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The 94th RSNA annual meeting was again the world’s premier medical meeting, featuring more than 1,600 scientific paper presentations and posters and another 1,600 education exhibits, as well as more than 300 refresher courses and a large technical exhibition. A record 2,920 RSNA resident members attended RSNA 2008.

Read the highlights in the Daily Bulletin, the official meeting newspaper.

Resident Presentations Combine Work, Learning with Contemporary Technology
Two radiology residents demonstrated their “first person shooter” interactive computer game, designed to help students familiarize themselves with anatomical structures, in an RSNA 2008 exhibit. Read the Daily Bulletin story.

“Walking While Working,” an exhibit presented by a resident at the University of Maryland Hospital and Baltimore VA Medical Center, showed that exercise on a treadmill while reading images can promote a more active radiologist lifestyle without compromising diagnostic accuracy. Read the Daily Bulletin story.

See RSNA 2008 Resident Photos on Facebook
Photos captured the activity at the RSNA 2008 Residents Reception and the Residents Lounge at RSNA 2008. See the photos on RSNA’s Facebook page. (Facebook login may be required.)

You can also browse and purchase RSNA 2008 photos at an online gallery. Photos are organized by meeting day.

Personalize with myRSNA^®
If you haven’t already tried the new myRSNA, the New Year is the perfect time to organize all your radiology tools, education records and personal files anywhere you have a computer and an Internet connection. myRSNA has undergone dramatic changes since last year, including the addition of new tabs and widgets to further customize the page. Attendees who bookmarked courses at RSNA 2008 can view the presentations online. Find out why myRSNA is the “homepage of radiologists worldwide™.”

Track Progress with the Resident Learning Portfolio
RSNA’s Resident Learning Portfolio is a free, Web-based portfolio that can be customized with an institution’s individual program materials and residents’ progress and credentials. If your institution is not yet participating, send an e-mail to residents_portfolio@rsna.org to find out how your program directors and coordinators can get involved.

Research Medical Student Grant: February 1
The R&E Research Medical Student Grant helps make research opportunities possible for medical students in any area related to the radiologic sciences. Click here for more information.

Know What to Tell Your Patients about Radiation Risk
A RadioGraphics article challenges current methods of quantifying radiation risk when talking to patients and advises emphasis on justifying and optimizing procedures.

Discover IHE’s Image Sharing Revolution
The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE^®) initiative is developing standards-based methods for image sharing and further advancing toward a universal health record. RadioGraphics explains how image sharing is evolving and how it is already affecting your profession.

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