Maricopa Community Colleges  DMI100   19996-20042 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 01/26/99
DMI100 19996-20042 LEC 0.50 Credit(s) 0.50 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. Shadowing experience in medical imaging department. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
DMI100   19996-20042 Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Imaging
1. Define basic terminology related to diagnostic imaging. (I)
2. Explain the job duties, responsibilities, working conditions and environments of the diagnostic imaging professional. (II, III, IV)
3. Observe diagnostic imaging professionals perform specific procedures in the clinical setting. (II, III)
4. Describe specific types of procedures performed in diagnostic imaging. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
DMI100   19996-20042 Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Imaging
    I. Imaging Terminology
        A. Radiology
        B. Nuclear Medicine
        C. Sonography
        D. Multiskilled
        E. Diagnostic imaging
      II. Health care settings
          A. Inpatient
          B. Outpatient
          C. Clinics
          D. Hospitals
          E. Home Health Care
        III. 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
          IV. Job Descriptions
              A. Inpatient settings
              B. Out patient settings
              C. Special assignments
              D. Working environments
              E. Employment prospects
              F. Career ladder
            V. 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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