This course introduces the student to the principles of recording radiographic images. Subjects include creating, processing, and analyzing the image. Laboratory sessions reinforce lecture content through problem-solving exercises. Students discuss their experimental data and apply them to the clinical setting. This course is an introduction to clinical practice.
Clinical training takes place in accredited hospital radiology centres.
There is an opportunity to take radiographs as well as to practise patient care skills and analyze radiographs. The student studies various pathological conditions and learns to operate x-ray equipment. This course provides students with an appropriate conceptual framework for the use of phar-maceutical agents. Areas studied include the general principles of drug action and drug deliv-ery, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination, as well as pharmacodynamics of the drugs used to augment radiographic imaging. Drug toxicity and factors that influence patient variation in response to drugs are covered, followed by a consideration of the medical applications of drugs in several major organ systems.