Course Overview
This course is the first of three focusing on patient care, medicolegal documentation, image production, and diagnostic quality. This course provides the theory required to perform basic imaging procedures of the axial (vertebrae and thoracic cage) and appendicular skeletons (excluding skull), chest, and abdomen as well as the skills to assess the images for these procedures. In addition, students will learn the positioning requirements and patient care associated with gastrointestinal system examinations. Emphasis is placed on routine positioning as well as problem solving for atypical patients and their specific physical, emotional, and psychological needs.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
8.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Interpret physician requests for patient examinations.
- Effectively communicate with patients and healthcare teams.
- Determine appropriate interview questions to ascertain patient’s history and identity.
- Confirm and respond to pregnancy status.
- Describe routine patient care prior, during, and post examinations; recognize and respond to non-routine circumstances.
- Describe the influence of age on routine examinations.
- Describe the effect of principles of beam geometry on body anatomy.
- Describe patient positioning to demonstrate required body anatomy of the:
- Axial and appendicular skeletons
- Vertebrae
- thoracic cage and shoulder girdle
- Chest
- Abdomen
- Gastrointestinal system.
- Adapt examinations based on patient and equipment limitations.
- Describe the correct use of radiographic equipment, accessory equipment, and PACS.
- Identify required radiographic technical factors based on equipment, patient habitus, pathologies and equipment.
- Describe a radiation safe environment for all members of the department and patients.
- Evaluate radiographic images for image quality and diagnostic acceptability and apply corrective measures as required.
- Identify supporting medication for digestive procedures.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2015
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