Approach to the chest x-ray
Activity
Active Large Group Session
Active Large Group Session
Curriculum Block
Medical Foundation 1 / Part 1 / Respirology / Week 2
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Activity Objectives
- Explain the technical principles behind chest radiography.
- Explain the basic normal radiographic anatomy of the chest.
- Understand how chest radiography helps to differentiate between different pathophysiologic processes.
- Describe a stepwise approach to the interpretation of chest radiographs.
- Interpret a chest radiograph.
General Objectives
- Develop an approach to diagnostic tests as applied to the respiratory system: arterial blood gases, pulmonary function tests, chest x-rays, exercise testing.
- Develop an approach to diagnostic tests as applied to the cardiovascular system: EKG, chest x-ray, echocardiogram, stress test.
Assessments
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Basic Sciences
Anatomy
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Medical Foundation 1
Part 1
Respirology
Week 2
Curriculum Week
Part 1
Week 5
Discipline
Pulmonary Medicine
Radiology
Longitudinal Discipline
Radiology
MCC Presentations
Chest Injuries
Dyspnea
Pediatric Respiratory Distress
Pleural Effusion
McMaster Program Competencies
1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System [E01.370.386]
Radiography [E01.370.350.700]
Diagnostic Imaging [E01.370.350]
Lung [A04.411]
Mediastinum [A01.923.761.800.500]
Pleura [A04.716]
Pleural Effusion [C08.528.652]
Radiography, Thoracic [E01.370.350.700.730]
Radiology [H02.403.740]
Respiratory System [A04]
Thoracic Cavity [A01.923.761.800]
