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Educational Programmes
 The Department of Radiology at Aga Khan University (AKU) has comprehensive programmes in medical education and training.
Undergraduate
As a part of a teaching hospital, the Radiology department organises a training programme for medical student which is supervised by a designated radiology faculty. Medical students rotate through various sections in Radiology department based on their year of medical training. Usually rotations start from third year of their medical training.
For information related to MBBS training programme, please click here.
Postgraduate
The Residency and Fellowship programme in Diagnostic Radiology have been structured keeping in view the specific requirements for Pakistan , in addition to meeting the international training standards for training a modern Diagnostic Radiologist. Postgraduate Training in Diagnostic Radiology is intended to be an interactive learning process. The self-actuated, thoughtful, and motivated student will find AKU to be an environment, which is rich in learning resources. These include the faculty, patients, libraries, computers and electronic media, as well as peers and other students.
Residency Programme
The Residency programme in Diagnostic Radiology provides quality education and training, which prepares the student for a life-time of learning. The objective of the programme is that at the end of five years of training, residents should be able to function effectively with available resources in Pakistani context. The programme is intended to produce academic professionals capable of providing leadership in the field, promoting change through scientific inquiry and the highest professional standards. At the completion of residency training, the residents are expected to pass FCPS examination of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan.
For information regarding Residency application form, entry test and evaluation process, please click here.
To help make the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate, the department’s Residency Training Committee has produced a manual, to provide a framework for your orientation and continuation in the programme. In addition to providing useful practical information, the manual also introduces the system of evaluation and assessment, which is pivotal in guiding you through four years of productive and hopefully enjoyable learning.
Radiology Residency manual is available here.
Previous resident’s record is available here.
Fellowship Programme
The Fellowship programme, started in November 2005, is also the first ever Fellowship programme in the country in the field of Radiology. The need of it is self explanatory due to severe deficiency of this modality in the entire country. It has been designed to provide comprehensive, full-time training and experience in the evaluation and management of patients requiring imaging guided diagnostic vascular and interventional procedures and a supervised experience of imaging guided diagnostic methods of treating disease.
Department of Radiology offers fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) which deals with diagnostic non-cardiac angiographic procedures and vascular as well as nonvascular interventional procedures. These interventional procedures include angioplasty, vascular stenting, embolo-therapy, nephrostomy, gastrostomy, biliary stenting and several others. These procedures are all image guided, minimally invasive and have either substituted the need for surgery, made surgery easier or possible or the sole way of treatment, for example, chemoembolisation of liver cancers.
For information and entry requirements, please click here.
On Job Trainee Radiographers
On Job Trainees (OJTs) is an opportunity of getting professional training as a radiographer. The department of radiology inducts individuals based on their enthusiasm for learning and good interpersonal skills. The minimum requirement includes BSc. Applications are invited through advertisement in leading newspapers of Pakistan.
OJT programme is a two year on the job training with didactic lectures and practical applications. After the successful completion, trainees are given a certificate by the department. For specific requirements and procedures, please consult the OJT Programme Description.
Please click here to apply, or for any further information, please email us at radiology@aku.edu.
Previous OJTs records are available here.
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