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Program Description

 
Effective Date: March 1, 2014     Expiration Date: April 1, 2017
Format: Self Instructional - Audio Visual

Pitfalls... Every radiologist has fallen victim to one or more of these.

They tend to fall into certain patterns, often with important clinical implications. We may miss or misinterpret findings based on faulty technique, imaging protocol, or lack of familiarity with criteria for distinguishing among similarly appearing lesions.

Faculty is made up of experienced radiologists who have spent years observing the common mistakes made by trainees, other radiologists and themselves. They will discuss the importance of decision-support tools as an aid to providing an accurate and specific diagnosis or limited differential diagnosis. They will present clues to improve imaging and viewing protocols that will reduce diagnostic errors. And they will present the keys for recognizing and avoiding common and critical Pitfalls in Radiology.

Pitfalls in Radiology presents the most common and important pitfalls in the chest, abdomen, pelvis, breast and musculosketeal areas. Ample time will be provided for questions and discussions among the attendees and lecturers.

Learning Objectives:

 

At the completion of this program participants will have learned:

  • The financial and health costs of overly vague or incorrect differential diagnoses, and other interpretive errors.
  • How to use decision-support tools that can help radiologists make more accurate diagnoses.
  • How to optimize those imaging and viewing protocols that may impair the ability of radiologists to make accurate and clinically useful diagnoses.

Conference Chair

 

Michael P. Federle, MD, FACR

Professor and Associate Chair for Education Department of Radiology
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Faculty

 

Genevieve L. Bennett, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and
Obstetrics/Gynecology
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY

Todd M. Blodgett, MD

President, FRG Molecular Imaging
Foundation Radiology Group
Pittsburgh, PA

Giles Boland, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology, HMS
Vice Chairman, Business Development
Associate Radiologist, Abdominal
Imaging & Intervention
Medical Director, Teleradiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Jafi Lipson, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Nancy M. Major, MD

Director of Imaging
Orthopaedic Associates of Allentown
Allentown, PA

Ali Shirkhoda, MD, FACR

Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of California, Irvine
Radiologist at VA Health System
Long Beach, CA

W. Richard Webb, MD

Professor Emeritus of Radiology
and Biomedical Imaging
University of California
San Francisco, CA

Accreditation

 

The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Participants will receive up to 2 SAMs for participating in the designated SAM sessions. Certificate will indicate modality credits earned.

Table of Contents

 

1 - Introduction

Michael P. Federle, MD, FACR

2 - Errors in Radiology: Scope of the Problem

Giles Boland, MD

3 - Pitfalls: Genitourinary

Ali Shirkhoda, MD, FACR

4 - Pitfalls: Breast Imaging, Part 1

Jafi Lipson, MD

5 - Pitfalls: Adrenal, Pancreas and Spleen

Ali Shirkhoda, MD, FACR

6 - Questions and Discussion

Faculty Panel and Attendees

7 - Pitfalls: Female Pelvis, Part 1

Genevieve L. Bennett, MD

8 - Pitfalls: Breast Imaging, Part 2

Jafi Lipson, MD

9 - Pitfalls: Female Pelvis, Part 2

NGenevieve L. Bennett, MD

10 - Pitfalls: Gut & Mesentery

Michael P. Federle, MD, FACR

11 - Questions and Discussion

Faculty Panel and Attendees

12 - Pitfalls: PET-CT, Part 1

Todd M. Blodgett, MD

13 - Pitfalls: Chest, Part. 1

W. Richard Webb, MD

14 - Pitfalls: Musculoskeletal, Part 1

Nancy M. Major, MD

15 - Pitfalls: PET-CT, Part 2

Todd M. Blodgett, MD

16 - Questions and Discussion

Faculty Panel and Attendees

17 - Pitfalls: Chest, Part. 2

W. Richard Webb, MD

18 - Pitfalls: Liver

Michael P. Federle, MD, FACR

19 - Pitfalls: Musculoskeletal, Part. 2

Nancy M. Major, MD

20 - Reducing Diagnostic Errors: Peer Review & Decision Support

Giles Boland, MD

21 - Questions and Discussion

Faculty Panel and Attendees

Target Audience

 

The target audience for this program is Radiologists and Related Imaging Professionals.