Course Overview
This is the last of three clinical education courses. The students will refine their skills obtained during their previous clinical experiences. Students will be required to demonstrate competency in all general and specialized imaging procedures. Students will be scheduled in all areas related to patient imaging practice such as general and specialized areas. In addition, students will be scheduled on various shifts including days, afternoons, evenings, and weekends to experience a variety of procedures and complete the outstanding Portfolio requirements. Patient competency evaluations will be performed on patients with varying medical acuities. Students will be provided with an average of 3.5 hr per week for self-directed online didactic course requirements.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
17.5
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Professionally interact and communicate with patients, support people, and healthcare teams.
- Interpret physician requests, review patient histories, documentation and previous diagnostic studies to plan the procedure.
- Safely transfer and transport patients.
- Safely position and expose patients using appropriate technical factors and protocols for imaging procedures of the chest, abdomen, extremities, spine, pelvis, cranium, thorax, fluoroscopic and specialized procedures.
- Perform unenhanced and enhanced CT scans of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, spine and extremities.
- Adapt procedures based on patient and equipment limitations, and pathology.
- Evaluate images for image quality and diagnostic acceptability, and provide solutions for corrective measures.
- Identify anatomical variants and pathologies versus normal presentation.
- Apply (post) processing techniques that will best demonstrate anatomy and pathology, and properly archive images.
- Select, prepare, and assist with administration of contrast media and pharmaceuticals.
- Determine patient pregnancy status and respond; apply workplace radiation safety standards and advocate radiation safety to patients and staff.
- Assess, monitor and respond to the patients physical, and cognitive needs and condition, prior, during, and post procedure.
- Implement infection control practices.
- Demonstrate study and exam writing skills by completing comprehensive competency exams based on program curriculum.
- Develop a personal knowledge profile indicating curriculum strengths and content requiring further study.
Effective as of Fall 2021
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