Senior Radiology

This elective is for ALL students, including students pursuing a career in radiology as well as students seeking to become more sophisticated, better-informed users of imaging services. Completion of the third-year course, RADIO 631, is NOT a pre-requisite. All students will sharpen their skills in selecting appropriate imaging studies and in recognizing and communicating the most important findings on those studies. One of the goals of this expanded elective is to prepare students for their remaining senior clerkships and for on-call duties during internship. Toward this end, critical imaging findings and typical emergency imaging work-ups are reviewed and emphasized. In addition to improving proficiency in the interpretation of chest radiographs, the student will also learn a basic approach to the interpretation of cross-sectional imaging studies, with an emphasis on CT. The student spends four weeks rotating through the various subspecialties of radiology: Body CT (where CT's of