Chest radiology for students (curriculum)

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This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists

Chest radiology for students curriculum represents a core set of common pathology seen on the wards, usually during medical, or elderly care blocks.

In chest radiology, the most important imaging tests to know about are:

As a graduating medical student, you should be able to review a chest x-ray confidently and recognise common conditions. You should have a basic understanding of the use of CT in chest imaging too.

It may be helpful to have a standard approach to reviewing the chest x-ray such as the ABCDE approach.

  • -<p><strong>Chest radiology for students curriculum</strong> represents a core set of common pathology seen on the wards, usually during medical, or elderly care blocks.</p><p>In chest radiology, the most important imaging tests to know about are:</p><ul>
  • -<li><a title="Chest x-ray" href="/articles/chest-x-ray">chest x-ray</a></li>
  • -<li><a title="Chest CT" href="/articles/chest-ct">chest CT</a></li>
  • -</ul><p>As a graduating medical student, you should be able to review a chest x-ray confidently and recognise <a title="Chest radiology: conditions (curriculum)" href="/articles/chest-radiology-conditions-curriculum">common conditions</a>. You should have a basic understanding of the use of CT in chest imaging too.</p><p>It may be helpful to have a standard approach to reviewing the chest x-ray such as the <a title="Chest x-ray: ABCDE (summary)" href="/articles/chest-x-ray-abcde-summary">ABCDE approach</a>.</p>
  • +<h6>This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists</h6><p><strong>Chest radiology for students curriculum</strong> represents a core set of common pathology seen on the wards, usually during medical, or elderly care blocks.</p><p>In chest radiology, the most important imaging tests to know about are:</p><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/chest-x-ray">chest x-ray</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/chest-ct">chest CT</a></li>
  • +</ul><p>As a graduating medical student, you should be able to review a chest x-ray confidently and recognise <a href="/articles/chest-radiology-conditions-curriculum">common conditions</a>. You should have a basic understanding of the use of CT in chest imaging too.</p><p>It may be helpful to have a standard approach to reviewing the chest x-ray such as the <a href="/articles/chest-x-ray-abcde-summary">ABCDE approach</a>.</p>

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