Digital Mammography

Didactic Lectures
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™: 8

Experts in "Digital Mammography" present, high quality, studio enhanced didactic lectures with animations and pointers to enhance the your learning experience. Available full resolution online and on video CD.

Topics include: The fundamentals of digital imaging. Clinical considerations, and reviews of clinical trials. Discussions of the systems and detector technologies. The Radiologist's role in quality control processes, procedures, tips, and pitfalls. Archiving and PACS issues. Computer aided detection in breast cancer diagnosis. Advances in breast imaging.

Video Contents:

• Digital Mammography: Clinical Considerations
• Digital Image Acquisition & Display
• Handling the Digital Mammogram
• Quality Control Processes in Digital Mammography : What you need to know.
• Computer Aided Detection in Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• Update on Digital Mammography Systems
• Advances in Breast Imaging
• Syllabus
• Teaching Test, Evaluation, and CME Attestation

Features:

• Video CD and Full Resolution Online and Apple® iPAD®Versions Available to Every Participant
• Point and Click: Start, stop, forward, or back.
• Pace your participation for your schedule.
• Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ : Earn 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ towards your MQSA compliance. This course is designed to provide initial and ongoing training to radiologists in the use of Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) systems and related procedures. This course is intended to meet the requirements of the FDA 21 CFR, 900.12(a) (2) Mammography Quality Standards, Final Rule which states that “Interpreting physicians who began using the digital system after April 28, 1999 must have 8 hours of initial training in Full Field Digital Mammography OR (for continuing education) (900(a)(1)(ii)(B): 6 hours continuing category I CME specific to Digital Mammography" in each mammographic modality used " and be able to supply supporting documentation for the requirements during the annual MQSA inspection.”
• User Friendly: Mouse and Menu Driven.
• Studio enhanced, high quality lectures with pointers and animations.
• Digital Mammography Revised Version 12.2.1 R Release 03/27/2012. Applications for credit accepted through 03/27/2014. Later orders will automatically be filled with the most recent release.

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Educational Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Interpret digital mammograms.
  
• Implement quality control (QC) procedures to digital systems and their components.
  
• Evaluate digital technology.
• Comply with FDA requirements.

Audience: Physician participants who meet MQSA basic education requirements need no special preparation for this course.

Instructions for Credit:

1. Review the required information: target audience, learning       objectives and disclosure information

2. Complete the entire self-study activity

3. Complete the self-assessment, evaluation/claim form, and post test

4. Successfully pass the post test with a minimum score of 80%

5. Submit the evaluation/claim form via internet and select the appropriate certificate link

Disclaimer
The information provided at this CME/CE activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Accreditation

Applications for credit accepted through 03/27/2014.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of USF Health and Efficiency Learning Systems. USF Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


USF Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please Note: This program conforms to the ACCME requirements for enduring materials. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. Prices and program content are subject to change without notice. The program committee or the Continuing Medical Education Office at the USF Health reserves the right to cancel this program for any reason whatsoever.

Version 12.2.1 Released 03/27/2012. Applications for credit accepted through 03/27/2014. Later orders will automatically be filled with the most recent release.

(Program ID : CB2012197 )
Release Dates: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012

Faculty:

This program is supported by the dedication and expertise of our USF College of Medicine faculty members, and distinguished Guest Faculty:

Claudia G. Berman, MD
Program Chairman / Professor of Radiology
Department of Oncologic Sciences
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Distinguished Guest Faculty:

Rachel F. Brem, MD
Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Maria Kallergi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Technical Educational Institute of Athens
Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens

Jerry A. Thomas, M.S., FAAPM, DABR, CHP, DABSNM
Radiological Physicist
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita, Kansas

System Requirements

This program is designed for convenient access over the internet. For best results online, an internet connection with effective cable connection speeds or better is required

Online version available for both Windows and MAC® and Apple®, iPAD®. CD versions require PC compatibility.

CD ROM version also available and every participant will receive an individual copy of the program on CD and access to the online version.

Windows*-based minimum computer specifications:

CD/ Or DVD Drive

OnlineVersions: High Speed internet connection (Cable or better)
Microsoft internet explorer or similar browser
Sound
Processor: 1 ghz MHz Pentium III or faster
RAM: 512 MB
Video display: 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating Systems: Windows PC: Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT (with MS service pack 6), or Windows XP, Windows Vista (Any Version), Windows 7.

Please note: Call us at 800-891-4330 if you have questions about your computer’s performance.

*Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation

*MAC®, Apple®, iPAD®, iTunes®,and iBooks® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

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USF Health endorses the standards of the ACCME, ANCC, and the ACPE that requires everyone in a position to control the content of a CME/CE activity to disclose all financial relationships with commercial interests that are related to the content of the CME/CE activity. CME/CE activities must be balanced, independent of commercial bias and promote improvements or quality in healthcare. All recommendations involving clinical medicine must be based on evidence accepted within the medical profession.

A conflict of interest is created when individuals in a position to control the content of CME/CE have a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest which, therefore, may bias his/her opinion and teaching. This may include receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, stocks or other financial benefits.

USF Health will identify, review and resolve all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors or planners disclose prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation. USF Health does not endorse any products or services.

Relevant financial relationships exist between the following individuals and commercial interests:

Speaker Relationship Company
Sadie Augila, MD None
John Beauchamp, MD None
Claudia G. Berman, MD None
Rachel F. Brem, MD Grants/Research Support Dilon Technologies, and Consultant Dilon Technologies, Board of Managers
Robert A, Clark, MD None
Jody Cressman, MD None
Thornton Eastham, MD None
*Steven Harms, MD Grant/Research Support: Advanced Magnetics, Consultant: Advanced Magnetics, Bard, Ethicon, SenoRx . Stock/Shareholder: Aurora Imaging Technology. Honorarium: Berlex. Employee: Aurora Imaging Technology
*Maria Kallergi, PhD None
Pat Romilly, MD None
Julian Safir, MD None
Margaret Szabunio, MD None
Jerry Thomas, MS, DABE. None
Vesna Vrcel, MD None
Irving Weinberg, MD, PhD Employee: NaviScan Pet Systems, Inc.

Planning Committee, USF Health OCPD staff members and the peer/content reviewer for this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosures are on file at the University of South Florida, Office of Continuing Professional Development.

Unapproved Use Disclosure:

USF Health requires CME faculty (speakers) to disclose to attendees when products or procedures being discussed are off-label, unlabeled, experimental, and/or investigational (not FDA approved); and any limitations on the information that is presented, such as data that are preliminary or that represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or unsupported opinion. Faculty will discuss information about pharmaceutical agents that is outside of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications. If you have questions, contact the medical affairs department of the manufacturer for the most recent prescribing information.

OFF-LABEL USAGE:
*Dr. Harms has indicated that he will discuss the off-label use of Combidex for lymph node imaging.
*Dr. Kallergi has indicated that she will discuss the off-label of new systems for breast imaging currently used for research only.

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