LEARNING OUTCOMES
PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH UNITS
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
A. … understand:
1. how individual human values affect patient care,
2. the effect cultural divergence has on patient care and management,
3. the communication skills’ requirements during radiographic examinations.
B. …. know
1. patient management (within X-ray departments) principles
2. how to accurately report an accident
3. how to evaluate the patient’s condition
4. the normal values for basic laboratory examinations
5. how to identify the clinical symptoms of emergency situations
6. the basic principles of injured patients’ handling.
7. basic principles of pharmacology and drug administration
8. how to prepare for contrast administration procedures
9. the basic chemical properties of contrast agents
The aim of the course is to present and describe the basic techniques and skills required in order to provide individual patient-oriented care, depending on the type of examination and the requirements imposed by the clinical situation
Aim of the course: The student should develop the skills for high-quality patient management (patient positioning and handling under emergency conditions, evaluation of the clinical situation, constraint of the conditions that result in spread of infections).
Aim of the clinical placement: The student should get accustomed with the hospital environment and the requirements imposed by the rules/instructions regulating the working behavior in a hospital.
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
Following completion of the course, the student should have the knowledge of health care management principles so that they can adapt to the special requirements of a patients’ oriented working environment.
Aims of the course include:
1. development of skills to manage units within a hospital environment and capabilities required for critical assessment of systems employed in the patient care and management sector.
2. management of the budget of X-ray departments.
3. organization of departmental infrastructure supporting the aims set by the department.
SYLLABUS
The course syllabus is common for both the theoretical and the laboratory sections and cover the following:
PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH UNITS
1) Communication with patient and assessment of the clinical situation
2) Patient positioning with care.
3) Control of infection
4) Handling of emrgencysituations. 5) Vital parts and oxygen supply, monitoring through electro- cardiogram
6) Trauma and X-ray imaging.
7) Paediatric radiographic imaging.
8) Radiographic imaging of the elderly patients.
9) Patient care in examination of the urinary system.
10) Patient care in examination of the gastrointestinal system.
11) Basic pharmacology for radiology-radiotherapy technologists.
12) Contrast media/agents and how they interact with human body.
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
1) Basic principles of organization and management within the heal care sector.
2) Organizational structure of heal care units and the interaction between different sections and departments.
3) Measures to prevent work-related accidents, to promote hygiene and safety conditions in health care.
4) Basic principles of finance and in/out-patients admission.
5) Basic principles of supply chain application within a heal care system.