Radiology for the Non-Radiologist 2023 - Hybrid Event

Radiology for the Non-Radiologist is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. and will be held from Apr 03 - 06, 2023 at Art Ovation Hotel, Autograph Collection, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America.

Agenda & Learning Objectives:
1 Day
Overview of Skeletal Imaging: Pearls and Pitfalls (Lee)
Upon completion of the session, participants should be able to use evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, including Salter-Harris' fracture classifications.

• Determine which imaging studies should be performed and which ones not in the context of acute trauma.
• Create a method for evaluating skeletal radiographs.
• Detect radiographic findings during pediatric radiographs.

Ultra Basics (Lee).

After completing this session, participants should be able: COMP, EBM or GL

• Discuss commonly used terms in ultrasonography.
• Based on the SRU Consensus statement, determine which clinical setting ultrasound is most appropriate to order.
• Recognize US findings regarding common diseases/diagnoses.

Stroke & Imaging (Lee).

Based on NINDS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines, participants should be able: COMP, GL.

• Evaluate the various imaging options available for stroke assessment.
• Compare the advantages and disadvantages of each type of imaging.
• Determine which imaging study is appropriate for your clinical situation.

Basic Chest X-ray Interpretation (Guttentag).

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMPLETE

• Create a systematic approach for interpreting a chest radiograph.
• Examine the chest radiograph to determine technical factors that could hide or simulate disease.
• Determine if a chest radiograph shows air space disease.

Radiation Issues in Radiology: What Clinicians Should Know (Guttentag).

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GGL, and COMP.

• Use evidence-based guidelines for CT scans that require intravenous contrast.
• Use evidence-based guidelines for deciding whether intravenous contrast is safe for MRI examinations.
• Discuss factors that lead to radiation exposure in patients due to medical imaging.
• Choose the appropriate tests to reduce radiation exposure to patients without compromising diagnostic accuracy.

2 Day

Incidentalomas: Handling Unexpected Abnormal Findings in Radiologic Exams (Guttentag).

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMP, EBM.

• Use an evidence-based approach for determining the need to evaluate further abnormalities discovered during imaging tests.
• Identify cystic renal masses which require imaging follow-up and those that don't.
• If small adrenal masses are present, select appropriate imaging.

Image of the Mediastinum (Guttentag).

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GGL, COMP.

• Create a method for analyzing the mediastinum using chest radiography.
• Determine the location of the mediastinal mass and develop a differential diagnosis.
• Discuss evidence-based guidelines for appropriately ordering gated cardiac CT in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Radiology in the Pleura: Effusion and Pneumothorax (Guttentag).

After completing this session, participants should be able: COMP and EBM.

• Identify pleural effusion in chest radiographs.
• Examine evidence-based factors that differentiate exudative and transudative effusions.
• Identify pneumothorax from any other findings on a chest radiograph that could mimic it.

Upper Extremity Trauma - Lee

After completing this session using the Clinical Appropriateness Guides, participants should be able: COMP, GL.

• Compare the utility of different projections of plain films at the upper extremity.
• Examine radiographic findings for common fractures or dislocations in your shoulder.
• On plain radiographs, you can interpret common wrist fractures.

Lower Extremity Trauma - Lee

After completing this session using the Clinical Appropriateness Guides, participants should be able: COMP, GL.

• Create a method for diagnosing pelvic fractures.
• Order the appropriate studies for the evaluation of hip fractures.
• Examine common plain film findings related to knee fractures.

3 Day

Abdominal Radiography (Smith)

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMPLETE it.

• Determine when abdominal radiographs should be used to evaluate patients suffering from abdominal pain.
• Create a pattern to evaluate plain radiographs of your abdomen.
• Differentiate normal bowel gas patterns from abnormal.

Site-Specific Approach for Abdominal Pain (Smith).

After completing this session, participants should be able: GL, COMP.

• Determine the exact location of abdominal pain and formulate a differential diagnosis.
• Use the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria to order appropriate radiographic studies based on the location of the patient's presenting symptoms.
• Analyze images and identify common causes of abdominal discomfort.

Brain Trauma and Spine Trauma (Lee).

After completing this session using evidence-based suggestions, including CCR, PECARN, and others, participants should be able: COMP, EBM or GL.

• Determine the appropriate indications to order an imaging study for the assessment of neurological trauma.
• Determine which study is best for you if neurological trauma is clinically indicated.
• Determine the stability and instability of spine fractures.

Large Joints MRI: Shoulder, Hip, Knee (Guttentag).

After the session is completed, participants should be able: COMP, EBM.

• Recognize common terminology in radiographic reports related to musculoskeletal MRI.
• Identify whether arthrography should be performed in conjunction with a shoulder MRI.
• Discuss evidence-based guidelines that support Ultrasound for rotator cuff evaluation.
• Use MR imaging to evaluate patients who have large joint pathology symptoms.

Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation and Follow-Up (Guttentag

After completing this session, participants should be able: EBM, GGL, and COMP.

• Use a variety of radiographic techniques to evaluate pulmonary nodules.
• Check for pulmonary nodules to rule out malignancy.
• Follow evidence-based guidelines for the appropriate time intervals for nodule follow-up.

4 Day
Non-Invasive Vascular Imaging: Aorta, Carotids, and More (Guttentag)
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP
• Design an evidence-based algorithm for integrating imaging into the evaluation of patients with suspected carotid stenosis.
• Select appropriate tests to order for patients with suspected acute aortic syndromes.
• Integrate modern non-invasive techniques into the evaluation of suspected visceral and peripheral artery disease.

Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism (Guttentag)
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP
• Develop an evidence-based algorithm for the use of imaging in the evaluation of patients with possible thromboembolic disease.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various imaging techniques in PE evaluation.
• Integrate d-Dimer testing into the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolisms when appropriate.

Back Pain Imaging (Guttentag)
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP
• Use evidence-based guidelines to help decide which patients require immediate imaging for evaluation of back pain.
• Discuss the utility of various forms of imaging for specific lumbar pathologies.
• Analyze a radiologist’s report of lumbar imaging with respect to the patient’s specific symptoms.

Evaluation of Hematuria and Flank Pain (Smith) 
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Determine which studies are most appropriate in evaluating flank pain, utilizing the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.
• Determine which studies are most appropriate, in evaluating hematuria, using the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.
• Detect abnormalities on ultrasound and computed tomography in patients with flank pain and/or hematuria.

Female Pelvic Imaging (Smith)
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
• Order appropriate radiologic studies for evaluating patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding, according to the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.
• Utilize the most appropriate imaging studies for evaluating female patients with pelvic pain, according to the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.
• Determine which studies are most appropriate for evaluating patients with post-menopausal bleeding using the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.