The Radiography Student at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

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The Radiography Student at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Goals of this Presentation

• Educate the prospective applicant about radiography

• Inform the prospective applicant of the types of work radiographers do

• Show the prospective applicant some of the equipment they may expect to work with

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Responsibilities of a Radiographer

• Ensure that the correct exam is done on the correct patient

• Provide top quality images for the physician to use in diagnosing

• Send completed images to PACS archiving system

• Complete patient tracking and charges in computer system

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Responsibilities of a Radiographer

• Educate the patient about preparations for exams as necessary

• Formulate exposure techniques to minimize patient’s radiation dose yet produce optimal images

• Practice radiation safety for patients, self, and co-workers

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Diagnostic & General Radiography

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Diagnostic & General Radiography

• Exposure factors are set on a control panel

• The patient is positioned • X-rays pass through the

patient and are collected on an image receptor (IR)

• Image is digitized and displayed on a monitor

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Diagnostic & General Radiography

• We are a very important part of the Emergency Department team

• Our patients range from ill to critically injured traumas

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Diagnostic & General Radiography

Students practicing positioning skills on each other in our lab

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Fluoroscopy

• Often we do a specialized form of live view X-ray called Fluoroscopy

• Frequently this calls for the administration of contrast to better visualize structures

• The radiologist operates the equipment, we prepare materials and assist the doctor

• Often we take X-ray images when the doctor is finished

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Fluoroscopy

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Fluoroscopy

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Mobile & Portable• Sometimes the patient

is too sick to come to the X-ray department, so we take the equipment to them

• Sometimes we have to take images in the operating room

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Mobile & Portable

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Clinical Instruction

• We have numerous clinical sites at which you can practice your new skills

• Each site has program approved clinical instructors and testers for additional clinical instruction

• Students learn on modern, state-of-the-art equipment

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Clinical Instruction

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers clinical radiography training in the areas of– Outpatient– Oncology– Pediatrics– Inpatient – Trauma– Orthopaedics– Operating Room

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Classroom Instruction

• Radiographic Procedures• Image Production and

Evaluation• Radiation Biology• Pathology

•Clinical instruction is supplemented by classroom instruction 1 - 2 days per week•Some of the subjects taught are:

• Medical Terminology• Osteology• Ethics• Patient Care

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Classroom Instruction

Osteology Class

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Why Come to Hopkins?

History & Tradition New & Cutting Edge

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Comfortable & Spacious

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Innovation & Excitement

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