OMR has an international reputation for academic and educational excellence in MSK radiology, sharing their expertise through lecturing on the latest practices and training other radiologists.
International lecturers
All OMR members lecture nationally and internationally and are invited speakers each year to the British, European and International Skeletal Societies, as well as numerous other conferences including the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), European Erasmus and ESMRMB School of MRI programs.
Pioneers of musculoskeletal ultrasound
OMR co-organise the British Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course with other leading MSK radiologists from Leeds and Cambridge. This was the first musculoskeletal ultrasound course in the UK running from 1996 to the present day. We have also organised several other conferences in Oxford including the BSSR in 2022 and the popular ESSR Sports Imaging Course in 2024.
Widely published
Together, the OMR team have published over 700 peer reviewed papers and book chapters and are regularly asked to peer review articles for national and international journals.
Teaching and international outreach
We are involved in curriculum development and daily hands-on teaching, running a successful and competitive musculoskeletal radiology fellowship program at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Many of the OMR team are educational supervisors for radiology trainees in Oxford and supervise medical students from Oxford University Medical School.
OMR are active in international outreach programmes teaching musculoskeletal radiology in Africa and the Middle East. We have organised 4 successful visits to sub-Saharan Africa in the past 3 years.
Upcoming courses
ERASMUS Advanced MRI of Joints Course
13 – 17 April 2026 / Oxford UK
Popular musculoskeletal MRI course with formal lectures and interactive case based sessions, taught by eminent radiologists from across Europe.
ERASMUS website: https://www.emricourse.org
ESSR 2026
18 – 20 June 2026 / Manchester UK
European musculoskeletal course with primary focus on spine and tumours. The ever-popular ultrasound workshop will concentrate on nerve imaging and there will be further workshops on AI, spinal intervention and post-op imaging. The Sports Imaging Workshop will be held at Old Trafford Football Club, home of Manchester United.
RSSA Congress of Musculoskeletal Radiology
16 – 18 October 2026 / Cape Town South Africa
Intensive musculoskeletal MRI course will combine didactic lectures and case-based interactive sessions. Each participant will have access to a workstation to independently work through cases. The program will also highlight practical strategies for enhancing efficiency and quality in imaging practice.