What does a personal learning system look like when you have to build it yourself, in your first year out of training? On this episode of the BackTable Industry Podcast, host Anish Parikh sits down with Dr. Gregg Khodorov, a newly graduated interventional radiologist joining IR Centers in South Jersey after his integrated IR/DR residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, to discuss the realities of keeping up with the field in early practice. They explore the transition from the structure of residency to the challenge of self-directed learning, including board preparation, endovascular simulation, tumor boards, podcasts, and the AI-powered study tools Dr. Khodorov created for himself.
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Timestamps00:00 - Introduction04:57 - Learning IR Beyond Textbooks06:37 - The BackTable App as a Learning Tool08:48 - Lectures and Tumor Boards11:45 - AI for Learning and Literature Review14:45 - Building a AI Question Bank from a Textbook19:08 - Learning Modes and Resources24:26 - Transition to Practice and Board Preparation27:06 - Modernizing Residency Curriculum and BackTable Mondays33:22 - Closing Remarks
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More about this episodeDr. Khodorov describes how he organizes his learning into three domains: preparing for exams, real-time recall for clinical practice, and expanding his knowledge beyond personal experience. He shares how he uses an AI agent to summarize the latest IR literature, built a custom question bank from a textbook in under half an hour, and developed a GPT tool restricted to trusted sources. The conversation also highlights the value of group learning, such as BackTable Mondays and live case symposia, and emphasizes the importance of humility, peer networks, and ongoing innovation to stay sharp in a fast-evolving specialty.
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Resources
TREAT Symposium live cases (Mount Sinai)https://treatsymposium.com/live-cases/
IR oral boards simulator named on air by the guesthttps://oralboardssimulator.com
Thomas Jefferson University integrated interventional radiology residencyhttps://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/radiology/educational-programs/residency/interventional-radiology-integrated/current-residents.html
Dr. Gregg Khodorov, guest profilehttps://www.doximity.com/pub/gregg-khodorov-md
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