Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Radiology I (RRD_058)
About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology according to the requirements of the radiology speciality regulations to prepare doctors for certification in radiologist’s speciality according to regulatory documents of the Republic of Latvia.
Learning outcomes
1.• To formulate and classify the clinic, anamnesis and treatment principles of the most common and/or serious abdominal diseases.
• To recognise, formulate and sequentially arrange the normal anatomy of the abdomen, its common variants including viscera, abdominal organs, omentum, mesentery and peritoneum on CT, US, MRI and conventional radiology.
• To decipher and briefly describe, analyse and differentiate normal post-procedural imaging findings in relation to surgical or interventional radiological treatment.
• To name, explain and radiologically assess all situations where imaging findings should lead to urgent treatment.
1.• To recognise, characterise and evaluate findings on abdominal radiographs, primarily in cases of acute abdomen.
• To demonstrate, explain and apply radiological changes of the pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small and large bowels, including small bowel enteroclysis, contrast radiological examinations.
• To differentiate between, interpret and explain transabdominal US data.
• To interpret, demonstrate and apply abdominal CT protocols, including adaptation to specific situations (intravenous or intraluminal contrast application – arterial phase or delayed examination, CT enterography).
1.• To evaluate, substantiate and justify descriptions of abdominal radiographs.
• To collect, interpret and compare the performance and descriptions of contrast examinations of the oesophagus, stomach, small and large bowels.
• To substantiate, compare and justify the performance of transabdominal US.
• To substantiate, compare and justify descriptions of the gastrointestinal system, visceral organs and their blood vessels, including Doppler and contrast examinations.
• To plan, interpret and evaluate abdominal CT protocols and their descriptions, including adaptation to specific situations (use of intravenous or intraluminal contrast, CT enterography, CT colonoscopy).
