Product Description
CME Sponsors: American Medical Seminars, Inc.
Activity Title: Radiology for the Non-Radiologist – Day 3
Recorded Dates: 4/17/2024
Original Release Date: July 1, 2025
Expiration Date: July 1, 2028
Presenting Faculty: Ryan K Lee; Adam R Guttentag;
Basic Chest X-Ray Interpretation
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Develop a systematic approach to interpreting a chest radiograph.
- Assess a chest radiograph for technical factors that may hide or simulate disease.
- Determine whether a chest radiograph demonstrates air space disease and localize it in the lung.
Contrast and Radiation Issues in Radiology: What a Clinician Should Know
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Utilize evidence-based guidelines to appropriately order intravenous contrast for CT scans for patients with impaired renal function.
- Apply evidence-based guidelines to decide whether it is safe to order intravenous contrast for MRI examinations.
- Describe factors leading to increased radiation exposure to patients from medical imaging.
- Select appropriate tests to order so as to minimize patient radiation dose without sacrificing diagnostic accuracy.
Overview of Skeletal Imaging: Pearls and Pitfalls
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Determine which imaging studies are indicated and which studies are not indicated in the setting of acute trauma.
- Develop an approach to evaluating skeletal radiographs.
- Detect radiographic findings in pediatric radiographs.
Ultrasound Basics
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Discuss commonly used terms in ultrasound.
- Determine in which clinical settings, based on the SRU Consensus Statement, ultrasound is the most appropriate study to order.
- Recognize US findings for common diseases/diagnoses.
Stroke and Imaging
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Appraise the different imaging modalities available in the assessment of stroke.
- Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of each imaging modality.
- Determine the appropriate imaging study to order in various clinical scenarios.
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