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Another radiology taster week experience

Radiology Cafe

From diagnosing anterior cerebral artery aneurysms on CT angiograms to identifying fractures of the zygoma following a traumatic injury during a game of hockey – radiology is one of the most revolutionising fields over the last twenty years. A common misconception is that radiologists do not have patient contact.

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DIY Guide to Writing Good Multiple-Choice Questions

MRI Online

For example, they are not the best way to test a radiologist’s ability to communicate effectively. An MCQ that asks the learner to recognize benign dermal calcifications on a mammogram does not test the learner’s problem-solving ability or ability to communicate the findings to a patient. Consider the acronyms AAA, RCA, TBI, and BBB.

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

The paired arteries are connected by the anterior communicating artery (ACommA) early in their course which is the final connection completing the circle of Willis (Figure 7). As noted prior, these PCAs connect with the ipsilateral posterior communicating arteries from the anterior circulation (Figure 7). 9,10,12] Figure 5.