Virtual General Radiology, phase III 5 Credits/Maximum of 5

Catalog description

This General Radiology RAD 771 Virtual Radiology Elective incorporates Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and Systems-based Practice. Key competencies that medical students should achieve in radiology are refined over the four years of medical school and this elective will utilize multiple teaching methods to reinforce and teach the student some of these competencies in a remote clinical learning environment. Diagnostic radiology has become an integral part in the assessment of health, diagnosis of disease and treatment of patients. The elective exposes the student to all modalities currently used in diagnostic imaging. Major objective of the elective are the understanding of the radiology safety issues to patient and medical personnel, indications and contraindications for radiological studies and procedures and the cost-effective radiological work-up of various clinical conditions. Another major aim of the course is to teach issues of relevance for patient preparation for radiologic studies and procedures. Approach to the interpretation of various radiology studies and recognition of common emergency radiology findings will also be addressed. For these reasons, the elective is of potential major benefit for any student, whatever his or her ultimate career objective may be. Over the course of this 4-week elective, the topics discuss include safety, appropriateness, film interpretation, and importance of expediting and executing patient care when emergent radiologic findings are diagnosed.