84425 - Bone and Joint Radiology

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)

Learning outcomes

Describe the principles and applications of diagnostic imaging procedures for disorders of the skeletal system, including trauma-related and oncological conditions.

Course contents

  1. Imaging techniques and methods in musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology.
  2. Review of imaging biomarkers applied to MSK setting, and basic semiotics.
  3. Radiological MSK anatomy: normal, variants, pathology?
  4. Principles and applications of diagnostic imaging in MSK diseases: trauma, sport, degenerative diseases, metabolic diseases and conditions, rheumatologic diseases, oncology, infectious diseases, congenital and rare diseases, pediatrics MSK. Related vascular and neurological imaging evaluation in MSK imaging. Imaging before and after orthopaedic surgery and other treatments.
  5. Interventional radiology in MSK: Diagnostic and therapeutic interventional imaging-guided procedures for musculoskeletal diseases.
  6. From clinical question to answer in MSK diseases: How to formulate and present a proper clinical question. How to optimize use of resources and techniques to answer it (how to choose the right imaging technique). How to interpret a radiology report.

Readings/Bibliography

Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology (7th Edition), Elsevier

Hardcover ISBN: 9780702075247 eBook ISBN: 9780702075629 eBook ISBN: 9780702075612

Learning Radiology, Recognizing the Basics (4th Edition), Elsevier

eBook ISBN: 9780323567268 eBook ISBN: 9780323567275 eBook ISBN: 9780323567282 Paperback ISBN: 9780323567299

 

 

For students aiming at more specialized readings (aiming at radiology / orthopaedic residency), further lectures are suggested:

Bone and Joint Imaging (3rd Edition), Elsevier

eBook ISBN: 9781437720921 Hardcover ISBN: 9780721602707

Orthopaedic Imaging: A Practical Approach (7th Edition), Wolters Kluwer

ISBN/ISSN 9781975136475

Diagnostic Imaging: Orthopaedics, Amirsys

ISBN 10: 0721629202 ISBN 13: 9780721629209

Teaching methods

Lectures supported by audio visual material (presentations / slides).

Interactive discussion of clinical cases.

Question – answer sessions on particular selected topics.

Audio visual material will be made available to the students.

Lecture attendance and active participation in interactive sessions is encouraged.

Assessment methods

Oral exam - questions focused on the educational objectives and topics of the integrated course.


Teaching tools

Audio visual material will be made available to the students.

Recommended texts and current literature.

Lecture attendance and active participation in interactive sessions is encouraged.

Office hours

See the website of Alberto Bazzocchi