Radiology Fundamentals for MSK Rehab Practitioners
Radiology Fundamentals for MSK Rehab Practitioners
Explore and understand the fundamentals of MSK radiology as they apply in day-to-day practice.
Description
6 hours of Radiology including 3 hours of MRI. Learn at your own pace!
What You Will Learn
- How to evaluate radiographs, focused on spine and joints, but also chest radiographs
- How to evaluate cervical and lumbar spine MRI studies
- How to systematically evaluate a shoulder MRI
- How to systematically evaluate a knee MRI
Objectives
- Review of radiography and MRI of the adult spine and musculoskeletal system
- Review of various diagnostic imaging modalities, their indications and contraindications, limitations, and benefits
Curriculum
Introduction and Course Summary
- Hour 1
Imaging Modality Review
- Imaging Modality Review
- Hour 2 Quiz
How I Do It: Radiography
- How I Do It: Radiography
- Hour 3 Quiz
How I Do It: Spine MRI
- How I Do It: Spine MRI
- Hour 4 Quiz
How I Do It: Shoulder MRI
- How I Do It: Shoulder MRI
- Hour 5 Quiz
How I Do It: Knee MRI
- How I Do It: Knee MRI
- Hour 6 Quiz
Instructor
Dr Cliff Tao
Dr. Tao was born in Ottawa, Canada, and has been in private radiology practice for 16 years in Orange County, California, serving chiropractors throughout the United States, Canada, and beyond. Following graduation from National in Chicago, Dr. Tao completed his 3-year full-time radiology residency at LACC and then did a full-time musculoskeletal radiology research fellowship training at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California. He is an internationally sought after speaker, and is published, both in chiropractic and medical literature, on the topic of chiropractic, spine, and musculoskeletal radiology. Dr. Tao is part-time voluntary faculty at LACC and a former voluntary instructor of radiology at the UCI Medical Center. He is married with a toddler, and enjoys the outdoors.