During your Introduction to Family Medicine month you will have two independent study assignments. The first will help you learn how to interpret a plain chest x-ray in a standard way. You will use the link below to go through the online module. It should take approximately 1-2 hours depending on whether you want to take notes. After you complete the module you will schedule an oral exam with the radiology contact person (usually Dr. Mount). There is a link for a practice test below. The second assignment is a self-study powerpoint going through case scenarios to aid in selecting the appropriate imaging test for different patient diagnoses. You should take the pre-test (link below) before reviewing the cases then take the post-test (link below) after you review the cases to see if you improve. There is also a link to the American College of Radiology website where you find tables for the appropriate test to order for more diagnoses. Both components are required to be completed before the end of your Intro month. Enjoy! 

CXR module: Approach to interpreting a CXR 

Practice: CXR test with examples

Grading rubric for CXR oral exam

American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria link

Pre-test for Cases: Ordering the Appropriate Test 

Cases: Ordering the appropriate test

Post-test for Cases: Ordering the Appropriate Test

During your November month, you will have multiple additional training experiences. The radiology component of this month will consist of interactive lecture time and self-study. You will review your standardized approach to interpreting a CXR and have opportunity to practice this skill. You will also review the cases to help solidify your knowledge of appropriate imaging in these scenarios. The final component will be a self-study module introducing an approach to reading an abdominal plain film along with an interactive lecture time to practice this skill and apply it to determining placement of lines and tubes. Let the fun begin! 

Step 1: Prior to the CXR lecture please review your standardized approach to reading a CXR. Revisit the self-study module if needed. 

Step 2: Review the cases in Level I and take the pre-test prior to the lecture session. 

Step 3: Prior to the AXR lecture session take 1-2 hours to do the online self-study module to learn how to interpret an abdominal film. 

The radiology component of the urgent care rotation focuses on plain x-rays of major joints: knee, ankle, shoulder, and hip. The second component will highlight the most common fractures. By the end of the block you should feel comfortable interpreting a knee, ankle, shoulder and hip x-ray. You will also be able to identify the most common fractures on x-ray and identify the proper management of those fractures. 

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Dr. Kathleen Downey - Radiology elective

Dr. Hillary Mount - Radiology curriculum

1. Lieberman's Primary Care Radiology: Excellent tutorial on indications, contraindications of basic radiology tests including link to patient instructions for these tests (Menu of Radiologic Tests). Also has mult videos with cases for imaging evaluation of common complaints (low back pain, etc).

2. Radquiz.com: Links to multiple other sites and Google images. MedPix(R) cases fun if you have downtime.

3. American College of Radiology (ACR) website link to Appropriateness Criteria: More than 180 topics covered in detail.

4. Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Radiology: Phenomenal image gallery of common and rare pediatric cases.

5. Yottalook: Free medical imaging search engine. Good quick imaging search engine and includes case stem.

6. LearnRadiology.com: Great site with brief lectures (3-5min) and also great imaging section with thumbnails and one word diagnoses. Recommend images - Bones section.

7. Chest x-ray site: Good review on cross-sectional anatomy. 

8. Indiana University School of Medicine site: 11 cases that are interactive and fun. Recommend Cases 3 and 5.

9. Amiga Radiologist Home page: Click on Access Unknowns for quick cases and quizzes. Downside is that cases somewhat rare.