The Radiography Student at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

1. The Radiography Studentat The Johns Hopkins Hospital

2. Goals of this Presentation • Educate the prospective applicant about radiography • Inform the prospective applicant of the types of work radiographers do • Show the prospective applicant some of the equipment they may expect to work with

3. Responsibilities of a Radiographer • Ensure that the correct exam is done on the correct patient • Provide top quality images for the physician to use in diagnosing • Send completed images to PACS archiving system • Complete patient tracking and charges in computer system

4. Responsibilities of a Radiographer • Educate the patient about preparations for exams as necessary • Formulate exposure techniques to minimize patient’s radiation dose yet produce optimal images • Practice radiation safety for patients, self, and co-workers

5. Diagnostic & General Radiography

6. Diagnostic & General Radiography • Exposure factors are set on a control panel • The patient is positioned • X-rays pass through the patient and are collected on an image receptor (IR) • Image is digitized and displayed on a monitor

7. Diagnostic & General Radiography • We are a very important part of the Emergency Department team • Our patients range from ill to critically injured traumas

8. Diagnostic & General Radiography Students practicing positioning skills on each other in our lab

9. Fluoroscopy • Often we do a specialized form of live view X-ray called Fluoroscopy • Frequently this calls for the administration of contrast to better visualize structures • The radiologist operates the equipment, we prepare materials and assist the doctor • Often we take X-ray images when the doctor is finished

10. Fluoroscopy

11. Fluoroscopy

12. Mobile & Portable • Sometimes the patient is too sick to come to the X-ray department, so we take the equipment to them • Sometimes we have to take images in the operating room

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14. Clinical Instruction • We have numerous clinical sites at which you can practice your new skills • Each site has program approved clinical instructors and testers for additional clinical instruction • Students learn on modern, state-of-the-art equipment

15. Clinical Instruction • The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers clinical radiography training in the areas of • Outpatient • Oncology • Pediatrics • Inpatient • Trauma • Orthopaedics • Operating Room

16. Classroom Instruction Clinical instruction is supplemented by classroom instruction 1 - 2 days per week Some of the subjects taught are: Medical Terminology Osteology Ethics Patient Care • Radiographic Procedures • Image Production and Evaluation • Radiation Biology • Pathology

17. Classroom Instruction Osteology Class

18. Why Come to Hopkins? History & Tradition New & Cutting Edge

19. Comfortable & Spacious

20. Innovation & Excitement

21. Certificate of Completion This is certification that the Radiography presentation was viewed by (name) ________________________________ On (date) ________ _________________ signature