MEDICAL STUDENT COURSES IN RADIOLOGY
All courses and medical student course selections must be arranged through the Office of Student Affairs. For more information and course selection approval, contact:
Tulane University School of Medicine
Office of Student Affairs
1430 Tulane Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112
phone: 504-588-5331
Radiology Clerkship
Course Code: MDRD RD2 TMC
Course Directors:
Academic Director - Jane Ball, M.D.
Clerkship Coordinator - Donald Olivares
The radiology clerkship is a concentrated two week experience in diagnostic imaging and its role in patient care. Students attend regular faculty lectures and spend time in each of the imaging areas within the radiology department. The imaging reading areas include: general radiology, CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography, neuroradiology, pediatric radiology, musculoskeletal imaging, and mammography. While in the reading areas students can observe the imaging exams and interact with the radiologist as the results are interpreted and dictated. This experience offers opportunity to correlate patient clinical presentation and findings with the results from the appropriate diagnostic imaging exam(s).
In addition to faculty lectures and time in the reading areas, students have access to the radiology teaching area where their knowledge can be augmented by participation in teaching files covering the full spectrum of diagnostic imaging. During the two weeks, students are required to complete an assigned programmed text on the principles of chest Roentgenology.
Students are evaluated by input from attending radiologists in each of the reading areas (25%), student participation in class lectures (25%), and power point presentation of an interesting case encountered while on service.
Course Goals:
To increase the student's knowledge of the various diagnostic imaging modalities offered by a modern radiology department and achieve a better understanding of how to select and sequence the appropriate imaging examinations for specific clinical presentations.
To gain additional insight into how diagnostic imaging fits into the multidisciplinary approach to patient care and understand the importance of communication, professionalism, and teamwork between clinicians and radiologists relating to patient management.
To offer the student the opportunity to observe diagnostic imaging exams, instill sensitivity towards the patient's needs and apprehension about particular procedures and discuss the results and interpretation with the radiologist.
To encourage correlation of diagnostic images with previously learned normal and pathologic anatomy and pathophysiology.
Increase the student's understanding and recognition of common processes and pathology available from chest, abdominal and bone radiographs.
Introduce students to the indications, contra-indications, patient preparation, post-procedure care, and relative radiation exposure for various diagnostic imaging exams.
Know the relative costs of different diagnostic imaging exams and be able to plan and sequence patient exams that optimizes outcome and cost-effective patient care.
Increase the students understanding of image digitization, how variables in digitization influence resolution and the computer's impact on diagnostic imaging (PACS).
Positions Available
Maximum 8 students for each block offered.
For more information contact:
Donald Olivares
Clerkship coordinator
phone: 504-988-2976
olivares@tulane.edu
Senior Selectives
Follow this link to Student Affairs for complete course descriptions of Radiology Selectives.
Basic Selective
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Course Code MDRD RD OCH
Basic Selective
West Jefferson Medical Center
Course Code MDRD RD JEF
Radiation Oncology
Tulane Cancer Center - Audry Dang, MD
Course Code MDRD ONC TMC
Pediatric Radiology
Children's Hospital - Kenneth Ward, MD
Course Code MDRD PED CHI
Nuclear Medicine
Tulane - Jeremy Nguyen, MD
Course Code MDRD NM TMC
Neuroradiology
Tulane -John Joslyn, MD
Course Code MDRD NR TMC
Ultrasound
Tulane - Cynthia Hanemann, MD
Course Code MDRD US TMC
Orthopaedic Radiology
Tulane - Michael Serou, MD
Course Code MDRD NR TMC
All courses and medical student course selections must be arranged through the Office of Student Affairs. For more information and course selection approval, contact:
Tulane University School of Medicine
Office of Student Affairs
1430 Tulane Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112
phone: 504-588-5331
Donald Olivares
Clerkship coordinator
phone: 504-988-2976
olivares@tulane.edu
Rev 11/17/23 D9
