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Interventional radiology training and assessment would benefit greatly from the introduction of simulation. Assessment methods should facilitate the highest standards of training and therefore must be chosen on the basis of evidence of impact on learning. A study of assessment in a training model shows the need for specialty specific metrics which were derived from a task analysis of interventional procedures.

The article focuses on the impact of medical simulation devices on interventional radiology (IR). The author asserts that medical simulators could eliminate the failures of traditional apprenticeship training. It could also improve the technical competence of trainees in this field. In addition, several radiological societies around the world advocate the use of simulators for training in IR.