Radiology

Course Overview

Welcome to Radiology (4.25 CME)

What if you can take a look at a Chest Xray, a brain MRI, or an abdominal CT and know what you are looking at before the final radiology read?! In this course, we will cover all the common radiological basics that you should know while looking at the common exams done in the hospital on a daily basis.  From Brain MRI, to Chest Xray, to Chest CT and every thing in between.  You will first learn how to create an approach to read these radiological exams appropriately and then put it into practice while reviewing real life case images.   We will cover all the common cases that present to the hospital on a daily basis and learn how and what to look for on the images.  This course is taught by a full-time practicing radiologist.  The course duration is 4 hours and 15 minutes and by the end of this course, you should have an excellent basis of knowledge on what the radiologists look for while reading the different radiological exams and how to make a diagnosis based on the presented images.

Videos: 6

Total Duration time: 4 hours and 15 minutes

Topics covered in this course:

Neurology:

Develop an approach to Head CT

Develop a basic understanding of brain MRI

Recognize different types of intracranial hemorrhage

Recognize typically imaging findings in the setting of cerebrovascular event

Recognize typically imaging findings of CNS Neoplasia

Examples of CNS infection

Chest:

Recognize key anatomical landmarks on chest x-ray

Develop an approach to chest x-ray

Recognizing lung opacities – Air space opacities and interstitial opacities, and cancer

Recognize pleural effusions

Recognize pneumothorax

Correlate to the above lung pathologies on CT.

Examples of central pulmonary embolism on CT

Abdomen:

Understand what imaging modalities to order in common clinical scenarios and when to order with and without contrast in the abdomen and in general.

Develop an approach to assessing plain films

Recognize common gastrointestinal pathologies, their complications, and the terminology used in describing the imaging

Recognize common hepatobiliary pathologies, their complications, and the terminology used in describing the imaging

Recognize common pancreatic pathologies, their complications, and the terminology used in describing the imaging

Recognize common genitourinary pathologies, their complications, and the terminology used in describing the imaging

Understand the contrast agents and dispel some myths surrounding them