Maricopa Community Colleges  DMI100   19976-19995 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  04/22/97  
DMI100      19976-19995 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Role of health care worker in diagnostic imaging procedures. Job duties, responsibilities, working conditions and work environments in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. Overview of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
DMI100   19976-19995 Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Imaging
1. Define basic terminology related to diagnostic imaging. (I)
2. Describe the role and make-up of the health care team. (II)
3. Explain the job duties, responsibilities, working conditions and environments of the diagnostic imaging professional. (III, IV, V)
4. Observe diagnostic imaging professionals perform specific procedures in the clinical setting. (III, IV )
5. Describe specific types of procedures performed in diagnostic imaging. (VI)
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DMI100   19976-19995 Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Imaging
    I. Imaging Terminology
        A. Radiology
        B. Nuclear Medicine
        C. Sonography
        D. Multiskilled
        E. Diagnostic imaging
      II. Health care team
          A. Physicians
          B. Diagnostic imaging
          C. Nursing
          D. Surgical staff
          E. Ancillary personnel
          F. The patient
        III. Health care settings
            A. Inpatient
            B. Outpatient
            C. Clinics
            D. Hospitals
            E. Home Health Care
          IV. Duties and Responsibilities
              A. Radiographers
              B. Nuclear Medicine technologists
              C. Cardiovascular specialists
              D. Magnetic resonance imaging specialists
              E. Computed tomography specialists
              F. Sonographers
              G. Mammographers
              H. Positron emission tomography (PET)
              I. Radiation therapy technologist J. Management
            V. Job Descriptions
                A. Inpatient settings
                B. Out patient settings
                C. Special assignments
                D. Working environments
                E. Employment prospects
                F. Career ladder
              VI. Examinations
                  A. Radiology
                  B. Cardiovascular
                  C. Nuclear Medicine
                  D. Mammography
                  E. Computed tomography
                  F. Magnetic resonance imaging
                  G. Ultrasound
                  H. Special procedures
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