Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Placental and Cervical Assessment in Pregnancy
Ellen Dyer
0.50 Hours
This session will discuss the role of ultrasound in the assessment of the placenta and cervix during pregnancy.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Multiple Pregnancy
Jane Arezina and Alison McGuinness
0.50 Hours
This session considers the sonographic appearances of multiple pregnancy. It will include an overview of normal appearances, determining amnionicity and chorionicity and common pathology. It will also discuss common pitfalls to avoid. Tips on reporting will be offered.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Ultrasound-guided Interventional Procedures
Vivien Gibbs
0.50 Hours
This session will review the procedures where ultrasound is used to guide intervention for both treatment and diagnostic purposes. It will discuss in greater detail two of the more commonly performed procedures (amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling). The reasons for performing these procedures will be explored, together w....
Image Interpretation - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Elbow - Session 2
Alvin Karsandas
0.50 Hours
This session will look at common pathologies in the elbow which can be identified on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Pathology will be illustrated using MRI examples.
How to Write a Uroradiology Report
Richard Clements
0.50 Hours
This module demonstrates some common uroradiological cases with specimen reports. Accompanying descriptions explain the important and clinically relevant positive and negative findings that help clinical management.
Investigation of an Abdominal Mass
Alan Sprigg
0.50 Hours
A suspected abdominal mass in a child always causes concern. There are many different causes depending on the age and sex of the child. This session aims to help the radiologist advise the paediatrician which sequence of imaging procedures are most appropriate in different circumstances.
Micturating Cystography
Kieran McHugh
0.50 Hours
This session covers the indications for, and the technique of performing and interpreting, a micturating cystogram (MCUG) in a child.
How to Interpret and Analyse Paediatric Cranial MRI
Tim Jaspan
0.75 Hours
This session will cover the systematic approach to the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation of the paediatric brain. Features specific to the paediatric age range will also be discussed.
Mental Retardation/Developmental Delay
Stephen Chapman and Lesley MacPherson
0.75 Hours
This session focuses on the role of imaging in developmental delay and mental retardation.
Intra-Arterial Cerebral Angiography: Indications, Techniques and Complications
Tony Goddard
0.75 Hours
This session looks at the indications for, and practice of, cerebral angiography with reference to case studies and video files to illustrate safe practice.
Neurovascular Anatomy
Adam Thomas
1.00 Hours
This session covers various aspects of neurovascular anatomy that are important in day-to-day neuroimaging practice. It describes the main arteries and structures in the brain including: the internal carotid artery (ICA), the middle cerebral artery (MCA), the anterior cerebral artery (ACA), the vertebrobasilar system, posterior....
Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Alison C Mitchell
This session provides an overview of intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD) for the management of cancer pain. It aims to enhance the understanding of which patients may benefit from this approach and the principles which govern the safe use of ITDD systems.
Holistic Approach
Marion Lynch
This session introduces the Practising holistically aspect of the RCGP curriculum which includes: • demonstrating the holistic mindset of a generalist medical practitioner • supporting people through experiences of health, illness and recovery This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updated in April 2023.
CMS to Hospitals: How to Overcome the QAPI Worksheet and Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) is one of three CoP sections with a correlating CMS worksheet. State and federal surveyors use the worksheet on all survey activities in hospitals when assessing compliance with the QAPI standards, including validation and certification surveys. This program will cover t....
Mastering the CMS Hospital Infection Control Worksheet
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
It is imperative for hospitals to understand 49 pages of the infection control worksheet because the worksheet is used for all validation and certification surveys, and covers more material than what the infection control standards provide. The program will cover the Hospital Infection Control Worksheet, proposed infection co....
More Than a Signature: Navigating the Complexities of Informed Consent
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Researchers from Johns Hopkins found that misplaced consent forms cost hospitals $580,000 each year, and 66% of patients were missing signed consent forms at surgery, delaying 10% of surgical procedures. Informed consent is a process and not just a signed form. This program will provide the current CMS CoPs for hospitals and....
How AI and Machine Learning are Disrupting the Current Healthcare Ecosystem
Christopher Ross, MBA and James Golden, PhD
1.00 Hours
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have the potential to disrupt much of the current healthcare ecosystem. These technologies are poised to redesign how providers realize much of healthcare in the next few years. In order to compete effectively in the future, providers as well as payers will need to start pl....
Kidney Health Australia 2018
Dr Shilpa Jesudason
Presentation of the extensive work of Kidney Health Australia, an organisation who represent the consumer with kidney disease.
How an HIE and a Health Plan Innovated to Improve Medical Reconciliation
Andrea Gelzer, MD and Martin Lupinetti
1.00 Hours
Newly evolving HIE services are creating opportunities for health plans and providers to improve transitions in care, particularly for underserved populations. A next-generation HIE offering CCDs post-discharge from hospitals in a large metropolitan area collaborated with the leading Medicaid managed care plan to improve timely....
Interoperability Sets the Foundation for Care Coordination
Peter M. Schoch, MD and Erica Neher
1.25 Hours
The term “interoperability” is used frequently in healthcare today, yet its meaning is often misunderstood. In order to be effective, providers must do more than share information; they must do it in a way that is easily consumed by the recipient. In a value-based care world, the technology must also be affordable enough and eas....
How Data and Analytics Can Improve CV Quality and Outcomes
Craig E. Strauss, MD, MPH and Pam Rush
1.00 Hours
A big part of meeting the value-based purchasing environment in which healthcare systems find themselves is to empower providers so they can optimize the management of post-operative patient issues, reduce length of stay (LOS), and mitigate risk – all toward lowering costs. Allina Health, the largest integrated delivery system i....
Introduction to Haemodialysis - Online Learning Package
Lynn Brown, Rebecca Gilmour, Louise Moran, Brenton Shanahan, Peter Sinclair, Kirsten Black, Deborah Blac, Mada Brinkman, Gemma Fogarty, Peggy Ooi
Everything the novice to intermediate nurse needs to know about haemodialysis
Clinical Process Improvement for Scalable Quality Governance
Peter Chang, MD
0.75 Hours
Tampa General Hospital (TGH), a 1,011-bed teaching hospital in Florida, initiated a clinical process improvement (CPI) program aimed at enhancing standardization and efficacy of treatment for conditions it identified as being high priority. The goal was to develop scalable and repeatable models to tackle difficult to solve clini....
Embedding IT Experts to Solve Complex Care Challenges
Bryan Bliven
1.00 Hours
University of Missouri Health Care uses the Performance Improvement Leadership Development Program (PI-LDP), an action-based learning program for interdisciplinary and inter-professional teams to work on select problems identified by MU Health Care leaders. Beginning in 2016, every PI-LDP initiative has an embedded IT associate....