How to Really Practice Radiology

Art is all Around –
so I have used the term liberally to include images and imagery in the free museums around us

If you ask any highly accomplished

Musician
Athlete
Tennis, Football, Runner,
Golfer, Shot Putter  etc etc
Singer
Dancer
Ceramicist
Photographer

Their Secret to Success

The Universal Answer will be

Practice Practice Practice

and then……….

More Practice!

Tom Brady … More Practice

So When We Say We Practice Radiology

Do we Really Practice?
Probably Not in the True Sense of the Word
So ….
How Can We Really Practice Radiology?

 

The Tools of the Radiologist

Components of the Radiologists Tools
The Eyes, the Brain and the Image
Ashley Davidoff MD
TheCommonVein.net

And the skills we have to have, and develop, are many …. but start with curiosity

We apply these at the reading work station

But why not practice these for the rest of the time – from dawn to dusk

     

    Practice Practice Practice from Dawn to Dusk
    One First has to be/become curious!
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    3 of the Many Games I Play to
    Practice the Skills of Looking and Seeing

    Notes Scales and Music

    Sherlock Holmes Approach

    dOG wALK aRT

    Game 1  Notes Scales and Music

    And Now A Tap Dance

     

    Ask the Resident

    Draw Your Search Pattern in the Air

    No Words –

    Scales of the CXR
    No words Drawing in the Air
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    Games 2 The Sherlock Holmes Approach

    Sherlock Holmes
     “We approached the case, you remember with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage.  We had formed no theories.  We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations.”  (The Adventure of the Cardboard Box)

    Games 3 dOG wALK aRT

    Look Observe and See While We Walk or
    Live the Rest of Our Lives
    Practice Practice Practice from Dawn to Dusk
    One First has to be/become curious!
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    Art of the Bark

    Conclusion

    1) Foster and Inspire Curiosity –

    2) Practice, Practice, and more Practice

    in the Real Sense of the Word at the

    Work Station and in the

    Free Museums Around Us

    From the Time We Wake up

    Till We Go to Bed

    Links and References

    Powerpoint How to Really Practice Radiology

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