Intro to Radiologic Technology
He is responsible for the discovery of x-rays
Who is Wilhelm C. Roentgen?
The list of individuals holding certification in a particular profession
What is a registry?
What is out-of-control language?
When using critical thinking in a clinical setting, the primary factor to consider to determine the best solution to a problem
What is the best outcome for the patient?
When a student achieves and documents competency for a given exam, that procedure may now be performed by the student with a licensed technologist in the next room
What is indirect supervision?
Three modalities/subdepartments within a Radiology department
What are:
X-ray
Computed tomography (CT)
Sonography (ultrasound)
Magnetic resonance (MR)
Nuclear medicine
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Interventional radiology
Radiation therapy
A common feature on x-ray generators that reduces repeat exposures caused by inaccurate exposure technique selection
What is automatic exposure control (AEC)?
To maintain certification, rad techs must demonstrate this many hours of continuing education every two years
What is 24?
The agency that certifies a radiologic technologist
What is the ARRT?
A demand on time, energy, or resources with a perceived threat that there is not enough of one of these
What is stress?
Two effective strategies to lessen fear and improve cooperation from a young child during an exam
What are setup the room, lower the table, preset the pediatric technique before the patient enters the room, and minimize extra noise.
Procedures and activities performed in the clinical setting are part of this component of the program curriculum:
(didactic, clinical, or simulation)
What is the clinical component?
The management function that involves getting the right people to do the work and developing their abilities
(planning, staffing, organizing, or directing)
What is staffing?
Radiographic exposure technique selection is performed with this component of an x-ray system
Two imaging modalities that do not use ionizing radiation
What are Magnetic resonance (MRI) and Sonography (ultrasound)?
The national professional organization for rad techs
What is the ASRT?
Unnecessary energy being expended by "borrowing" trouble from the future
What is worry?
One of the four steps of problem solving/critical thinking.
What are:
Identify the problem
Investigate the problem
Formulate viable solutions
Select the best solution
The governmental regulatory agency responsible for safety in the workplace
What is OSHA?
The management function that involves giving orders and promoting an understanding of what is to be done:
(planning, staffing, organizing, or directing)
What is directing?
Fluoroscopy performed in surgery is typically accomplished using this type of equipment
What is a C-arm?
To image blood vessels in the body, this medium must be injected
What is contrast medium?
The process by which a government agency at the state level grants permission to an individual to practice their profession
What is licensure?
Most material introduced during class will be forgotten if not reinforced within this amount of time.
What is 24 hours?
A document published by one of the professional agencies that helps to guide problem-solving and critical-thinking
What are the Code of Ethics (ASRT) or the Practice Standards (ARRT)?
The total number of competencies required for ARRT certification
What is 36 mandatory + 15 elective = 51 total?
The major change in many hospitals' management organizational structure during the 1980s and 1990s
What is the elimination of many middle-management positions?
An automatic collimation system most x-ray machines are equipped with
The discipline that uses high-energy ionizing radiation to treat malignant disease
What is radiation therapy?
The process of granting recognition to an educational institution that meets specific standards by an official review board
What is accreditation?
The chemical released in the body during a "fight or flight" response
What is norepinephrine?
The agency that publishes the document requiring radiology programs to assess problem-solving skills of their students
What is JRCERT (Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology)?
When a student applies knowledge and skills learned in the classroom or lab to real life in the clinical setting
What is transfer of learning?
This person is the link between a radiology department and the medical staff
Who is the Medical Director?
The two primary components of the x-ray tube
What are the anode and cathode?
The three planes of x-ray tube travel
What are longitudinal, transverse, and vertical?