Radiography Education: From classroom to clinic

• Introduction to Radiography- Introduce the student to the basic aspects of the department of Imaging, radiologic technology, and the health care system in general
• Medical ethics and Law- what are the moral, legal, and professional responsibilities of the radiologic technologist?
• Principles of Diagnostic Imaging- introduces the student to various methods of recording images.
• Imaging Equipment- process of radiographic image production and the specific equipment needed to produce radiographic image.
• Human Structure and Function- refers to the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
• Radiographic Procedures- Every Radiology department has a routine for performing procedures specific to that particular department.
• Principles of Radiation- Patient as well as radiologic technologist and workers, must be protected from radiation as much as possible.
• Radiographic Image Evaluation- it integrates all of the material previously learned althoughh radiologic technologist do not interpret radiographs, they evaluate them for diagnostic quality., which includes the considerations of pathologic conditions.
• Pathologic Conditions- the students needs to be acquainted with the various disease conditions that may affect the resulting radiographic image.
• Methods of Patient Care- the radiologic Technologist prepares to work with patients regardless of their health conditions. Quality assurance- they minimize the
• Quality assurancet - hey minimize the patient’s exposure to radiation, provide the physician with the best image for diagnosis.
• Radiation Physics- concentrates on basic information about the physical properties of radiation- how it is produced, how it is measured, and how it is used in the medical environment.
• Introduction to computer science- the nature of radiology rely on computers.
• Pharmacology and Drug Administration- student learns about the pharmaceutical drugs used in radiology, including their nature, effects, routes of administration and signs and adverse effects.
• Three specific aspects of learning:

  1. Cognitive learning refers to classroom lectures and demonstrations of theories, as well as to the facts and background information necessary to understand a specific body of knowledge
  2. Affective learning - involves attitudes, values, and feelings
  3. Psychomotor learning - is the actual hands-on phase. The application of previously learned material. Didactic information is put to actual use in the clinical situation.