Elbow X ray teaching

  • introduce self
  • check student's identity and level of experience
  • ensure patient (if applicable) is safe in department
  • set learning objectives
    • system for looking at pelvic X rays
  • Script for presenting X-ray - patient details, projection, date
  • What bony anatomy seen
  • Fat pads - posterior fat pad is always pathological
  • Ossification centres
    • CRITOE - capitellum, radial head, internal (medial) epicondyle, trochlear, olecranon, external (lateral) epicondyle
  • Lines and significance
    • anterior humeral line
    • radiocapitellar line
  • summarise
  • elicit questions
  • signpost to further learning material

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Elbow injury, The elbow X-ray