The new era of radiology teaching files.

OBJECTIVE

In this article, we describe how we constructed a radiology teaching file that simulates real-life scenarios and discuss some of the advantages it affords.

CONCLUSION

Using OsiriX imaging software and iWork Pages, we have created a HIPAA-compliant interstitial lung disease radiology teaching resource that allows the user to navigate through the complete dataset of images for each patient. Integrated within the file is a navigation tool that allows the user to access the patient's clinical report, imaging reports, pulmonary function tests, and pathology report simultaneously. To our knowledge, this is the first teaching file of its kind.