CBMD Accredited Densitometry Technologist (ADT) Course (May 26 - 27, 2018)
In-Person Event
May 26 - 27, 2018
Toronto, Ontario, CA
OVERVIEW
Canadian Bone Mineral Densitometry (CBMD) Accredited Densitometry Technologist (ADT) Course is organized by Ontario Association of Radiologists (OAR) and will be held during May 26 - 27, 2018 at Twenty Toronto Street Conferences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The target audience for this medical event is Medical Radiation Technologists providing BMD services.
Course Objectives:
• Describe the fundamentals of radiation safety and quality control as it applies to DXA; the importance of quality assurance and quality control and elements of a QA/QC program for densitometry.
• Discuss the vital role of the medical physicist in on-site and on-going quality assurance of equipment and technologists, and for the independent validation of results.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the critical importance of accreditation to facilitate BMD scans that are accurate, and which support the reporting physician in generating a report that accurately reflects patient’s bone health.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the critical importance of implementing the Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Technical Standards for Bone Mineral Densitometry Reporting 2013 as it applies to the performance of DXA.
• Have an understanding of the complexities encountered in the performance and reporting of Paediatric DXA.
• Identify the common errors encountered in the performance of DXA, as identified through the CBMD facility accreditation program to facilitate DXA scans that accurately reflect the patient’s bone mass; identify common positioning mistakes; describe and demonstrate positioning techniques used to correct positioning errors and recognize and "Trouble-Shoot" unusual cases/ situations.
• Understand and demonstrate the technologist’s responsibility for QA/QC within the facility and recognition of the importance of precision and why it is critical in determining the validity of interval change in bone mass.
• Recognize the importance of a well-documented osteoporosis questionnaire that will allow the reporting imaging physician to accurately report 10-year absolute fracture risk.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event is Medical Radiation Technologists providing BMD services.
Course Objectives:
• Describe the fundamentals of radiation safety and quality control as it applies to DXA; the importance of quality assurance and quality control and elements of a QA/QC program for densitometry.
• Discuss the vital role of the medical physicist in on-site and on-going quality assurance of equipment and technologists, and for the independent validation of results.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the critical importance of accreditation to facilitate BMD scans that are accurate, and which support the reporting physician in generating a report that accurately reflects patient’s bone health.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the critical importance of implementing the Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Technical Standards for Bone Mineral Densitometry Reporting 2013 as it applies to the performance of DXA.
• Have an understanding of the complexities encountered in the performance and reporting of Paediatric DXA.
• Identify the common errors encountered in the performance of DXA, as identified through the CBMD facility accreditation program to facilitate DXA scans that accurately reflect the patient’s bone mass; identify common positioning mistakes; describe and demonstrate positioning techniques used to correct positioning errors and recognize and "Trouble-Shoot" unusual cases/ situations.
• Understand and demonstrate the technologist’s responsibility for QA/QC within the facility and recognition of the importance of precision and why it is critical in determining the validity of interval change in bone mass.
• Recognize the importance of a well-documented osteoporosis questionnaire that will allow the reporting imaging physician to accurately report 10-year absolute fracture risk.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
26 May, 2018
Event Start Date
27 May, 2018
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
RadiologySUGGESTED HOTELS
CONFERENCE VENUE
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