligence can submit a request to Clinical Radiology Curriculum and Assessment Committee (CRCAC) for approval. Trainees can spend no more than six months in a broad subspecialty area such as interventional radiology.

Experiential Training Requirements

By the end of Phase 3, trainees must have completed the following as a minimum:

  • 10 000 plain x-rays 
  • 5 000 CT studies (including 20 CTC studies and 50 CTCA studies)
  • 750 MRI studies
  • 200 nuclear medicine studies
  • 50 bone mineral density (BMD) studies
  • 600 mammograms
  • 100 breast ultrasounds

For more information, please refer to Section Five: Structured Learning Experiences in the Clinical Radiology Training Program Handbook.

Reporting Assessment

During Phase 3, trainees must complete 20 imaging interpretation and reporting sessions per six-month period.

By the end of Phase 3, trainees must have completed the following as a minimum:

Performed Ultrasound Assessment 

  • 50 paediatric ultrasounds demonstrating that the trainee can perform the procedure with minimal direct supervision (Level 3).
  • 50 obstetric or gynaecological ultrasounds demonstrating that direct supervision is no longer required (Level 4).

Fluoroscopy Procedures Assessment 

  • 50 general fluoroscopic procedures demonstrating that the trainee can perform the procedure and direct supervision is no longer required (Level 4).
  • 20 additional paediatric fluoroscopic procedures demonstrating that the trainee can perform the procedure with minimal direct supervision (Level 3).

Procedural Radiology Assessment

Trainees must perform 100 core skills across four categories, demonstrating that direct supervision is not required (Level 4).

Clinical Radiology/Multidisciplinary Meeting Assessment

Involvement in 100 Clinical Radiology/Multidisciplinary meetings, including 50 multidisciplinary meetings with a pathologist present, demonstrating that the trainee can independently prepare and present all aspects of the meeting (Level 4).

For more information, please refer to Section Six: Work-Based Assessment in the Clinical Radiology Training Program Handbook.

Two CATs must be completed during Phase 3.

Trainees must complete their research project and submit a manuscript of their project and notify the College that it has been accepted for publication or peer review.

Trainees must present their research orally at a local branch or network meeting, if not presented in Phase 2.

Trainees must upload the signed assessor score sheets into the ePortfolio:

Research Project Oral Presentation Assessment Score Sheet and Rubric

For more information, please refer to Section Nine: Research in the Clinical Radiology Training Program Handbook.

DoT Review per six-month period.

One MSF assessment.

Trainees must complete the Trainee Assessment of Training Sites (TATS) every six months.

For more information, please refer to Section Seven: Monitoring and Review in the Clinical Radiology Training Program Handbook.

After a minimum of 12 months accredited training in Phase 3, the LGC will determine eligibility for Fellowship and make a recommendation to the Chief Censor.

For more information, please refer to Section Eleven: Trainee Progression in the Clinical Radiology Training Program Handbook.