The RSNA has supported international education through its International Visiting Professor Program since 1986. This program, administered by the Committee on International Relations and Education (CIRE), was restructured to support small teams of visiting professors to lecture at national or regional radiology meetings of societies in or serving developing nations, as well as at selected host institutions with radiology residency training programs, in those countries.
Visiting Professor Program
Interested candidates should be dynamic, experienced radiology teachers who currently hold an academic appointment in North America or other developed country, as designated by the World Health Organization. The IVP must adapt his or her presentation to the host country's local disease patterns, medical priorities, and specific educational needs.
The RSNA invites interested parties to complete the application form for registration in the newly created Database of International Speakers. The CIRE will use this database as a tool to identify possible candidates for IVP teams, according to subspecialty, experience, and, where necessary, language ability, having identified the host society needs. An entry in the database will be kept for three years after which the registrant will be given the opportunity to re register. The registrant can request removal from the database at any time.
Appointed IVPs should be available for up to a two-week visit, with time spent at the national society meeting and traveling to two to three host institutions. IVPs generally travel within the host country as a team but are occasionally invited to make separate institutional visits. All travel and housing arrangements will be coordinated and planned by each IVP and the appointed team captain, in cooperation with a contact from the host country's national society. Evaluation forms and a full written report must be submitted within one month of returning.
RSNA and the Host Society cover all program-related expenses, including coach class travel. IVPs may not receive funding from sources other than the host institution, their own institution, and the RSNA. In addition, the CIRE has a budget to provide for a donation of educational materials from the RSNA Education Resources Catalog to the host institution(s).
