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STP10462 BREAST DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Department RADIOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Special Topic Facility The Kirklin Clinic
Course Director KATHRYN W. ZAMORA, MD Enrollment Limit 2
Contact KATHRYN W. ZAMORA, MD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email kzamora@uabmc.edu Address JTN 323, zip 6830
Phone (205) 801-7735 Fax 20599600659
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 17-17, 44-44
Prerequisites N/A 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description THE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME AND OBSERVE BREAST DIAGNOSIS IN RADIOLOGY. THIS INCLUDES MAMMOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND AND MRI IMAGING IN ADDITION TO BIOPSY TECHNIQUES. CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS WITH A SPECIALIZED BREAST SURGEON AND BREAST TREATMENT TO INCLUDE SURGERY, RADIATION THREAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY WITH OPTIONAL TIME IN BREAST PATHOLOGY. STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE FROM BELOW AND EMPHASIZE THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED. COURSE FORMAT: STUDENT WILL OBSERVE AND AT TIMES PARTICIPATE IN MAMMOGRAPHY, BREAST ULTRASOUND AND BREAST MRI INTERPRETATION. STUDENT WILL OBSERVE AND AT TIMES PARTICIPATE IN STEREOTATIC, ULTRASOUND AND MRI DIRECTED PERCUTANEOUS BREAST BIOPSIES. STUDENTS WILL ATTEND MULTIDICIPLINARY TEAM CONFERENCES WHICH INCLUDE DECISION-MAKING REGARDING SURGICAL, RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR BREAST CANCER. STUDENT WILL ROTATE THROUGH SURGICAL BREAST CLINIC. STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME IN BREAST PATHOLOGY (OPTIONAL)
Where To Report FIFTH FLOOR MAMMOGRAPHY AREA IN THE KIRKLIN CLINIC AT 8:00 AM ON THE FIRST DAY.
Requirements ATTENDANCE HOURS: 8-5 MONDAY-FRIDAY
OBSERVATION AND DISCUSSION
GENERATION OF INTERPRETATIONS AND/OR CLINICAL NOTES TO BE APPROVED AND SIGNED BY PRECEPTOR
PRACTICE ON PHANTOMS AND MODELS PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES WHEN APPROPRIATE.
REQUIRED READING:
BiRads BREAST IMAGING ATLAS-AVAILABLE IN DEPT. (1-2 HRS.)
BLAND AND COPELAND, 'THE BREAST', CHAPTERS 2, 11 AND 12 (2 HRS.)
Evaluation Pass/Fail
Notes LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF BREAST DISEASE WITH EMPHASIS ON BREAST CANCER IN A MULTIDICIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT.