By Tom Young
Subject: Physics
Grade Level: 9-12
Standards: MA STE & ELA (Common Core)
You are in residency as diagnostic radiologists. When you meet one of your first patients, you find that they are extremely hesitant to undergo any type of medical imaging. Even after telling the patient that you cannot treat them without first taking images, they tell you that they do not know enough about the technology to go on with treatment.
Choose one of the following patients:
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● Charlie – a 5 year old child who fell off of a playset and is complaining to his mother about pain in his forearm, which is very swollen and not very straight. ● Megan – a 17 year old who got hit playing lacrosse and can no longer stand on her right knee. She has injured her MCL before. ● Sarania – a woman who is 4 months pregnant presents with consistent abdominal pain. ● Ronin – a 74 year old man who you strongly suspect to have hyperthyroidism |
Determine which type of Medical Imaging Technology is appropriate to diagnose the patient that you chose. Then, you must explain to the patient how the technology works, how safe it is, and why it is necessary to proceed with treatment of their condition.
STE & ELA Standards
HS-PS4-5. Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.*
Practice: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2.A
Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.
