Mammography - Advanced Practice Mammography Workshop
In this information-packed three-day training course you’Äôll get expert advice and proven effective approaches for the unique challenges you face daily in your mammography department. We’Äôll teach you the tips, techniques and strategies you need to know to have a top-notch quality control program whether you are doing film screen or digital mammography imaging. The fundamentals of mammography equipment, will be followed by the nuts and bolts of both digital and film screen quality control. The format for ’ÄúTrouble Shooting Your Processor’Äù will be interactive and part you will have the opportunity to interpret the clues with real examples from actual processing problems. The pace changes on the third day of the course, with the focus moving from the technical aspects of mammography to the procedural. You will gain valuable insight into your overall mammgoraphy program with topics on implementing and evaluating your quality management/assurance program, measuring patient outcomes, BiRads assessment categories, HIPAA, compliance issues and malpractice issues in mammography. You will benefit from the experience and expertise of two veteran mammographer’Äôs who have been recognized for their teaching ability and expertise. This course was designed for professionals like you who are charged with achieving and sustaining the ’Äúquality factor’Äù in their mammography departments. This is a training opportunity you can’Äôt afford to miss!
Course Topics
- Digital Mammography Quality Control
- Quality Control Introduction
- Film Screen Quality Control
- Quality Control and the Processing Environment
- Troubleshooting Processor Quality Control
- Troubleshooting the Phantom Image Quality Control
- Artifacts
- Measuring Patient Outcomes
- Bi-Rads Assessment Categories
- Quality Management in Mammography
- Compliance, Litigation and Mammography
- Complying with Positioning Standards
- Improving Breast Imaging Standards
Courses Cater to Convenience Our course content is aimed at the future - your future. In addition to imaging skills coursework, there is a complete line of continuing education seminars that will connect you with the latest information. Seminars are available throughout the year in different cities making it convenient to update existing skills. Partnership classes sponsored in health care facilities can make the education available in smaller geographic venues with the choice of subject content catering to the local audience. Services are customizable Faculty is available for private consulting, tutorials, and instruction. Our experts can provide a range of services including image assessment, quality control and quality assurance, accreditation, education, hands-on training, and project management. If you can not wait for a class on our regular schedule, we can arrange for private tutorials. We also provide classes on-site for physicians' groups and radiology departments. We still make "House Calls". |
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