21st Annual Mammography in Santa Fe : Music, Mammograms, and Mountains

21st Annual Mammography in Santa Fe: Music, Mammograms, and Mountains is organized by International Institute for Continuing Medical Education (IICME), Inc. and would be held during Aug 8 - 12, 2016 at La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America. This CME conference has been approved with 41AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

This course is designed for radiologists who find themselves challenged by the new practical issues of performing successful high-quality breast imaging in a changing medical environment.

Objectives :

By the end of this course, registrants will be able to :
• Apply new and improved skills in perception to the interpretation of screening mammograms.
• Develop strategies to reduce the possibility of a missed lesion at screening.
• Perform a more comprehensive evaluation of screening-detected abnormalities, including appropriate use of special mammographic views, ultrasound, MR, and other modalities.
• Appraise the current status of interventional breast procedures, especially core biopsy.
• Perform the techniques of stereotactic, ultrasound, and MR-guided core needle biopsy of the breast.
• Delineate the expanding role of the Breast MR in the everyday practice of breast imaging, including its role in screening high-risk patients.
• Perform interpretation of up to 240 digital mammograms at the workstation, documented toward accreditation or re-accreditation in mammography under MQSA.
• Perform interpretation of up to 100 Breast MR examinations, documented toward ACR Breast MR accreditation.
• Acquire up to 8 hours of Tomosynthesis interactive instruction, documented toward fulfilling the 8 hours required by FDA for one to perform and interpret Tomosynthesis.
• Appreciate the role of Whole Breast Ultrasound in breast cancer screening.