Renal Artery Duplex Expanding The Envelope
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To receive credits, participants must review the program materials in their entirety and complete the online post examination and evaluation. CME credits require a post examination score of 70% or higher. CE credits require a post examination score of 80% or higher.
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General System and Internet Requirements: Speakers or Headphones, High Speed Internet connection, Wireless 3G and 4G,
Web browsers: Internet Explorer 7.x or higher, Firefox 4.x or higher, Safari 2.x or higher and Chrome.
Operating Systems: Windows 2000 or higher, (MS Surface and other MS mobile devices compatible), MAC OSX 10.3 or higher, Mac iOS 5.0 or higher (iPad, iPhone compatible), Android 4.3 or higher (most Android mobile devices compatible).
Program Summary
In today’s healthcare environment, working in a vascular laboratory is extremely demanding, requiring a multitude of critical skills and abilities from today’s sonographer. The renal artery duplex examination is often viewed as the single most difficult examination performed. This lecture will cover a detailed description of the examination from patient preparation, to stenosis criteria and a broad array of tips and tricks in both a variety of normal and pathological settings. Sonography is very dependent on strong visual and motor skills along with critical thinking abilities.
This presentation is designed to help the sonographer and physician formulate a plan to deal with difficult clinical presentations:
CME Effective Date: February 15, 2017
CME Expiration Date: February 14, 2019
CE Effective Date: April 5, 2017
CE Expiration Date: April 30, 2020
Format: Self Instructional - Audio Visual with Slides
Educational Credits:
One (1) AMA/PRA Category 1 CME Credit™
One (1) ARRT Category A CE Credit.
One (1) AHRA CRA Credit
Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
Target Audience & Cost
This program is intended for Sonographers, Radiologists , Radiologic Technologists, Radiology Administrators and related Imaging Professionals.
The cost of this program is $12.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar one should be able to:
- Understand the common indications for performing the renal artery duplex examination.
- Note the importance of knobology and image optimization while insonating the renal arterial and venous system.
- Identify the importance of direct and indirect renal artery assessment.
- Discuss how to obtain a clinically diagnostic renal artery duplex examination.
Faculty
Patrick A. Washko, BSRT, RDMS, RVT, FSVU
Technical Director
Vascular Diagnostic Center
Rex Hospital (UNC Healthcare), Raleigh, NC
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy
IAME requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of a CE/CME activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This information is utilized to 1) determine if a conflict exists, 2) resolve the conflict by initiating a content validation process, and 3) advise learners of this information. Any individual who refuses to (or chooses not to) disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating as an instructor, planner or manager and cannot have control of or responsibility for the development, management, presentation or evaluation of a CE/CME activity certified by IAME.
Disclosures
Patrick A. Washko, BSRT, RDMS, RVT, FSVU discloses he is on the Toshiba America Medical Systems Speaker Bureau.
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA/PRA Category 1 CME Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Radiologic Technologists:
This course meets all criteria and has been approved by the AHRA, The Association for Medical Imaging Management for One (1) ARRT Category A CE Credit.
Radiology Administrators:
This course meets all CRA renewal credit criteria and has been approved for one (1) continuing education credit in the following CRA domains: Asset Resource Management (AM), Operations Management (OM) and Communication and Information Management (CI).
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board or other credentialing organization.
Method of Participation/Criteria for Success
CME Credits
To receive CME credits for participating in this CME activity you must successfully complete the online post examination with a passing score of 70% or higher.
CE Credits
To receive CE credits for participating in this CE activity you must successfully complete the online post examination with a passing score of 80% or higher.
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Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.