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MIS 5281—Geriatric Imaging
Investigation of the phenomena of aging, including selected biological, medical, and psychosocial issues.  Methods of radiography are emphasized.

MIS 5311—Patient Assessment

Assessment of health status emphasizing cultural, ethnic, and age differences. Focuses on taking patient histories, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Body systems and functional health patterns are used to organize data and to develop clinical pathways in medical imaging.

MIS 5315—Statistics & Research Methods
Introduction to research designs, epidemiology, probability, test statistics, sample size, power, correlations, non-parametric tests, regression, and analysis of variance.

MIS 5321—Clinical Pharmacology
Study of pharmacodynamics, medication administration, drug categories, and implications in patient care. Emphasizes pharmaceuticals frequently used in medical imaging.

MIS 5341—CT Physics and Instrumentation
An Internet course presenting a study of the basic principles of x-ray physics, production, and interactions; instrumentation of computed tomography, computed tomographic image formation, manipulation, and quality assurance; and radiation dose and safety concerns.

MIS 5413—Clinical Internship I
The focus of this clinical internship course is on thoracic and abdominal imaging procedures.  Radiologist Assistant (RA) interns are required to document a minimum of 260 clock hours, excluding breaks, in the clinical setting for the clinical internship course.  Sixty-five of these 260 hours must be devoted to observing the radiologists' interpretations of images.

MIS 5423—Clinical Internship II
The focus of this clinical internship course is on muscoskeletal imaging procedures.  Radiologist Assistant (RA) interns are required to document a minimum of 260 clock hours, excluding breaks, in the clinical setting for the clinical internship course.  Sixty-five of these 260 hours must be devoted to observing the radiologists' interpretations of images.

MIS 6341—Pathophysiology and Clinical Correlation
Application of the concepts of pathophysiology for the assessment and management of medical imaging patients. Emphasizes the characteristic manifestations, pattern recognition, and image assessment of pathologies observed in medical images specific to the program track selected.

MIS 6351—Health Care Systems in America
Analysis of health care services provided within the United States of America.  The evolution, structure, financing, and regulation of the nation's health care institutions will be covered.  In addition, ethics and legal issues related to the health professions will be studied.

MIS 6433—Clinical Internship III
The focus of this clinical internship course is on gastrointestinal and genitourinary imaging procedures.  Radiologist Assistant (RA) interns are required to document a minimum of 260 clock hours, excluding breaks, in the clinical setting for the clinical internship course.  Sixty-five of these 260 hours must be devoted to observing the radiologists' interpretations of images.

MIS 6443—Clinical Internship IV
RA track emphasizes invasive imaging procedures.

MIS 6453—Clinical Internship V
RA track emphasizes specialized modalities.

MIS 6V31—Research Project I
Practical experience in conducting research. A written plan describing the project’s objectives and goals must be approved by the student’s research mentor and program director prior to implementation. The student will submit the completed project for consideration to be published in a peer reviewed journal or to be presented at a professional meeting as a poster or lecture. A minimum of 3 SC is required for program completion.

MIS 6V42—Research Project II (optional)
A minimum of 3 SC in this research project course is required for program completion. This course may be taken for up to 6 SC.



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