Course Catalog

 
76-401 DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
Department RADIOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director DESMIN MILNER, MD Enrollment Limit 6
Contact DESMIN MILNER, MD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email dmilner@uabmc.edu Address JT N366, zip 6830
Phone (205) 996-3502 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites UAB students assigned to BHM campus 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description The Clinical Radiology elective provides medical students an four-week introduction to the fundamentals of radiology, as well as exposure to the various modalities and procedures. Students will learn the role radiologic evaluation plays in patient care. The students rotate through the subspecialty areas including GI and GU, Chest, Musculoskeletal, Ultrasound, CT, Vascular and Interventional, Neuroradiology, and MRI. Experience with pediatric imaging is available.They will spend time with faculty, residents, and fellows discussing radiographic findings as well as the clinical work-up of various diseases. The majority of the learning is active, similar to other clinical rotations, and the students will be directly involved in patient care. There is also a lecture series approximately three days a week, for 1-2 hours each day, which provides viewbox teaching and interesting case discussions.
Where To Report Virtual. Information will be sent prior to the first day of the rotation.
Requirements Daily attendance on clinical services with viewbox teaching.
Attendance of required radiology educational conferences and selected clinical conferences.
Selected on-line readings from radiology education sites and optional textbook.
Preparation and electronic presentation of radiology case.
Completion of electronic radiology basics test.
Note: Only four weekday absences are allowed for any reason.
Evaluation Student evaluation is based on daily performance and attendance, a basics film interpretation test, and electronic radiology case presentation.
Grading is pass/fail.
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