How are radiologists trained in South Korea?

Abstract

Recently, many excellent doctors want to become radiologists in South Korea. The radiology residency program consists of a 4-year training period and residents need to pass a certifying exam at the end of their training to become board-certified radiologists. The training program consists of several divisions of subspecialties and residents are trained one to several months in one division before rotating to another. They are trained by attending staff to read images and learn to perform various procedures in a man to man environment. Also, residents learn clinically relevant knowledge by participating in intramural or multidisciplinary conferences. Besides in-hospital training, many residents participate in various categorical courses or education programs which are organized by the Korean Society of Radiology (KSR) or other hospitals and residents can attend these courses depending on their individual needs or interests.