Title and job description
A bachelor of medical radiology is an equal team member together with a radiologist, radiotherapeutist-oncologist or a nuclear medicine specialist.
Depending on the profession and workplace, a bachelor of medical radiology performs jobs related to diagnostic, intervention or therapeutic procedures.
At work, the bachelor uses expert literature written in Croatian and English language, computers and electronic media, communicates with experts on various medical and non-medical professions and with patients who belong to different cultural, ethnic, religious and medical groups.
The bachelor is in constant touch with younger colleagues with whom he/she is obliged to share knowledge, works in the team and therefore needs to have a developed sense for collective work. The bachelor is exposed to stress and physical effort, often working night shifts, and needs to have strong mental, physical and character features. In the application of each diagnostic or therapeutic method of a standard procedure, the bachelor of medical radiology works independently while in the application of additional and modified procedures, the bachelor consults with doctors or works with a team.
Standard procedures which fall into competences of a medical radiology bachelor:
-Admission, informal conversation and patient preparation for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
-Monitoring of legal and professional credibility of medical referral for medical tests or therapy
-Selection and preparation of radiological or radiotherapeutic device and equipment
-Planning and selection of variable parameters for performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
-Setting, immobilizing and patient protection during medical tests or a therapy
-Planning, monitoring and conducting a diagnostic or a therapeutic procedure in standard or additional versions, application of modifications in cooperation with a doctor
-Monitoring patient's status during the procedure
-Gathering and presenting dana according to protocol or computer program
-Processing, saving, transfer and documentation of a diagnostic signal or other indicators which are characteristic for the method
-Assisting the doctor with the procedure
-Helping the patient, organizing transfer, informing, preparing picture material for analysis and test description
-Cost calculation, invoice printing, storing administration dana
-Organization of patient admission and performing other necessary jobs and activities related to the patient and the procedure in cooperation with hospital ambulances, departments, clinics or other ambulances and departments of other medical institutions
-Procurement, monitoring and usage of equipment and expendablr medical material
-Monitoring of all devices and processes in the belonging area of work
-Protection of workspace and staff from radiation and infection
-Tracking progress in profession and preparation for adopting new methods
Additional and modified procedures which fall into competences of a medical radiology bachelor:
-Helping planning diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
-Helping with anestetically-assisted or in another way modified methodological approach to patients
-Helping with radiological intervention
-Application of contrast agent and radiopharmaceuticals in doctor's presence
-Setting patient into non-standard and modified positions for medical tests or radiation
-Application of methods of imaging and monitoring in operation halls, emergency rooms and intensive care units
-Application of methods in case of an unconscious patient and those with infectious diseases
-Intervention with pharmaceuticals and resuscitation procedures during unwanted reactions or side effects related to the radiological procedure, according to doctor's instructions
-Monitoring the process of documentation and storage to digital and analog sources, multiplying and copying of imaging material, special means of transfer and data storage.
Competences
A bachelor of medical radiology is an equal team member together with a radiologist, radiotherapeutist-oncologist or a nuclear medicine specialist.
Depending on the profession and workplace, a bachelor of medical radiology performs jobs related to diagnostic, intervention or therapeutic procedures.
At work, the bachelor uses expert literature written in Croatian and English language, computers and electronic media, communicates with experts on various medical and non-medical professions and with patients who belong to different cultural, ethnic, religious and medical groups.
The bachelor is in constant touch with younger colleagues with whom he/she is obliged to share knowledge, works in the team and therefore needs to have a developed sense for collective work. The bachelor is exposed to stress and physical effort, often working night shifts, and needs to have strong mental, physical and character features. In the application of each diagnostic or therapeutic method of a standard procedure, the bachelor of medical radiology works independently while in the application of additional and modified procedures, the bachelor consults with doctors or works with a team.
Standard procedures which fall into competences of a medical radiology bachelor:
-Admission, informal conversation and patient preparation for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
-Monitoring of legal and professional credibility of medical referral for medical tests or therapy
-Selection and preparation of radiological or radiotherapeutic device and equipment
-Planning and selection of variable parameters for performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
-Setting, immobilizing and patient protection during medical tests or a therapy
-Planning, monitoring and conducting a diagnostic or a therapeutic procedure in standard or additional versions, application of modifications in cooperation with a doctor
-Monitoring patient's status during the procedure
-Gathering and presenting dana according to protocol or computer program
-Processing, saving, transfer and documentation of a diagnostic signal or other indicators which are characteristic for the method
-Assisting the doctor with the procedure
-Helping the patient, organizing transfer, informing, preparing picture material for analysis and test description
-Cost calculation, invoice printing, storing administration dana
-Organization of patient admission and performing other necessary jobs and activities related to the patient and the procedure in cooperation with hospital ambulances, departments, clinics or other ambulances and departments of other medical institutions
-Procurement, monitoring and usage of equipment and expendablr medical material
-Monitoring of all devices and processes in the belonging area of work
-Protection of workspace and staff from radiation and infection
-Tracking progress in profession and preparation for adopting new methods
Additional and modified procedures which fall into competences of a medical radiology bachelor:
-Helping planning diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
-Helping with anestetically-assisted or in another way modified methodological approach to patients
-Helping with radiological intervention
-Application of contrast agent and radiopharmaceuticals in doctor's presence
-Setting patient into non-standard and modified positions for medical tests or radiation
-Application of methods of imaging and monitoring in operation halls, emergency rooms and intensive care units
-Application of methods in case of an unconscious patient and those with infectious diseases
-Intervention with pharmaceuticals and resuscitation procedures during unwanted reactions or side effects related to the radiological procedure, according to doctor's instructions
-Monitoring the process of documentation and storage to digital and analog sources, multiplying and copying of imaging material, special means of transfer and data storage.
Competences in diagnostic radiology:
The student will be capable of leading the team independently or working in a team with a radiologist when performing:
-Conventional and digital radiography
-Conventional contrasting methods of representation
-Fluoroscopy with targeted radiographic imaging
-Conventional tomographies
-Imaging ERCP
-Digital angiography – DSA
-Digital coronary angiography and ventriculography – CDSA
-Fluoroscopy and fluorography with mobile radiological devices
-Mamographies
-CT, dynamic CT and CTA tests
-Ultrasound and Doppler dynamic tests
-MR and MRI tests
-Dental radiographies
Competences in interventional radiology:
The student will be trained for teamwork when performing:
-Blood vessel PTA
-Embolotherapy and occlusal coil procedures
-Blood vessel stenting
-Transcatetheric application of cytostatics
-Fluoroscopically-led cytologic punction and biopsy
-Ultrasound-led cytologic punction and biopsy
-Setting nephrostoma
-Draining of cysts and abscess
Competences in radiotherapy and oncology
The student will be trained for:
-Work on the telecobalt therapy device
-Work on the linear accelerator
-Work on surface radiotherapy devices
-Work on simulator and preparation of required instruments and other equipment needed in radiotherapy planning
-Participation in production of masks for radiotherapy
-Production of protective blocks, including blocks for lungs
-Flowing production (vaginal, extremities) for application of the intracavitary radiotherapy and percutaneous isotope therapy
-Production of extremity-fixating splints for children
-Production of bolus
-Imaging of defined radiation areas during planning
-Marking of the central and marginal points of radiation
-Daily entering of data on radiation into therapeutic patient protocols
-Control and maintenance of the outlined areas of radiation
-Conversation with patients about possible problems which resulted from radiation and referral of patients to doctors
-Introducing patients to a means of stopping radiation damage (surface and others)
Competences in nuclear medicine
The student will be trained for:
-Individual preparation of radionuclides and participation in marking radiopharmaceuticals
-Separation of particular doses (activities) and measuring activities with dosage calibrators
-Participation during anamnesis, preparation of patients for gamma camera imaging (in cooperation with a doctor)
-Setting patients into appropriate positions for gamma camera imaging
-Handling NM instrumentation: setting parameters, static, dynamic and SPECT digital imaging, controlling the process of image acquisitons, analysis of the quality and integrity of the accepted image, changing the collimator, processing and printing of the accepted NM image
-Computer work, working with computer software (text processing and table calculations), and specific NM programs for acquiring and analysis of digital NM images
-Participation in in-vitro measuring which requires knowing how different scintillation counters and detectors work
-Preparation of conditions and participation in conducting radionuclide therapy
-Quality assurance of work standard in NM departments: the daily quality assurance procedures which IMR-s perform individually (i.e. energetic calibration of camera – „peaking“, intrinsic or extrinsic grade of uniformity of the visual field; participation in weekly, monthly and yearly periodic quality assurance procedures – the series of measured parameters).
-Active participation in the program of protection from the ionizing radiation of staff and patients: knows the principles of protection, uses protective means, participates in the optimization of protection from radiation and conducts measures of decontamination (if necessary).
