Cardiothoracic Radiology (Clinical Elective)

4 units

A four-week elective emphasizing the interactions between cardiothoracic radiologists and the various clinical services, to include thoracic surgery, thoracic oncology, pediatric and adult cardiology, and pulmonary medicine. Learn to read chest radiographs at the viewing console while providing liaison with the clinical teams. This active elective will include the daily chest teaching conference and participation in weekly pulmonary case conference, thoracic surgery, thoracic oncology conferences, as well as the imaging of the heart using CT and MR. Students spend most of each day in the Radiology reading rooms with residents, fellows, and faculty for interactive teaching at the workstation, driven by daily clinical cases. The students will have a primarily observational role in conferences and in the clinical setting and will attend morning and noon didactic conferences with the residents. The student will be expected to present a single case from what they have seen during the rotation at a 7AM teaching conference.