Chest radiology for students (curriculum)

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 2 Apr 2018
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 recognize 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.

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