View box Session

You are responsible for selecting 2 cases drawn from your observation sessions in the reading rooms (be on the lookout and write down the MRN!) and presenting these cases to the group using the Partners web-based PACS Visage system. You will provide a brief clinical history (you will be assessed based on your ability to focus on the important elements of the patient’s presentation) and then use Visage to point out the relevant imaging findings to the group. Please think about the exam that was ordered and be able to state whether or not it was indicated or if another exam (or no exam) could have or should have been done instead. You should choose cases that provide specific teaching points that you believe it is important for your fellow students to learn. These cases need not be complex or abstruse, and you should ideally only need to show one or two images per case to convey your teaching points.

The goals of this exercise are

1. to hone your ability to present cases concisely and accurately
2. to demonstrate your facility demonstrating findings on radiographic studies using the PACS system
3. to use appropriate terminology and anatomic precision when describing imaging findings
4. to teach your fellow students

You are expected to practice ahead of time using Visage on the Partners PC in the student room and should be able to get through both cases and all of your teaching points in 10 minutes or less.

Case Presentation Guidelines

Your presentation should be given via PowerPoint, should be no more than10 minutes in length, and should be on a radiology-based topic that reflects new knowledge you have acquired during your clerkship (not material you have already presented on or derived from prior rotations or research experiences). This presentation may be either case based (45 year old man with acute dyspnea) or topic based (Imaging findings of small bowel obstruction). This presentation should be image rich, and as many images as feasible should be derived from Visage. If choosing a case-based format, the focus of the presentation should be on the radiologic aspects of the case. You need only give the pertinent clinical positives and negatives required to put the imaging into context (recommend 1 slide max).

By the morning of presentation, you will need to submit to Scot Morrison and Jane Karimova, MD the following in digital format: PowerPoint presentation.

You will be evaluated based on the content and organization of your presentation as well as on your ability to communicate with your audience and use digital media. Particular attention will be paid to your use of appropriate anatomic and imaging terminology.