This elective helps students develop skills in understanding the radiographic appearance of normal anatomical structures, variations of the normal and the contrast with common abnormalities encountered in clinical conditions. The elective also deals with augmentation of the student's skills in physical diagnosis and patient examination, demonstrating visually the normal and abnormal findings in simulated physical examination situations. Teaching is done on an informal basis with radiographs selected from the teaching files of the Department.
Class sizes are limited to allow optimum interaction between instructor and students.
Its objective is to demonstrate in a systematic fashion the radiographic manifestation of human pathology. In addition, the elective augments students' diagnostic skills in recognizing variations of the normal and patterns of the abnormal as demonstrated radiographically. Teaching is done in small groups, in an informal manner, with radiographs selected from the teaching files of the Department, with emphasis on student participation. This elective is designed for students who have successfully completed RAD 600 and 610. Its objective is to develop diagnostic skills in solving simulated clinical situations commonly seen in practice, especially those confronting physicians in emergency situations such as jaundice, gastrointestinal bleeding, drug addiction and trauma.