ORC Objectives

Objectives include instilling and assessing baseline competencies in student abilities to:

• Recognize critical and high priority imaging findings and diagnoses and understand basic interpretive techniques in each subspecialty area.

• Review relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, technology, and performance of examinations as it relates to the daily practice of radiology.

• Read and interpret basic plain film and CT interpretation and become familiar with sonography and MR. Recognize limitations in knowledge and understanding of radiological interpretation.

• Recognize the critical importance of useful clinical history in imaging interpretation.

• Describe the common imaging findings of important pathologic entities, present an imaging differential diagnosis of associated findings, and demonstrate understanding of the appropriate imaging evaluation and involved pathophysiology.

• Effectively advise patients and colleagues on the risks, benefits, limitations, and indications of each of the most common imaging examinations.

• Recognize the important role of communication in radiology with specific emphasis on the radiology report, urgent or unexpected findings, recommendations for follow-up imaging or procedures, and doctor patient communication