RADT 1010 Syllabus

Subject Code

RADT

Course Number

1010

Course Title

Introduction to Radiology

Prerequisites

Program admission

Corequisites

RADT 1030, RADT 1060, RADT 1065

Terms Offered

Credit Hours

Course Description

This course introduces a grouping of fundamental principles, practices, and issues common to many specializations in the health care profession. In addition to the essential skills, students explore various delivery systems and related issues. The course provides students with an overview of radiography and patient care. Students will be oriented to the radiographic profession as a whole. The course will emphasize patient care with consideration of both physical and psychological conditions. It will introduce a grouping of fundamental principles, practices, and issues common to many specializations in the health care profession. In addition to the essential skills, students explore various delivery systems and related issues. Topics include ethics, medical and legal considerations, Right-to-Know Law, professionalism, basic principles of radiation protection, basic principles of exposure, equipment introduction, health care delivery systems, hospital and departmental organization, hospital and technical college affiliation, medical emergencies, pharmacology/contrast agents, media, OR and mobile procedures, patient preparation, death and dying, body mechanics/transportation, basic life support/CPR, and patient care in radiologic sciences.

Course Outcomes

Ethics

Identify the general concepts of ethics.
Define terms and concepts pertaining to ethics.
Understand between empathetic rapport and sympathetic involvement in relationships with patients and relate these to ethical conduct.
Relate concepts of personal honesty, integrity, accountability, competence, and compassion as ethical imperatives in healthcare.

Medical and Legal Considerations

Explain the basic principles of medical ethics.
Describe the Patient Bill of Rights.
Identify the principles of professional liability, negligence, and professional standards.
Explain the principles of professional liability, negligence, and professional standards.
Identify the concepts relating to patient consent.
Identify the purpose of hospital and departmental policies concerning patient records, patient information, documentation and reporting and confidentiality.
Describe the basic ethical and legal consideration.
Identify legal and professional standards and relate each to practice in health professions.
Identify the four sources of law to include statutory, administrative, common, and constitutional.
Understand and differences between civil and criminal liability.
Define tort and explain the differences between intentional and unintentional torts.

Right to Know Law

Explain the informed consent form.
Define terms relating to informed consent.
Identify examination procedures utilizing informed consent.
Describe how consent forms are used relative to specific radiographic procedures.

Professionalism

Discuss the general employment outlook and economic return.
Consider employment and career advancement opportunities for radiographers.
Consider the potential benefits of participation in continuing education in terms of improved patient care and career enhancement.
Discuss mandatory continuing educational licensure requirements by the ARRT.
Define the terms accreditation, certification, licensure, and registration.
Identify accrediting agencies.
Describe how the essential requirements and guidelines (JRCERT) standards of accrediting agencies for radiography programs relate to the content of accredited educational programs.
Explain the difference between the accreditation and credentialing process.
Identify national, state, and district level professional organizations for radiographers.
Describe the purpose, function, and activities of professional organizations for radiographers.

Basic Principles of Radiation Protection

Explain the purpose of radiation protection as it relates to patients and personnel.
Consider the principles of radiation protection as it relates to patients and personnel.
Describe the student radiographer's responsibilities for radiation protection.
Identify personnel radiation monitoring devices.
Describe the advantage and disadvantage of each type of personnel radiation monitor.
Interpret the contents of a periodic personnel exposure report.

Basic Principles of Exposure

Identify the basic responsibilities of student radiographers to the patient.
Identify concepts and terms relating to exposure and control factors, such as density, contrast, exposure equations, directional terms, and critique points of radiographs.
Describe the relationship between control factors and exposure factors.
Identify basic preparatory and examination procedures.

Equipment Introduction

Identify basic radiographic fluoroscopic equipment.
Identify basic components of automatic processors.
Identify basic radiographic accessories such as calipers, cushions, screens, films, grids, and other accessories.

Health Care Delivery Systems

Identify the early pioneers of radiography and their contributions.
Describe what X-radiation is and how it is produced.
Describe each of the radiological modalities such as CT, Interventional Radiography, Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Sonography, Radiation Therapy, and Mammography.
Explain the function of other (non-radiographic) health care components, such as medical laboratory, physical and respiratory therapy, transcripts, and medical records.
Discuss the reimbursement/payment options for health care services.
Identify various settings involved in the delivery of health care.

Hospital and Departmental Organization

Discuss the philosophy and mission of the hospital.
Identify key hospital administrative personnel.
Discuss the relationship between key administrative personnel and the radiology department.
Describe the relationship and interdependencies of departments within the hospital.
Identify key personnel in the radiology department.
Discuss the function of key personnel in the radiology department.
Explain patient services available in the radiology department.
Discuss the educational opportunities available in the radiology department.

Hospital and Technical College Affiliation

Describe the chain of command for hospital administration and the radiology department.
Describe the chain of command for the sponsoring organization.

Medical Emergencies

Identify symptoms which manifest the following conditions: cardiac arrest, anaphylactic shock, convulsion, seizure, hemorrhage, apnea, vomiting, aspiration, fractures, and diabetic coma/insulin reaction.
Discuss acute care procedures for cardiac arrest, anaphylactic shock, convulsion, seizures, hemorrhage, apnea, vomiting, aspiration, fractures, and diabetic coma/insulin reaction.
Discuss the use of medical emergency equipment and supplies.
Given a simulated patient and conditions, demonstrate the use of oxygen equipment.
Describe the emergency medical code system for the institution and the role of the student during a medical emergency.
Describe the symptoms and precautions taken for a patient with a head injury.
Explain the types of immobilizing devices and positioning for upper and lower extremity fractures.
Describe the symptoms and medical interventions for a patient with a contrast agent reaction.

Pharmacology/Contrast Agents/Media

Discuss the theory and practice of administration of diagnostic contrast agents and/or intravenous medicaitons.
Define the categories of contrast media.
List specific examples of each contrast agent category.
Discuss the pharmacology of barium and iodine compounds with regards to patient history/allergy, patient precautions, patient reactions, technical composition, and emergency care.
Describe administration methods and techniques for each type of contrast agent.
Review laboratory data relative to contrast media administration.
Demonstrate preparation for injection of contrast agents/intravenous medications using aseptic technique.
Explain the current legal and ethical status of the radiographer's role in drug administration.
Explain a radiographer's professional liability concerning drug administration.

OR and Mobile Procedures Patient Preparation

Demonstrate methods of preparing patients for routine radiographic examinations.
Identify proper aseptic techniques where required for surgical and mobile radiographic procedures.
Demonstrate the appropriate procedure for gathering information prior to performing a mobile radiographic examination.
Describe the initial steps in performing a mobile procedure.
Explain the procedure for placing an image receptor under a patient in an orthopedic bed frame.
Describe the special problems faced in performing procedures on a patient with a tracheotomy and specific tubes, drains, and catheters.
Describe the procedure for producing diagnostic images in the surgical suite.
Explain the appropriate radiation protection required when performing mobile/surgical radiography.

Death and Dying

Describe the special needs of the terminally ill or the grieving patient in terms of radiographic imaging.
Define advance directives and differentiate between various types of advance directive documents.

Body mechanics/Transportation

Define the terms associated with body mechanics.
Describe the cause, signs, symptoms, and treatment of orthostatic hypotension.
Describe the basic principles of proper lifting and transfer techniques.
Identify five standard patient positions.
Demonstrate correct principles of body mechanics applicable to patient care.
Demonstrate techniques for specific types of patient transfer.
Demonstrate select procedures to turn patients with various health conditions.
Describe select immobilization techniques for various types of procedures and patient conditions.

Basic Life Support/CPR

Acquire certification in CPR for healthcare Providers (including 2 person CPR) by a certified instructor from American Heart Association or American Red Cross (or) CPR-PRO For the Professional Rescuer from the American Health and Safety Institute.

Patient Care in Radiologic Sciences

Identify and differentiate between culture and ethnicity.
Explain how a person's cultural beliefs toward illness and health affect his or her health status.
Understand the differences between culture and ethnicity.
Explain how a person's cultural beliefs toward illness and health affect his or her health status.
Describe vital signs used to assess patient condition that include sites for assessment and normal values.
Describe and recognize abnormal respiratory patterns.
State the terms used to describe respiratory rates that are above and below normal values.
identify terms used to describe above and below normal pulse rates.
Demonstrate acquisition of patient vital signs, including pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and temperature and document appropriately.
Define terms related to infection control.
Describe the importance of standard precautions and isolation procedure that includes sources and modes of transmission of infection and disease and also institutional control procedures.
Explain the special considerations necessary when performing radiographic procedures on an infant or child.
Explain the special considerations necessary when performing radiographic procedures on a geriatric patient.
Discuss family dynamics, culture, social, ethnic, and lifestyle considerations and their impact on health status.
Identify specific types of tubes, lines, catheters, and collection devices.
Outline the steps in the operation and maintenance of suction and oxygen equipment and demonstrate their use.
Demonstrate pre and post exposure precautions to include hand washing, gloving (sterile and nonsterile) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), sanitizing, and disinfection.