MAMMOGRAPHY CLINICAL (ELR)

Catalog description

(Repeatable for credit) Course provides students with the clinical experience required to become competent in performing mammographic procedures, mammographic image critique and time to perform required quality control testing. Students learn to complete the entire examination, from request and chart review to patient screening; explaining the procedure to the patient; positioning the patient; using required accessories; setting the equipment; making a correct exposure; processing the image; completing the paperwork; using the computer to store patient data; and maintaining quality control. At successful conclusion, students obtain documentation of clinical competence as required by the ARRT for eligibility to take the advanced level examination in mammography. Students must perform 25 supervised examinations required by the initial MQSA mammography requirements and 75 mammographic examinations (screening and/or diagnostic). Examinations must be performed on patients (not phantoms or simulations).