ADVANCED BASIS OF MEDICAL IMAGING
Code
11195
Academic unit
NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
Department
CMH
Credits
3
Teacher in charge
Prof. Doutor Mateus Marques
Objectives
The general purposes of the course are: to obtain a set of methodologies and knowledge that allow the students to optimize the diagnostic and treatment of their patients and to be acquainted with the current modus operandi of imaging specialties.
Specific goals concerns about:
-Management aptitudes (appropriateness criteria, cost-benefit relationship, integration in the specific clinical context, help of medicine based-evidence, management of negative or equivocal results).
-knowledge of procedures and acquisition mode of images.
-Using of PACS and access to examinations, registry and report elaboration.
-Current legislation, evaluation of risk and safety in imaging (carcinogenic effects and necessary further examinations).
-Others risks in imaging (adverse contrast reactions, MR, Interventional Radiology, Children, Pregnancy and Puerperum).
-Patients preparation to the examinations.
-Clinical Imagiologist interaction (consultations, available clinical information) and correlation with others diagnostic tools.
-Advantages and limitations of each technique.
-to correlate present imaging concepts with medical innovation and to use morphological and functional imaging in the prevention and diagnosis of medical diseases.
Prerequisites
Medical Student with creditations according with the fourth year of graduation.
Subject matter
Physical basis of Radiation, Legislation of Imaging in Portugal, Dose Radiation of commonest studies.
Semiology
Osteo-articular, Abdominal and thoracic Imaging
Radiopediatrics
Nuclear Medicine
Women´s Imaging and Pelvis, Emergency Radiology
Neurorradiology and head and Neck Imaging
Interventional and Vascular imaging
Oncology
Functional imaging
Medicine based evidence
Theoretical plus Practical classes and oral test - 59 hours.
Bibliography
Noções Básicas de Imagiologia, Prof.Martins Pisco, Lidel 2009.
Primer of Diagnostic Imaging 5th ed. Weissleder, Wittenberg, Harisinghani, Chen. Elsevier,Mosby, 2011.
Anatomy for Diagnostic imaging 3rd Ed. Ryan, McNicholas, Eustace, Saunders, Elsevier 2011.
AMSER National Medical Student Curriculum in Radiology: http://www.aur.org/Affiliated_Societies/AMSER/amser_curriculum.cfm
Albert Einstein radiology education site (www.learningradiology.com).
Radiation exposure from medical diagnostic imaging procedures. http://www.hps.org/documents/meddiagimaging.pdf
ACR appropriateness criteria http://www.acr.org/secondarymainmenucategories/quality_safety/app_criteria.aspx
Imaging sites in Portuguese Language:
www.Imaginologia.com.br. See lectures and practicals included on site.
Imaging sites in foreign language:
www.info-radiologie.ch .
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Biersack H-J and Freeman L M (eds). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. 2007
Teaching method
The teaching service is essentially a combination of lectures and theoretical-practical classes. The theoretical-practical classes starts in the 2nd week of the course.
Some classes are held inside the Imaging Departments with live observation of studies performance and with consultation of imaging archives.
Evaluation method
Minimum of 66% classes frequentation to be eligible for final examinations of an oral plus a written test. Oral test, at the 15th week, concerns an oral group presentation of 3-5 students during 15-20 minutes about a theme given by the lecturer. Final written test consists of 25 questions to be performed in two hours. Oral test examination contributes to 40% of final classification and may be changed up to 10% by individual evaluation of theoretical and practical classes. Written final examination contributes with 60 to final classification. Students must have at least 50% of maximal classification in each evaluation to get positive evaluation in the discipline.
Schedule of final written tests according with timetable approved by the Institution.
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