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Digestive Disease Interventions 2024; 08(03): 220-222
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785677
Review Article

Interventional Radiology Training in Singapore

Jasmine Ming Er Chua
1   Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
,
Kiang Hiong Tay
1   Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
,
Luke Han Wei Toh 
2   Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
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Abstract

This short review chronicles the training process of interventional radiologists in Singapore over the decades since the introduction of angiography as a technique back in the 1950s to the current state today.

Keywords

IR - training - education - Singapore


Publication History

Received: 14 February 2024

Accepted: 14 March 2024

Article published online:
29 April 2024

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