How to Read Chest X-Ray - From Zero to Hero

Chest X-Ray Reading: Build Your Diagnostic Foundation

Chest X-ray is medicine's most common imaging study, and reading it is a foundational clinical skill. This course builds your competence systematically, starting with image quality assessment using the RIPE framework, then a quick anatomical review of what you're actually looking at.

The core diagnostic approach follows the ABCDEF mnemonic: Airways, Bones, Cardiac Silhouette, Diaphragm, Effusions, and Lung Fields. Quiz questions follow each lecture, giving you immediate feedback on your progress. The course is structured to move you from fundamentals to interpretation confidence in about two hours—not because it's rushed, but because it's ruthlessly focused on what you actually need to know. By the end, you'll have a mental system for reading any chest film systematically and spotting what matters clinically.