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Discipline: Mammography Certificate - E0398
Course Name Course Number
Clinical Experience 3C RAD 3C
  • Apply safe practices and adhere to institutional policies.
  • Operate radiographic equipment competently.
  • Evaluate radiographic images for diagnostic quality and apply corrective actions for suboptimal images.
  • Adapt radiographic procedures to societal, cultural, and individual patient factors.
  • Apply radiation protection principles to minimize exposure.
  • Perform patient positioning to demonstrate required anatomy.
  • Acquire diagnostic-quality radiographic images.
  • Perform patient assessments and monitor patient status.
  • Provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care.
  • Demonstrate professional behavior and ethical practice in clinical radiography.
Clinical Experience 4 RAD 4
  • Demonstrate professional behavior and ethical practice in clinical radiography.
  • Perform patient assessments and monitor patient status.
  • Provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care.
  • Adapt radiographic procedures to societal, cultural, and individual patient factors.
  • Apply radiation protection principles to minimize exposure
  • Perform patient positioning to demonstrate required anatomy.
  • Acquire diagnostic-quality radiographic images.
  • Operate radiographic equipment competently.
  • Evaluate radiographic images for diagnostic quality and apply corrective actions for suboptimal images.
  • Apply safe practices and adhere to institutional policies.
Mammography Principles and Procedures RAD 40
  • Students will explain the impact of key technical factors (kVp, mAs, compression thickness, target, filter, focal spot, grids, and magnification) on image quality.
  • Students will conduct a comprehensive patient assessment
  • Students will identify the signs and symptoms of breast cancer
  • Students will determine corrective measures for nondiagnostic mammographic images.
  • Students will critique mammographic images to determine diagnostic quality.
  • Students will comprehend the BI-RADS classification system
  • Students will identify the internal anatomy and external anatomy of the breast
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