[The resident's role in training and teaching in diagnostic imaging departments]

New Spanish Law of Medical Specialties has come to correct the limitations of previous regulations regarding the figure and the functions of the Tutor. However, it continues lacking a description of the role of the residents in their training. Resident's Statute and Specialty Program add some information. Regulations establish that the residents are not passive actors in their training. As well as their labor obligations, including exclusivity and observance of the rules of the institutions in which they are working, the residents have the obligation of training themselves and of progressively taking on responsibilities relative to the specialty. This includes non-assistential training also, medical sessions preparation, attendance to committees and use of new technologies and on-line resources. Moreover, following Resident's Statute, the residents are full members of the Radiology department, sharing its goals and those of the institution in which it is included, and helping in its achievement. And they are committed also to achieve the goals of their training program and to have an active attitude in the training process. A resident is as important to the result of the training process as the members of the staff.