Learn to interpret X-rays in a radiology program.
Radiologists are physicians tasked with interpreting images from X-rays, ultrasounds and scans, looking for broken bones, tumors, blocked arteries and collapsed organs. Although some general physicians may interpret scans, hospitals and doctors offices may employ a radiologist on staff to do the majority of these types of consultations. Becoming a radiologist requires extensive education and training. Colleges across the country offer radiology courses, providing both general education coursework at the beginning of the educational path and in-depth, radiology-specific classes further into the programs.
Radiology Specific Programming
Radiology programs such as the one at the Pima Medical Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado, teach students the foundations of radiology including radiation physics, positioning, radiography, radiographic biology, pathology, principles of radiographic exposure, advanced radiographic imaging and special procedures and methods of patient care. Programs also offer topics in anatomy and physiology, pathology and medical terminology to give students a strong background.
Radiology Foundations
To gain knowledge of the field they'll be working in, schools ensure students in radiology programs take courses relating to health care facilities such as quality in health care administration, American health care systems, health care financial management, ethics in health care and legal aspects of health care. Students in master's programs such as the one at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, take further radiologic foundations courses, such as contemporary trends in radiology, research methods, leadership, radiological procedures and special issues in radiologic administration.
General Core Classes
Students undertaking a four-year bachelor's degree in radiology must take a selection of general core education classes to round out their radiology education. For example, radiology students in the Saint Joseph's College of Maine bachelor of radiologic science administration program take English composition, statistics, philosophy, theology, social science, history, ethics, mathematics and literature. Students at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, take classes in humanities, intermediate algebra, introduction to software applications, general psychology and introduction to literature.
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