20 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
CHAPTER LESSON PLANS & OBJECTIVES
Lesson 20.1: X-rays, Diagnostic Techniques, and Positioning
1. List the physical properties of x-rays.
Lesson 20.2: Nuclear Medicine, Terminology, and Practical Applications
4. Describe the role of radioactivity in the diagnosis of disease.
CHAPTER TEACHING FOCUS
• Students will have the opportunity to learn about the role of radioactivity in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease.
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TEACH Lesson Plan
CHAPTER PRETEST
Have the students answer these questions prior to covering this chapter to understand where they stand
in relation to the content.
Name the medical term from its definition and word parts given:
1) Obstructing the passage of x-rays: radio______________________________________________
5) Radioactive drug administered for diagnostic purposes: radio______________________________
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CHAPTER PRETEST ANSWERS
1) radiopaque
p. 850
4) radionuclide or radioisotope
p. 850
5) radiopharmaceutica
p. 861
6) ionization
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 20.1: X-rays, Diagnostic Techniques, and Positioning
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
1. List the physical properties of x-rays.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
• Select class activities and assignments.
Materials and Supplies
• computer
• projector
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 20.1: X-rays, Diagnostic Techniques, and Positioning
STUDENT PREPARATION (2 hrs)
OBJ
1-3
READ – Textbook (pp. 849-880)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 866–867)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Spelling Bee
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Games
▪ Concentration
▪ Medical Mix
▪ Million Dollar Pyramid
▪ Termbusters
ASSESS
• Evolve Student Resources
o Student Quizzes
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
WATCH
• Evolve Student Resources
o Animations
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50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 20.1: X-rays, Diagnostic Techniques, and Positioning
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
OBJ
1-3
• Identifies diagnostic techniques used by radiologists and nuclear physicians.
SLIDES 5-17 (pp. 849-880)
• Lists the physical properties of x-rays.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
OBJ
1-3
ASSESS BASELINE (20 min)
• Have class members complete the Pretest and the Background Assessment. Collect
their work and use the results to guide how you teach the class.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom, hybrid course, online
1-3
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
DISCUSS (20 min)
• As a class, discuss the Background Assessment and Critical Thinking Question below.
• Have students take a poll of classmates, friends, and family members about the types
1-3
POST & COMMENT
• Post the Critical Thinking Question below and have students post their responses and
comment on each other’s posts.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom, hybrid course, online
1-3
DEMONSTRATE (10 min)
• Demonstrate the uses of a film badge in the workplace.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional Classroom, flipped classroom
1-3
ROLE PLAY (15 min)
• Ask pairs of students to imagine that the technology of x-rays has only recently been
1-3
• Compare the images of the female reproductive organs obtained from a fluoroscope
ANALYZE (30 min)
• Compare a traditional x-ray with a CT scan of a similar region of the body. These
pictures can be obtained from books or online sources. Compare and contrast the
details obtained about the organ or region of the body. Using a gross anatomy atlas,
1-3
PRESENT (10 min)
• Divide the class into three or six groups. Ask one or two groups to prepare a
presentation on the advantages and disadvantages of a diagnostic technique: x-rays,
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
ultrasound, or magnetic imaging.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
1-3
PLAY (20 min)
• Divide the class into two teams. Call out an x-ray position. Ask them to demonstrate
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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
How can one patient have a radiologic procedure to diagnose a condition, while another has
radiation treatment to destroy a tumor?
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 20.2: Nuclear Medicine, Terminology, and Practical
Applications
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
4. Describe the role of radioactivity in the diagnosis of disease.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
Materials and Supplies
Chapter 8: Respiratory System 11
TEACH Lesson Plan
LEONARD: Quick and Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 20.2: Nuclear Medicine, Terminology, and Practical
Applications
STUDENT PREPARATION (4 hrs)
OBJ
4-6
READ – Textbook (pp. 849-880)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 866–867)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Spelling Bee
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Answers to Pronunciation of Terms
o Audio Glossary
o Definitions Glossary
o Dictionary of Terms
o Games
▪ Concentration
▪ Medical Mix
• Evolve Student Resources
TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
o Student Quizzes
WATCH
• Evolve Student Resources
o Animations
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 20.2: Nuclear Medicine, Terminology, and Practical
Applications
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
OBJ
4-6
medical reports and records.
SLIDES 18–59 (pp. 849–880)
• Describes the role of radioactivity in the diagnosis of disease.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
DISCUSS (10 min)
• As a class, discuss the Background Assessment and Critical Thinking Question below.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
POST & COMMENT
• Post the Critical Thinking Question below and have students post their responses and
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
PRESENT (30 min)
• Have groups of three develop an explanation of how radioactivity is used in the
diagnosis of disease. Pick a group to present its explanation to the class. Have the
class offer improvements.
• Have students visit a medical library (or the Internet) to obtain photos of ultrasounds
ANALYZE (30 min)
• Obtain a newspaper or magazine article about a topic related to nuclear medicine,
Underline all the combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes in the terminology related to
PLAY (30 min)
• Obtain online medical forms related to scans and x-rays. Divide the class into three
groups and have a competition to obtain the most abbreviations related to this topic. Be
certain to identify the correct words associated with the abbreviation.
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
• Divide the class into three groups and have each choose a contestant for a quiz show.
Using transparencies or flash cards, show the contestants a variety of words one at a
time. Ask them to pronounce each word correctly and define it. The first contestant to
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Sonja is 42 years old and pregnant with her first child. Her doctor thinks she ought to have a
procedure called amniocentesis to harvest fetal cells for genetic analysis. He tells Sonja that he
will use a large needle inserted through her abdomen to obtain these cells from the amniotic fluid
around the baby. He tells her that he will be able to visualize the needle so she needn’t worry
about sticking her baby. She decides that she still thinks it is dangerous because of the
radioactivity her baby will be exposed to. Need she be concerned?
Discussion Guidelines: Her doctor will be using ultrasound, not x-rays, to detect the needle. The
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Assessments
Chapter 20: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
ASSESSMENTS BY OBJECTIVE
OBJ
1-6
Test Bank
• Create a quiz using Exam View or Word; sort by topic as appropriate.
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Exercises
o Term-Building
o Medical Matching
Evolve Student Resources
• Student Quizzes
Medical Terminology Online with Adaptive Learning
All
Test Bank
• Create a 50-question test using Exam View or Word.
Medical Terminology Online with Adaptive Learning
Textbook
• Exercises (pp. 871-874)