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Through our institution’s established relationship with the Princess Marina Hospital in Gabarone, Botswana, we pioneered a radiology resident global health elective with a special focus in pediatric imaging. Our 5-week global health elective consisted of four major categories of activities: reading clinical cases (primarily CT and radiographs), bedside rounds and clinic tumor boards, didactic lectures and case conferences (to medical students, residents, technologists and faculty), and hands-on ultrasound training. For these activities, we primarily partnered with the departments of pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery and radiation oncology. The purposes of this educational exhibit are: 1. To discuss the inherent challenges to practicing and teaching radiology in a Botswana government hospital. 2. To describe our initial needs assessment and evaluation of the departmental work flow. 3. To explain how we developed a cranial ultrasound workshop targeting pediatric and radiology residents, faculty and technologists. This workshop consisted of multiple didactic lectures and bedside hands-on ultrasound in the neonatal intensive care unit. 4. To explore the relevant resources and available grants for residents, in order to help other programs support similar efforts. 5. To present interesting cases to conclude our educational exhibit. Experiencing radiology in Botswana was an extremely rewarding experience, and as residents we had the capability to make a clinical impact on a daily basis. Our efforts have paved the way for more residents at our institution to have similar meaningful and impactful experiences. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Gillman Jennifer, Bedoya Maria, Kim Sung
Keywords: Global Health
Humeral lesser tuberosity avulsion fractures (LTAF) are rare injuries in children. Limited information is available describing MRI characteristics. We aim to describe demographics, mechanism of injury, and MRI findings of LTAF. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Bedoya Maria, Barrera Christian, Ho-fung Victor
In the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, unenhanced MRI provides an efficient and comprehensive evaluation of the appendix. However, on the daily clinical basis, there are cases that generate a diagnostic dilemma with subtle/indeterminate inflammatory changes. For these questionable cases, the morphology of the appendix could play a role as an aid for the radiologist to increase the confidence diagnosing or ruling out acute appendicitis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the morphology of the appendix as an additional tool for the diagnosis of appendicitis. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Bedoya Maria, Barrera Christian, Ho-fung Victor, States Lisa
Keywords: MRI, Appendicitis