South American
Virtual Radiology Rounds
for Radiologists
Sharing knowledge beyond borders
Dr Felipe Abreu, the IVRA director for Brazil and a radiologist at a private practice in Sao Paulo, instigated the above project in 2019. In general, the South American veterinary radiology training programs are not as well developed and structured as ACVR and ECVDI residency programs.
When visiting North American veterinary schools, he was moved by the utility of their morning rounds. Every morning everyone’s first duty was to sit down in a room and discuss the most interesting or challenging cases from the previous day based on the latest articles, personal experience and relating the image findings with the case history. Clinicians from other disciplines often joined the discussions. Radiologists improved individually and as a team, since the knowledge was shared among everyone. This resulted in the radiology team being able to give more accurate differentials and suggest better next steps to the benefit of the patient