Conclusions:

In order to sort out the complexities of any imaging study, you need to be systematic in your approach.

Checklists are a good way to be systematic.

A good checklist is short, makes sense to you, is easy to remember, and saves the best for last.

As you become more experienced, and determine your areas of interest, your checklists will get better and more specific to your practice. As a 2nd year, you want a very general checklist just to help you start identifying major findings.