Course
Description (RD02001)
This course teaches necessary skills during the 2nd year of medical school prior to beginning 3rd year clerkship rotations. Learning is measured via “open-book” quizzes during the week following didactic lectures with an oral exam at the end of Module I on the chest radiograph as well as a comprehensive multiple choice final exam at the end of Module II in the spring. The curriculum is organized as outlined below:
Module I (Fall) emphasizes the systematic evaluation of the chest radiograph culminating in an oral examination.
- Knowledge of normal PA and lateral chest radiograph anatomy
- Demonstrate oral mastery of a systematic search pattern for evaluation of both views
- Understand the importance of the search pattern in identification of abnormalities
Module II (Winter and Spring) emphasizes the utility and
evaluation of the following:
- Musculoskeletal Imaging
- Cervical spine trauma
- Emergency Neuroradiology
- Pediatric Radiology
- Abdominal Imaging: The Acute Abdominal Series
- Quadrant based approach to abdominal pain
- Differential Diagnostic Approach with Clinical-Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation
- Utilizing Diagnostic Radiology Effectively: What Study Do I Order and Why?
This
course helps to prepare the student for effective use of radiology services
during the clerkship years, as well as to develop modest skills in evaluating
acute and emergent imaging studies.
Goals and Objectives (RD02001)
- Develop a systematic approach to the evaluation of the plain radiograph of the chest and be able to identify important emergent findings
- Develop an approach to the radiologic evaluation of skeletal trauma
- Explain the fundamentals of imaging evaluation of abdominal/pelvic pain
- Identify basic radiographic and axial CT anatomy
- Apply the appropriateness criteria for imaging studies in the workup of common conditions/findings
- Show the benefit of multidisciplinary correlation (eg. Rad-Path) based in differential diagnoses in order to arrive at a diagnosis
- Differentiate the CT evaluation of neurologic emergencies
- Discuss the CT and plain film evaluation of cervical spine injury
- Describe the fundamentals of imaging in common pediatric conditions
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Student Grading (RD02001)
The student grades represent a combination of the following:
- Electronic Quizzes (10) - 40% of the Final Grade
These are “open-book” examinations that are administered electronically via Blackboard. The quizzes consist of 10 regular questions. The questions are multiple-choice and/or True-False and may include images requiring interpretation.
Quiz questions will be created from the lectures, handouts, and anatomy supplement provided during the course. It is the students’ responsibility to note the opening and closing day/time for the electronic quizzes as published in the course schedule.
- Oral Examination - 20% of
Final Grade
This consists of a
10-minute review of the basics of "reading" a PA and Lateral chest film.
This examination is conducted using 10 workstations (viewboxes) and ten
examiners. Each student has an assigned time period and an assigned
examiner. It is the students' responsibility to
confirm their assigned oral examination time
slot.
- Final Written Examination - 40% of Final Grade
This consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. There will be ample time to complete the examination. The questions may include drawings, illustrations, or images requiring interpretation.
Final questions will be developed from the lectures, handouts, and anatomy supplement provided during the course. The complexity of questions and depth of material are similar to the Electronic Quizzes. However, the final examination is NOT “open-book”.
Contact Information
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda,
Maryland 20814
301-295-3145
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