Training Facilities

Film Museum

The Academy houses both the Royal College of Radiologists and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital film museums (previously housed at Balsover Street, RNOH, London).This collection is probably one of the largest within Europe.All Radiology trainees are encouraged to use these resources and an appointment can be made by contacting reception on 01752 437437.There will be a £10 cover charge per day.

 

PACS Room

 
 

The Academy has 23 PACS workstations for use by trainees, many in the PACS workstation room. Supervised reporting by trainees takes place here from an early stage in training. This room also houses 10 PCs.

 

Film Viewing Room

A combination of double banks of viewing boxes and PACS workstations enable trainees to view cases on plain film and also on PACS. As trainees develop their skills increasingly reporting will take place unsupervised. The location of PCs in this room enable e-learning to take place simultaneously with PACS access.

 

IT Suites

There are two IT Suites at the Academy housing 24 PCs for use by trainees to access e-learning, the Validated Case Archive (VCA), email and the internet. Photocopy and scanning services are also available.

 

CT Workstation Suite

This room is equipped with 11 state of the art GE CT Advantage Workstations. This room is regularly used by the Trainees as well as for external courses.

 

Seminar Room 1

With seating for up to 30 trainees the seminar room has video conferencing facilities as well as state of the art audiovisual equipment including PC, DVD player, video player and projection kit. The air-conditioned seminar room provides an exceptional environment for seminars, presentations, training and group work.

 

Seminar Room 2

This room seats 30 and has a full range of audiovisual equipment. There are also blackout blinds in each of the seminar rooms to enable clear viewing of images for teaching and diagnostic purposes. The air-conditioned seminar room provides an exceptional environment for seminars, presentations, training and group work.

 

Lecture Theatre

This is a modern, comfortable air-conditioned 104-seat lecture theatre with facilities for disabled delegates. It benefits from audio-visual linking facilities to enable distance teaching. Regularly linking to the other Radiology Academies and anywhere else with a compatible system, also allowing trainees to attend and observe clinical procedures carried out off site.

 

Library

In the Library trainees can access a combination of textbooks, journals, a film archive for study and exam preparation.

 

Skills Lab

The Skills lab provides an opportunity to practice performing a number of interventional procedures including biopsies and catheter manipulation. Specialist equipment includes the Procedius VIST Simulator. The Skills lab also enables individuals to develop their anatomical knowledge. A Famio ultrasound and phantom models are available to practice ultrasound techniques.

 

Ultrasound

Aplio ultrasound equipment is available in the Academy?s ultrasound suite. Trainees are able to develop expertise in ultrasound techniques and anatomy. Ultrasound examinations are undertaken under the supervision of a Consultant.

 

 

 

 

 

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