10526189Radiographic Pathology
Course Information
Description
Prepares radiography students to determine the basic radiographic manifestations of pathological conditions. Students classify trauma related to site, complications, and prognosis and locate the radiographic appearance of pathologies.
Total Credits
1
Course Competencies
  1. Determine the basic radiographic manifestations of pathological conditions and their relevance to radiological procedures
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    response addresses pathologies demonstrated in radiology
    response includes evidence of critical thinking in applying knowledge of pathologies
    response includes case study of a disease demonstrating radiology findings
    response is thorough and well organized
    response uses correct pathology terminology

  2. Compare the classifications of trauma related to site, complications, and prognosis
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    response includes trauma of the head, spine, bone and soft tissue structures
    response includes trauma classifications
    response uses correct terminology

  3. Compare the causes and process of tissue disruption
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    you address injury (acute/chronic), inflammation, edema, ischemia/infarction, hemorrhage, and neoplasm
    you identify causes and processes of tissue disruption
    you provide a complete description of tissue disruption
    you use correct terminology

  4. Show complications connected with the repair and replacement of tissue
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    response includes technical considerations
    response includes patient considerations
    response uses correct pathology terminology

  5. Characterize the systemic classifications of disease and radiology procedures for each type
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    response includes skeletal and articular classifications
    response includes digestive classifications
    response includes respiratory classifications
    response includes urinary classifications
    response includes reproductive classifications
    response includes circulatory classifications
    response includes endocrine classifications
    response includes nervous classifications
    response includes definitions of terms
    response includes prognosis
    response includes radiographic appearance
    response includes examples
    response includes sites
    response includes complications
    response is correctly sorted into the categories
    response uses correct pathology terminology

  6. Identify the radiographic appearance of selected pathologies
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    you identify the effects of the pathology on image quality
    you identify the technique and procedural modifications that are appropriate for each pathology
    you explain why the modification was selected
    you identify the effects of the pathology on anatomical presentation
    you point out hereditary diseases
    you use correct pathology terminology

  7. Examine the relationship of genetics to disease
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, written, graphic and/or skill assessment
    Criteria
    you identify diseases which are caused by genetic origin and which are contributed to by genetic origins
    you describe the imaging implications of the diseases
    you describe the radiographic appearance of the diseases