Training Programme
The training programme is based on the expectation that the Specialist Trainees will make steady progress through their 5 years. Each year has a specific programme of seminars and practical experience; the details of each years’ programme is given in their section of the website, on the left hand menu.
Year 1:
Each trainee spends 6 months in North Bristol Trust (Southmead and Frenchay: NBT) and 6 months in University Hospitals Bristol Trust (UHBT).
First 6 months: physics and anatomy lectures covering the FRCR I exam syllabus, and practical experience of each radiology modality (one month of each of Nuclear Medicine, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, and Plain Film Imaging).
Second 6 months: An emergency radiology course, and commence 3 month attachments covering each of the 6 modules of FRCR II (Gastro-Intestinal, Chest, Musculo-Skeletal, Genito-Urinary, Paediatrics, and Neurology).
Year 2:
Didactic lectures covering the 6 modules of FRCR II A, and complete the 3 month modular attachments: each trainee spends 6 months in NBT (includes 3 months Neurology.) and 6 months in UHBT (includes 3 months Paediatrics)
Year 3:
Seminar type teaching covering film presentation for all 6 modules preparing for FRCR II B. Each trainee spends one 6 month period in NBT/UHBT /Bath, and a 6 month peripheral attachment at Cheltenham/Swindon/Taunton/Weston. Each attachment is for all aspects of general radiology, building on the first two year’s experience.
Year 4:
Two 6 month attachments, in NBT/UHBT/Bath, mainly covering all aspects of general radiology, but starting to develop sub-speciality interests. During this year all trainees should pass FRCR II B, and have several audit and research projects both completed and under way.
Year 5:
Two 6 month attachments, one in NBT/UHBT/Bath, and one in Cheltenham/Gloucester, Swindon/Taunton, gaining sub-speciality training and experience.
Sub-speciality Training:
The scheme encompasses two Year 5/6 posts in Neuroradiology and interventional radiology, appointed at competitive interview when the posts become free.
There is an approved Year 5 nuclear medicine post for trainees wishing to gain an ARSAC license for specified investigations, or as the first year of the two years nuclear medicine training required to attain a dual CCT..