What makes things work in diagnostic imaging is commitment
and dedication to helping the patient. More often than not it's very important
to ensure a strong flow of communication between a radiologists and a
clinician. While communication is a key it's also vital that the professionals
thoroughly understand what they are doing. Understanding comes from experience
and confidence in one’s work.
It doesn't matter if it's an
MRI, or a CT scan, the ultimate
goal is to ensure ultimate patient satisfaction. The goals are always a good and
accurate diagnosis, an effective treatment program, and the eventual positive
prognosis for the patient. The confidence and experience come about from years
of practice and a strong educational background.
All physicians study well
over ten years in order to become certified and allowed to practice their
specialty unsupervised. Education is always a key in terms of how a physician
will do. With radiology there is no real difference, even if a radiologist
serves the role of consultant in some respects.
As medical technologies and
healthcare evolve, so too does the study of medicine. Specialties and sub
specialties did not really take off until after World War II. As everything
evolves there are new promising studies that show that adding certain courses
may help radiology students drastically improve.
There is a new elective course
that will likely be implemented soon. The course is a three day interactive
case based course. Part of the reasoning for this is to help students broaden
their case based knowledge based on a specific set of guidelines. This is an
extremely important development because the more a radiologist knows about something
the better communication will flow between the radiologist and the clinician.
Three days may seem like a
shortened period of time but when dealing with patients, three days is actually
a good window for improvement with the level of practice that’s there. The
research conclusion yielded was that “A three-day elective radiology course for
second-year medical students improves their knowledge of appropriate image
utilization.” This is the kind of conclusion that gives life to the
idea that knowledge is power.
If you have any questions about diagnostic imaging procedures please feel
free to give as a call. We here at Clermont Radiology look forward to answering
any questions that you may have.
Posted By:
Charla Hurst
General Operations Manager
352-241-6100
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