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    Nov. 28-29 | McCormick Place, Chicago

Courses and Schedule

ASRT@RSNA 2023 Courses

Earn up to 8 continuing education credits on courses presented during ASRT@RSNA. Each course is approved for 1 Category A+ CE credit.

Your registration also includes access to the Associated Sciences Program and the RSNA Technical Exhibits.

Course
Date
Time
Speaker

Tuesday, Nov. 28

  • Strategies to Reduce Retraumatization in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy

    11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

    Kevin R. Clark, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(QM), FASRT, FAEIRS

    Description

    Health care delivery often involves assessment and interventions in locations on the patient’s body where trauma has previously occurred, increasing the probability of retraumatization and manifestation of trauma signs and symptoms. Professionals providing imaging studies and radiation therapy treatment for patients who may have a history of trauma should employ specific interventions to reduce retraumatizing a patient. This session offers strategies to provide quality care to a patient who has been unintentionally retraumatized in medical imaging and radiation therapy.


    Objectives

    • Recognize challenges when caring for trauma patients in imaging and therapy departments.
    • Identify potential triggers for retraumatization in medical imaging and radiation therapy.
    • Apply trauma-informed interventions in a sexual assault case study.
  • Lunch Break

    12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

    Description

     


    Learning Objectives

  • Combatting Exclusionary Behaviors in the Workplace

    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

    Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D.

    Description

    Inclusive workplaces are associated with improved job satisfaction, reduced turnover and increased organizational commitment. Creating an inclusive workplace requires that leaders, teams and individuals pay attention to the subtle ways they may exclude team members. This course includes practical information on equipping radiology professionals with discrete tools and resources to identify and proactively address exclusionary behaviors.


    Objectives

    • Recognize the subtle and covert ways that exclusionary behaviors are conveyed through speech and behavior.
    • Understand the affect that exclusionary behaviors have in the workplace.
    • Implement strategies to proactively address exclusionary behaviors.
  • AI for Good: How Collaboration Should Inform Responsible Future Practice

    3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

    Caitlin Gillan, Ph.D., MRT(T), FCAMRT

    Description

    Artificial intelligence is emerging as an important tool in medical imaging and radiation therapy, but it should only ever be considered a tool, leveraged to inform responsible and high-quality care. To realize a desired future state that makes the most appropriate use of technology and most effective use of diverse skill sets within the interprofessional team, it is important that technologists equip themselves to participate in relevant conversations and decisions. Education, advocacy and collaboration are all necessary as we build toward AI-enabled medical imaging and radiation therapy practice. This session will highlight the diverse applications of AI and the considerations for responsible implementation from the perspective of technologists as members of the interprofessional team, at both the practice and system level.


    Objectives

    • Appreciate the ways that AI is poised to affect medical imaging and radiation therapy practice through a clinical, technical, professional and ethical lens.
    • Champion the value of equipping technologists with literacy in relevant technologies, data and system level considerations.
    • Leverage technologists’ unique perspective and expertise to inform an AI-enabled future through advocacy and collaboration.
 

Wednesday, Nov. 29

  • Shaping the Future of Imaging: Quality Initiatives for Enhanced Effectiveness and Efficiency

    8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

    Fredrick D. Lee II, M.B.A., M.P.A., R.T.(R), CRA, FACHE

    Description

    This presentation explores the pivotal quality initiatives steering modern health care imaging services. Attendees will gain a nuanced understanding of the comprehensive approach to quality, encompassing vital facets such as safety, timeliness and patient-centeredness. The speaker will discuss the transformation of imaging services and unravel the pivotal role of continuous quality improvement through the plan-do-check-act cycle for enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. Attendees will delve into the exciting realm of technological innovations like artificial intelligence and machine learning that are revolutionizing workflow dynamics and understand the necessity of continuous education in upholding the highest standards of patient care. Designed for health care professionals, radiologists and decision-makers, this presentation aims to provide tools to navigate the evolving landscape of imaging services, ensuring a patient-centric approach grounded in innovation and efficiency. Join us to forge the path to a future where quality is not just a benchmark but a sustained promise.


    Objectives

    • Understand the evolution of imaging services to pinpoint areas for quality enhancement.
    • Identify core quality dimensions, emphasizing safety and patient-centered approaches.
    • Explain CQI principles using the PDCA cycle in imaging settings.
    • Discuss the impact of AI and machine learning on imaging service efficiency.
    • Create a strategic plan integrating quality initiatives and technological advancements for innovative imaging services.
  • Cybersecurity Primer for Radiology Professionals

    9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

    Christoph Wald, M.D., Ph.D., FACR

    Po-Hao Chen, M.D., M.B.A.

    Christopher Roth, M.D.

    Description

    Cybersecurity is relevant to all modern industries and especially to radiology. Imaging is leading the way as the first truly digital specialty, fully dependent on networked computer systems. We all need to take a thoughtful and systematic approach to preventing cyberattacks. This effort must include investment in technology, deployment and management. We must practice good cyber hygiene to protect infrastructure and ensure that radiology staff are educated and aware of the threats. The human element is one of the most common points of failure against cyberattacks.

    This session will cover the most likely sources of cyberthreats, how to prepare for attacks in advance and how to maintain business continuity in the event of an attack.


    Objectives

    • Recognize the sources of cyberthreats and how our equipment and people make us vulnerable.
    • Prepare in advance of cyberattacks.
    • Describe the business continuity and recovery processes in the hours and days after an attack.
  • Interventional Radiology and Pediatric Care: The Changing Role of the Technologist

    11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

    Emma Rose, M.Sc.

    Description

    This session will provide an overview of interventional procedures performed for pediatric patients, including recent innovations. It will also examine the technologist’s role in interventional radiology and how it is developing to include advanced roles.


    Objectives

    • Gain an overview of pediatric interventional radiology.
    • Learn about advanced practice roles within interventional radiology and how these could be applied in clinical practice.
    • Learn how advanced practice roles benefit patients and the wider health care system.
  • Lunch Break

    12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

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  • Reflection in Practice: An Approach for Reducing Patients’ Radiation Dose

    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

    Sean Richardson, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(CT)

    Description

    Reflective practice, a term coined by Donald Schön in the 1980s, is based on the idea that practitioners should think about what they are doing while they are doing it. Reflective practice includes identifying a problem and devising ways to address the problem, thereby formulating best practice. It results in the development of professional practice into professional artistry. The reflective cycle, along with reflection before, during and after practice, lends the ability to evaluate practice critically, thereby reducing errors. This approach can be used to reduce patients’ radiation dose. This session will address practical applications of reflective practice.


    Objectives

    • Explain reflective practice, its purpose and the reflective cycle.
    • Discuss the three components of reflective practice and the four levels of individual reflection.
    • Apply reflection before, during and after practice.
  • Leading and Developing Remote Imaging in a Radiology Department

    3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

    Paul McElvogue, A.S., R.T.(R)(MR)

    Description

    Radiology department leadership is expected to provide proper staff levels, flexible technologist coverage, access to technical expertise, cost-effective strategies and professional-level patient care, among other expectations. Remote scanning, or remote imaging, has been an increasingly important topic in radiology meetings and on discussion boards, especially regarding computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Over the years, technical improvements have made it feasible to image a patient from a remote location. This course will discuss how remote imaging currently, and in the future, can serve as an adjunct in supporting leaders' ability to increase staff coverage, competence and retention and improve department safety profiles.

    This session will discuss the challenges and benefits of remote scanning and look at safety and regulatory aspects, leadership perceptions, implementation and vendor solutions related to remote scanning. The session will also look at important safety aspects for radiology in general and more specific safety regulations for CT and MRI.


    Objectives

    • Understand the general challenges and benefits of remote imaging.
    • Identify safety and regulatory aspects of remote imaging.
    • Develop and implement a plan to incorporate remote technology in your radiology department or imaging center.