Christiana Care Health Services Program

Program Identity & Fit

Christiana Care's Diagnostic Radiology program is a five-year, university-affiliated but community-embedded pathway that integrates a dedicated Transitional Year with four years of diagnostic radiology, all housed within a single high-volume, non-fellowship department (40+ full-time radiologists, no competing DR fellows) performing nearly 600,000 studies annually. The training environment spans a large Level I trauma tertiary hospital and a smaller urban community hospital, giving residents exposure across a full acuity spectrum, supplemented by dedicated pediatric radiology rotations at A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and mandatory AIRP participation. Research is present and supported through institutional infrastructure (SMART Research program, dedicated biostatistician/research associate) but framed as resident-driven and tailored rather than a defining institutional mission. The absence of in-house DR fellows suggests residents assume more direct procedural and interpretive responsibility, and the program emphasizes structured professional development (quality/safety councils, LEED-R leadership training, integrated TY-DR mentorship) alongside clinical volume.