Radiological Systems Performance Evaluation Course (RSPEC), Sample Course Schedule

 

 

Time

Monday

 

Tuesday                             

Wednesday  

 

Thursday   

 

Friday            

 

0700

Welcome and Overview to the RSPEC

- Continental Breakfast

- Issue TLDs

- Issue textbook/notebook

 

 

 

 

 

Homework Review Session

 

Homework Review Session

 

Homework Review Session

 

Final Written Test        

 

0730

- Overview of Medical Imaging Systems  

- Quality Control of PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) Monitors

 

Portable Radiographic Unit Laboratory 

 

Introduction to Fluoroscopy

 

0800

 

 

Musculoskeletal Imaging for the Medical Physicist

 

Review Final Written Test

 

0830

Fluoroscopy Laboratory         

 

Begin Final Practical Tests

 

0900

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Radiological Physics and the X-ray Machine        

 

Introduction to Image Quality

 

1000

Film Processor, Film Artifacts, and Repeat Rate Analysis

 

Radiographic Survey Forms and Survey Equipment

 

 

Lunch (1100-1200)

Lunch (1100-1200)

Lunch (1100-1200)

Lunch (1100-1200)

Lunch (1100-1200)

1200

 

Film Processor and Darkroom Quality Control Laboratory

 

Dental Radiographic Unit and Panographic Unit Laboratories

Issue Homework

Fixed Radiographic Unit Laboratory  

Issue Homework

Fluoroscopy Laboratory (Continued)

 

Complete Final Practical Tests

Collect TLDs

Class Ends

 

1300

 

 

 

 

Computed Radiography and Digital Radiography

 

1400

 

 

 

 

1700

Computed Radiography and Digital Radiography Laboratory

Issue Homework

Review Session for Practical Tests