Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students:  6  per rotation 

Students Report To: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine Campus, Building #101 (basement), 8:00 a.m., on the first day of the rotation

*USC SOM Third Year Elective -  2 per rotation 

Only for these dates  8/18/08-8/29; 10/13/08-10/24; 12/8/08-12/19; 3/2/09-3/13

This course will provide instruction and the opportunity for the student to participate in routine diagnostic imaging procedures. The course will include instruction in the principles of image production and quality control. Instruction will also be given in basic radiation safety.

At the completion of the course, the student will have participated in the operation of a diagnostic radiology department. The student will have been made aware of the usefulness and limitations of routinely used procedures in diagnostic radiology.