RADT 1010 CH5-CH6 Terms

Affective

One of the three major categories or domains of learning; includes behaviors guided by feelings and emotions that are influenced by an individual's interests, attitudes, values, and beliefs.

Assist

Activities in clinical that aid or support the performance of radiographic procedures and therapeutic treatments.

Clinic

Procedures and activities that occur in outpatient and inpatient healthcare settings.

Clinical Coordinator

Program official responsible for coordinating clinical education and evaluation of its effectiveness.

Clinical Instructor

Program official responsible for clinical instruction, supervision, and evaluation of students in the clinical setting.

Clinical Staff

Healthcare professionals employed in the clinical setting where students participate in clinical education and provide clinical supervision and guidance.

Cognitive

One of the three major categories or domains of learning; includes various levels of thought, such as knowledge, understanding, reason, and judgment.

Competency

Observable and documented successful achievement of performance objectives.

Didactic

Informational and instructional activities that may occur in formal or informal settings; typically in the classroom, laboratory, or online.

Direct Supervision

Oversight of clinical procedures or treatment by a qualified professional present in the exam or treatment room with the student.

Indirect Supervision

Oversight of clinical procedures by a qualified professional immediately available to the student.

Interprofessional Education (IPE)

An undertaking by students and healthcare workers where students or members of two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of patient care.

Learning Outcomes

Program-level measurable expectations for student learning.

Objectives

Topical, concise descriptions of an observable behavior to be achieved by students as a result of their educational experiences within a course or educational module.

Observe

Activities in clinical where students watch and listen to the performance of radiographic procedures and therapeutic treatments.

Program Director

Program official that provides leadership for the program and ensures program effectiveness.

Perform

Activities in clinical where students complete radiographic procedures and therapeutic treatments with appropriate supervision of a qualified professional.

Psychomotor

One of the three major categories or domains of learning; includes behaviors involving physical actions, neuromuscular manipulations, and coordination.

SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)

A communication method used to assure an effective handoff of patients from one healthcare worker to another.

TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety)

An evidence-based teamwork system that is used in many healthcare institutions to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare.

Transfer of Learning

Learning in one context and applying it to another.

Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)

Injuries, large or small, caused by the use (including nonuse) of a drug; can be as harmless as a drug rash or as serious as death from an overdose; the two types of ADEs are those caused by errors and those that occur despite proper use.

American College of Radiology (ACR)

A professional medical society that has accredited more than 39,000 facilities in 10 imaging modalities to assist organizations in meeting governmental and third-party payer criteria; provides practice guidelines to improve patient safety practices in radiology services.

American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA)

A professional organization representing medical imaging management at all levels; manages the Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) credentialing process.

Board of Directors or Governing Board

Group of people authorized by law to conduct, maintain, and operate a hospital for the benefit of the public and whose legal and moral responsibility for policies and operations of the hospital are not for personal benefit of the members.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Federal agency that administers the Medicare program and partners with states to administer Medicaid.

Certificate of Need (CON)

Certificate approved by a local (state) review board permitting hospitals to construct new or additional facilities, open new services, or make large purchases—a condition required for reimbursement by Medicare.

Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA)

Professional who has demonstrated skill and knowledge in asset management, financial management, operations management, human resource management, and communication and information management in radiology.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Person appointed by the board of directors who has full accountability for the entire hospital or healthcare organization.

Clinical Support Services

Services providing the components of patient care that collectively support the physician's plan for diagnoses and treatments.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

System of development in the workplace for daily improving performance at every level in every operational process by focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations.

Department

Unit of the hospital with specific functions or specialized skills such as housekeeping, surgery, radiology, or accounting.

Department Chair

Physician who represents a department or service and sits as a formal member of the executive medical staff committee; responsible for all of the medical operations of a hospital department and may also oversee a residency training program.

Human Resources Department

Ancillary department of the hospital responsible for recruiting, selecting, supporting, and compensating employees; developing and maintaining skills, quality, and motivation; collective bargaining; and occupational health and safety.

The Joint Commission (TJC)

Independent not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States and is the nation's primary standard-setting and accrediting body in healthcare; TJC standards focus on improving the quality and safety of patient care provided by healthcare organizations.

Mammography Quality Standards Act and Program (MQSA)

Establishes minimum standards of a mammography program to ensure that all women have access to quality services; regulations developed by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee.

Medical Director

Physician responsible for the medical operation and quality of a hospital department or service; also responsible for providing input regarding policies and procedures and day-to-day operations of the department.

Medical Error

Failure to complete a planned action as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim; can be related to an incorrect diagnosis, equipment failure, an infection, or a misinterpretation of an order.

Medical Staff

Formal organization of physicians authorized to admit and attend to patients within a hospital; have authorized privileges, bylaws, elected officers, and various committees and activities (see Medical Director, Department Chair, and Service Chief).

Mission Statement

Statement of an organization that summarizes its intent to provide service in terms of the services it offers, the intended recipients of services, and a description of the level of cost.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Federal agency that enforces standards for safety in the workplace, conducts inspections, and directs determination of fines for noncompliance with policies and regulations.

Performance Improvement (PI)

Process of identifying and analyzing important organizational and individual performance gaps, planning for future performance improvement, designing and developing cost-effective and ethically justifiable interventions to close performance gaps, implementing the interventions, and evaluating the financial and nonfinancial results.

Radiology (Medical Imaging) Department

Organization of a hospital or medical clinic that provides diagnostic imaging through medical technologies such as x-ray examination, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, interventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, mammography, nuclear medicine, and ultrasonography.

Service Chief

Physician responsible for overseeing a component or subdepartment of a hospital service—for example, a radiologist who is chief of the nuclear medicine service.

Third-Party Payers

Insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial companies that are the payers of inpatient and outpatient medical expenses for the patient.

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Management of quality in the workplace from a perspective of total involvement of every employee, with a strong focus on process measurement and control.