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Radiologic technologist

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Health care professional skilled in the theory and practice of the technical aspects of the use of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases

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Emancipatory Learning

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Awareness of the forces that have created the circumstances in one’s life and taking action to change them

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Aspects of critical thinking

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Abstract, creative, systematic, communicative

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Stress!

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Increases BP
Increases heart rate
Increases respiration
Increases irritability
Increases cholesterol
Decreases immune system
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

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Physiological
   -  food, water, air
Safety and Security
	-  protection
Love and Belonging
	-  family, friends
Self-Esteem
	-  pride in accomplishments
Self-Actualization
	-  desire to meet one’s potential
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Henri Becquerel

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Worked with Uranium

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Emancipation

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Freedom from restraints or influences

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Hippocrates

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Father of medicine

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Critical thinking can be defined as

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“the cognitive skills of comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.”

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Lead

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was found to be a suitable way to protect from x-rays due to its high atomic number, density and the fact that it is inexpensive and malleable

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Learn to think critically

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Analyze & evaluate
Use the best & most complete
evidence that’s available
Clarify
Reconcile any contradictions
Distinguish from what we know from what we merely suspect

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Interventional Radiography

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Injection of contrast to visualize structures
   -  Arteriography
   -  Venography
 Interventional
    - removal of renal or GB stones
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Bone Densitometry

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Designed to measure bone mineral density for osteoporosis

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Computed Tomography

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Gathers anatomic information from a cross-sectional plane of the body and presents it in 3-dimensional images

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Non critical thinkers

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Will pretend to know more than they do
Get annoyed with problems
Are impatient
Judge on first impressions and intuition
Focus on their own opinions
Look only for ideas like their own
Are guided by feelings rather than thoughts
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Rote Memory

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To learn word by word; to learn by heart or repeat by heart or rote

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Steps of critical thinking

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  1. Define the goal.
  2. Note your observations.
  3. List possible options and their consequences.
  4. Select the best available option.
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Self-Deception

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the action or practice of allowing oneself to believe that a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation is true.

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Mammography

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Radiographic examination of the breast to rule out cancer

3D called tomosynthesis

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Emil Grubbe

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began treating cancers with x-rays in 1896 – now known as radiation therapy

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Things that you do to reduce stress

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Positive Thinking
Family
 - Balancing
 - Flexibility
 - Building Togetherness
 - Networking
 - Conflict Solution
Physical
 - Relaxation Exercises
 - Exercise
 - Nourishment – eat healthy
 - Deep Breathing
Diversion
 - Music
 - Play
 - Vacation
 - Hobby
Interpersonal
 - Be Assertive
 - Use Affirmations
 - Setting Limits/Goals – don’t procrastinate!
 - Communication!
 - Be Proactive – not reactive
Good Time Management
 - Recognize YOUR peaks and valleys
 - PrioritiZe!
 - Plan, Plan, Plan
   If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!
 - Delegate
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Critical Thinking Skills

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Reasoning, analyzing, evaluating, problem solving, decision making

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Disarm Test

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Review
Use tools
Have a strategy
Read the directions!
Scan the test
Jot down formulas
Look for answers in other questions
If you must guess, guess “C”!
Have a sense of humor
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Fight or Flight!

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Physiologic reaction to a real or imagined threat arising from emotions of both fear and anger

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Ionizing radiation

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Term applied to radiation having sufficient energy to produce ions: x-rays are one form of ionizing radiation

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Thomas Edison

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experimented with x-rays which led to the fluoroscope which is used today for dynamic studies

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Radiologist

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physical who specializes in the medical science that manages the use of x-rays, radiation energy the diagnosis and treatment of diseases

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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

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Physics professor at the Physical Institute of the University of Wurzburg in Germany

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Improve Your Listening Skills

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Create an interest in the subject
Listen with an open mind
Interact
Take notes

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Short Term Memory

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transient, fleeting memory that fades rapidly

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Uses strong magnetic fields to create 3–dimensional images

Excellent for soft tissue–tears in ligaments, tendons

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Superstitious Beliefs

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practice that is considered irrational or supernatural: it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or fear of that which is unknown.

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Stress

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Physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension

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X-rays were discovered on

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November 8, 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

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Prejudice & Stereotypes

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a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

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Ultrasound

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Uses high frequency sound waves to image
Developed after WWII
Specialize in Cardiac,
Medical or Vascular

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Nuclear Medicine

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Radioactivity discovered by Marie & Pierre Curie
- Nuclear medicine requires the injection, ingestion or
inhalation of a
radioisotope
- Mainly diagnostic but
can be therapeutic

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Abstract

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thinking past what your senses tell you

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Attention

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Act of concentrating on one activity to the exclusion of others

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Overgeneralizations

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an error that involves coming to a conclusion based on information that is too general and/or not specific enough.

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Sonography

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Diagnosis and/or treatment of a disease process, or the imaging of a certain condition such as pregnancy by the administration of high-frequency sound waves.

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Communicative

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being precise in giving your ideas to others

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Improve your reading skills

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Scan
Know what you need to learn – read the objectives!
Search for main ideas
Use recall
Underline, highlight, use tabs
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Radiation Therapy

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Administering radiation to patients to treat cancer

45
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Roentgen was experimenting with a

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Crookes tube in a darkened room and noticed that a piece of paper with barium platinocyanide glowed (fluorescence).
He realized that this was some type of ray rather than electricity or light.

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Characteristics of critical thinkers

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Asks pertinent questions
Assesses statements and arguments
Is curious
Is interested in finding new solutions
Listens carefully to others
Looks for proof
Adjusts opinions when new facts are found
Examines problems closely
Rejects information that is irrelevant or incorrect
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Critical Thinking

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  • is the intentional way of looking at things or circumstances
  • problem-solving focuses on a specific situation
  • it’s not being content with the first solution to a problem but thinking more deeply about it
  • knowing, understanding, analyzing, synthesizing, applying and evaluating the idea or problem
  • not letting reason be clouded by emotion
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Systematic

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organizing your thoughts into logical steps

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Pierre and Marie Curie

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worked with radium, refining the knowledge of radioactivity

Beginning of nuclear medicine and radiation therapy

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Creative

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thinking “out of the box”, innovative

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Loyalty/Herd Instinct

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Natural cohesiveness within a social group

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Long Term Memor

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Memory-storing process requiring organization and association of information

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