PRIMARY CARE LEADERSHIP TRACK-RADIOLOGY

2 credits · School of Medicine

The core clerkship in Radiology will emphasize evidenced-based strategies for optimized utilization of imaging, teach diagnostic skills for the interpretation of medical images, and provide an understanding of the costs (financial and health risks), benefits, and signature characteristics of radiography, computed, tomography, magnetic resonance, sonography, angiography, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine as applied in routine clinical care across the disciplines of abdominal, breast, cardiothoracic, neurological, musculoskeletal, pediatric, and interventional radiology and nuclear medicine. Students will learn basic principles of image acquisition, working in the Department of Radiology and will be taught normal and both common and emergent abnormal imaging findings. Course Coordinator: Danielle Corrigan-Webster, danielle.corrigan-webster@duke.edu. Credits: 2. Course Director: Eun Langman, MD