RAD 100 - Introduction to Medical Imaging

1. Health professions
2. Health care environment
3. Accreditation
4. Regulatory agencies
5. Radiology organization
6. Professional credentialing and organizations
7. Professional development and advancement
8. Ethics and ethical behavior
9. Ethical dilemmas
10. Legal issues
11. Legal doctrines and standards
12. Patient consent

1. Describe health professions and their relationship to each other in the delivery of patient care. (1)
2. Identify various settings in health care delivery. (2)
3. Differentiate between programmatic and institutional accreditation. (3)
4. Identify regulatory agencies and their role in quality management and improvement. (4)
5. Discuss the responsibilities and relationship of personnel in the radiology department. (5)
6. Define credentialing and identify the professional agencies involved. (6)
7. Identify the benefits of continuing education as related to improved patient care and professional enhancement. (7)
8. Discuss the origins of ethics and the role of ethical behavior in health care. (8)
9. Explain individual and societal rights, and cultural and economic conditions that may contribute to ethical dilemmas in health care. (9)
10. Explain legal issues in health care including parameters of legal responsibility in radiography, confidentiality, torts, negligence and malpractice. (10)
11. Discuss best practices in risk reduction through proper methods of documentation. (11)
12. Describe the components,conditions and implications of informed consent. (12)