Items tagged “curriculum”
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Urogenital curriculum
The urogenital curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core genitourinary knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the urinary tract (kidneys, ureter, bladder, urethra), adrenal glands, prostate penis, scrotal content (testes, ...
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Chest curriculum
The chest curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core chest knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the lungs, mediastinum, and pleura, but excluding the skeletal structures (see musculoskeletal curriculum), heart (see cardiac...
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Gynecology curriculum
The gynecology curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core gynecological knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the ovaries, uterus, vagina and associated stuctures, but excluding those specific to obstetrics and urinary syst...
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Curriculum
The Radiopaedia.org curricula aim to set out what constitutes core knowledge, as a helpful aid to study. These are set out by system.
We operationally define core knowledge as important topics that all general radiologists and senior registrars should have a broad working knowledge of. These c...
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Curriculum article structure
Curriculum article structure sets out the structure for how each curriculum article should look. An example of a near-complete curriculum is the genitourinary curriculum.
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The first paragraph should be an introductory state...
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Cardiac curriculum
The cardiac curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core cardiac knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the heart and pericardium, but excluding the mediastinum (see: chest curriculum) and great vessels (see: vascular curricul...
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Pediatric curriculum
The pediatric curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core pediatric knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to pediatric radiology, including pediatric neuroradiology and fetal radiology, although there will be some cross coverag...
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Obstetric curriculum
The obstetric curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core obstetric knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the normal and abnormal pregnancy, the gravid uterus and fetal environment, placenta, normal fetal development and fet...
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Breast curriculum
The breast curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent core breast knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the breast.
Anatomy
An understanding of the anatomy of relevant structures is essential. Core anatomical topics include:
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Central nervous system curriculum
The central nervous system curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core central nervous system knowledge.
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Topics pertaining to the intracranial content (brain, pituitary, dura, intracranial vasculatures). There will be...
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Intervention curriculum
The interventional radiology curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core interventional knowledge. As the different procedures are intrinsically linked to the various radiology subspecialties, its content is mixed with some of the ...
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Chest x-ray - an approach (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Chest x-ray review is a key competency for medical students, junior doctors and other allied health professionals. Chest radiographs are frequently performed and a fantastic tool for making diagnoses of acute and chronic co...
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Symptomatic pneumothorax (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Pneumothoraces (singular: pneumothorax) are collections of gas within the pleural space. If the pneumothorax is under pressure, it is called a tension pneumothorax.
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Tension pneumothorax (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Tension pneumothoraces are pneumothoraces under pressure. If the pressure gets high enough, the pneumothorax can compress the heart and great vessels, and even cause cardiac arrest.
Clinical presentation
Presentation is u...
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Pleural effusion (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Pleural effusions are collections of fluid within the pleural space. The term is usually reserved for collections of serous fluid and therefore excludes hemothorax, chylothorax, and pyothorax (empyema). Effusions may cause ...
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Lobar collapse (summary)
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Lobar collapse is relatively common and occurs following obstruction of a bronchus. Gas is resorbed from the lung parenchyma distal to the obstruction resulting in the collapse of the lung, with volume reduction and negativ...
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Small bowel obstruction (summary)
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Small bowel obstruction (SBO) accounts for 80% of all mechanical intestinal obstruction; the remaining 20% result from large bowel obstruction. It has a mortality rate of 5.5%.
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Heart failure (summary)
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Heart failure is a syndrome of cardiac ventricular dysfunction, where the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to meet the body's blood flow requirements.
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Surgical emphysema (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Surgical emphysema (or subcutaneous emphysema) occurs when air/gas is located in the subcutaneous tissues (the layer under the skin). This usually occurs in the chest, face or neck.
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Pneumomediastinum (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Pneumomediastinum describes air/gas within the mediastinum and is readily demonstrated on CT and may be seen on a chest radiograph.
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