Week 3 Power Point

Question 1

Radiology Assistant (RA)

Answer 1

•Extends the capacity of the radiologist in the diagnostic imaging environment thereby enhancing patient care.
•Perform under the direction of the Radiologist.

Question 2

•Discovered by Wilhelm C. Röngten
•November 8, 1895
•German Physicist
•Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901
•First known x-ray image is of wife’s hand
•Died – Colon Cancer 1923
•Technology – advancing daily

Answer 2

Brief history of radiology

Question 3

American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)

Answer 3

A professional membership association that serves medical imaging technologists, radiation therapists, and radiologic science students.

Providing its members with ongoing education and professional development opportunities.

Question 4

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)

Answer 4

ensures you possess the knowledge and skills needed to perform jobs within the radiographic field successfully.
A leading credentialing organization that helps people develop their career in Radiology with gold star accreditation nationally.

Question 5

The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
(JRCERT)

Answer 5

assures all medical imaging and radiologic science programs achieve excellence in education through programmatic accreditation.

Integrity and high ethical principles are the fundamental values that guide in assuring a fair and unbiased accreditation process.

Question 6

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO)

Answer 6

continuously improve health care for the public

in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations

inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.

Question 7

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)

Answer 7

seeks to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements

which represent the consensus of leading scientific thinking and safety when working with or around radiation.

Question 8

Buffers

Answer 8

Activities that decrease the negative effects of stress but do not change the stressors.

Question 9

Fight-or-Flight Response

Answer 9

Physiologic response resulting from anger and fear and triggered by a real or imagined threat.

Question 10

Hassles

Answer 10

Unexpected negative changes or events

Question 11

In-Control Language

Answer 11

Statements that reflect an attitude of choice and evoke positive feelings

Question 12

Out-of-Control Language

Answer 12

Words or phrases that express a lack of control over a situation

Question 13

Stress

Answer 13

Demand on time, energy, and resources with an element of threat

Question 14

Stressors

Answer 14

Events, both real and imagined, that increase feelings of anxiety

Question 15

Time management

Answer 15

Practice of self-management related to how time is used

Question 16

Uplifts

Answer 16

Planned positive activities to balance hassles

Question 17

Worry

Answer 17

Time and energy spent concerned for things over which we have little or no control

Question 18

Cardiovascular Interventional Imaging (CI)

Answer 18

Radiologic procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Question 19

Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS)

Answer 19

Visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissue.

Question 20

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Answer 20

Process of using a magnetic field and radiofrequencies to create sectional images of the body.

Question 21

Nuclear Medicine

Answer 21

Branch of radiology that involves the introduction of radioactive substances into the body for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Question 22

Radiation Therapy

Answer 22

Branch of radiology involved in the treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactive substances.

Question 23

Computed Tomography (CT)

Answer 23

Recording of a predetermined plane in the body using an x-ray beam that is measured, recorded, and then processed by a computer for display on a monitor.
(Scanning)

Question 24

Professional Ethics

Answer 24

•ARRT Code of Ethics reflects the rules and standards that govern the conduct of professional technologists
•Failure to abide by the published standards may result in disciplinary procedures

Question 25

Practice Standards

Answer 25

•Radiography practice standards have been developed by the profession for judging the quality of practice, service, and education

Question 26

JCAHO

Answer 26

•Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

•Formerly The Joint Commission

Question 27

Three categories of learning:

Answer 27

•Cognitive
•Psychomotor
•Affective

Question 28

Three Phases –
Educational Experience

Answer 28

•Observation

•Assistance

•Performance

Question 29

Radiography

Answer 29

Making of records (radiographs) of internal structures of the body by passing x-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on specially sensitized film or an imaging place or system.

Question 30

Bone Densitometry (BD)

Answer 30

Measurement of bone density using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) to detect osteoporosis.

Question 31

Mammography

Answer 31

Radiography of the breast

Question 32

Echocardiography

Answer 32

Ultrasonographic imaging of the heart and associated vasculature.

Question 33

Energy

Answer 33

Capacity to operate or work.

Question 34

Ionization

Answer 34

Any process by which a neutral atom gains or loses an electron, thus acquiring a net charge.

Question 35

Radiation

Answer 35

Energy transmitted by waves through space or through a medium.

Question 36

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Answer 36

The creation of sectional images of the body that demonstrate the physiologic function of various organs and systems.

Question 37

ASRT

Answer 37

•American Society of Radiologic Technologists
•National professional voice for radiologic technologists
•Almost half of the technologists in the country are members