Learning how to read radiological images is a skill that many medical students struggle with. As a medical student this is a skill which is required to do well not only in the class room but also in ion the clerkship phase as well as in clinical practice. It is important to know what resources are out there that are quality and can help you gain the skill of reading radiology images. Which radiology question banks are currently out there that are actually good and worth going through? In this article I will be listing the 8 best radiology question banks for medical students.

CaseStacks

CaseStacks contains cases that are not only suitable for the Medical Student Level, But also have other cases of higher difficulty level that can be used by both Fellows, Residents, as well as practicing physicians.

The platform has 12 courses which cover anatomic regions such as the chest, abdomen, the Muskuloskeletal system, as well as Neuro.

Another unique feature about CaseStacks is that unlike other question banks which mainly feature questions about adult imaging, CaseStacks Contains 372 radiographic cases for pediatrics.

CaseStacks contains 1 set of questions that are meant to prepare medical trainees for on call situations as well as another set of images that focuses purely on neuro cases

Pricing: You can view more on info on the specifics of pricing by following this link here, and clicking the tab which says pricing.

Life in the Fast Line

This resource contains cases which have a radiological image and require you to give an interpretation. To access the radiology quizzes go to the first page and click on one of the headlines which says Radiology Cases. It looks like the image which is shown below.

The resource  also contains a clinical pearl on the bottom of the radiological image.

The website allows you to choose which questions you want to choose based on anatomical region, Pediatric cases as well as adult cases.

Radiology Cafe

This resource has many multiple choice questions on various imaging modalities High resolution CT images. 

In particular I found the chest quiz to be most useful when learning Pulmonology. The chest quiz questions  includes topics that have images from both High Resolution CT, as well as normal CT scans. This quiz in particular asked quiz questions on topics such pleural diseases, lung cancer. Additionally, it tests your ability to know what a normal chest CT looks like.

The quizzes for other imagining modalities can be found by simply scrolling on the side bar. There you will find options for which image modality you want to use, as well as options for which body region that you want to study (Chest, Head and spine, abdomen).

LearningRadiology.com

This is a very good resource because the questions all follow a certain pattern. The questions train you to look at whether or not here is a mediastinal shoft, and whether or not there is opacification. Topics mainly tested are pneumonia, pleural effusion and pneumothorax in quiz 101. THere are many other quizzes which test other topics. To access the radiology quizzes just click on the heading which says Cases which is located at the top of the page.

Radiology courses.com

This website contains Radiology Teaching Courses which contain in depth powerpoint as well as tutorial sessions. To access the free questions you go to the heading at the top of the page which says “Test Yourself.” This then brings you to a page which contains variety of cases that include an image and clinical vignette and ask you to come up with the answer. The quizzes are not multiple choice, but rather are in the format which is shown below.

Radiopedia.org

This is a website which contains a variety of articles and quizzes on anatomy and radiology. Modalities tested are chest x ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and more. To access the quiz you have to go to the top of the page which has a menu bar that says “articles,” “cases,” “courses” and quizzes.

The quiz questions are presented to you as a few descriptors of a patient followed by a a radiological image

Teachingmedicine.com

Although you have to pay for this, I still think it is worth putting on this list. This is a website which contains practice cases on imaging Modalities such as Ultrasound, Head CT, and X ray. Additionally they provide online tutorials. The platform was created by a team of medical students and physicians  and focuses mainly on diagnostic skills in medicine.

Radiology Masterclass

This is an online question bank  which contains a gallery of radiological images from various imaging modalities.

This website also allows you to practice looking at normal chest x rays. To access this feature just go to the section which says tutorials and then select front he menu. You have the ability to quiz yourself on the normal structures because the numbers only show up on the image when you move your mouse on it. When you move your mouse off the screen the numbers disappear.

To access the free quiz questions go to the section which says Test yourself and from there you can select which of the quizzes you want to take which is based on a variety of modalities.

Additionally if you want more practice you can access the entire course, however, you have to pay for this. To access the course, just scroll to the the  bar at the top of the page and select “courses”

Finally, another thing that makes this is a great resource is that you even have the option of choosing if you want to study based on certain pathologic presentations. This option can be seen in the section which says Galleries.

In the Test Yourself area, there is also a section which has Scenarios. For the chest X ray, there are 7 scenarios in total. These scenarios present a case and then show a radiological image on the next screen. You are then prompted to present the findings and give your diagnosis.

Within the Tutorials section there an overlay appears over the images which highlights exactly what is being mentioned in the description. The description and image with an overlay can be seen below.

Stat Pearls

StatPearls contains a question bank which contains just radiology questions. This can be purchased as a bundle. In total, this question bank contains 358 questions.

If you do purchase the course you have three options. You can get the monthly for $39.00, $59.00 for 6 months, and $99.00 for 1 year.

The nice part about the StatPearls question Bank is that all of the questions are written In a USMLE style format.

Medical Education For Visual Learners

This is a YouTube channel that contains a variety of radiology questions that are categorized into difficulty level. The way it works is that the questions are first displayed in the beginning of the videos and then towards the end they list all of the answers. Every questions is an image and and the format is simple identification rather than multiple choice. Most importantly it is completely free. Check out one of their videos below

Learning Radiology

In addition to quizzes, and cases Learning Radiology offer students a comprehensive list of differential diagnoses accompanied with their associated radiological finding. The website breaks these differentials down by organ system allowing.

Students can click on each differential (shown below), and then enter into slide show mode which then walks you though the pathophysiology and explains the radiological findings in depth.

In Conclusion

As you can see there are many great options for choosing a Radiology Question Bank. There are plenty of resources out there which are both free and paid. While you will definitely find these resources helpful, ultimately becoming good at radiology requires a lot of practice and discipline. Choosing any of the ones on this list can definitely help you become better at this skill.

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