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Breast Diagnosis and Biopsy:
The Ultrasound Approach

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™: 3

Didactic Lectures on Video CD and Full Resolution Online
Earn up to 3 Hours in Breast US and US Guided Breast Biopsy
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Topics include:

Breast US and US Guided Breast Biopsy, Technique Demonstrations, Anatomy, Indications, Patient Preparation, BIRADS(TM) Lexicon, ACR Breast US Practice Guidelines. Breast Sonoelastography ( A New Adjunct Technique), Introduction to Automated Screening Breast US.

Video Contents:

    • “Ultrasound-Guided Core Breast Biopsy”
      Jody Cressman, M.D
    • "Breast Sonoelastography" A new adjunct technique.
      Margaret Szabunio, M.D.
    • "Automated Screening Breast Ultrasound" A new adjunct examination.
      Kevin Kelly MD
    • “Sonographic Examination and Screening"
      Margaret Szabunio, M.D.
    • Syllabus
    • Teaching Test, Evaluation, and CME Attestation

Presented in, high quality, studio enhanced didactic lectures with animations and pointers to enhance the learning experience. (Combine this program with others in this mammography education series for MQSA / ACR.)

Earn up to 3 hours Category I CME towards your MQSA and ACR compliance in breast ultrasound, and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.

The following excerpts are the ACR Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy requirements for physicians relevant to completion of this Breast Ultrasound CME Program:

1. Breast Ultrasound: "The qualified physician’s continuing education should be in accordance with the ACR Practice Guideline for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and should include CME in breast ultrasound, as appropriate to the physician’s practice needs (recommended)"

2. Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy:

2_a. Initial Education: ......."Have 3 hours of Category 1 CME didactic instruction in ultrasound-guided breast biopsy."

2_b. Continuing Education:... "3 hours of Category 1 CME in ultrasound-guided breast biopsy every 3 years"

See  ACR Website "Breast Ultrasound Accreditation Program Requirements" at the following link for complete requirements:
Click Here for ACR Webiste>

http://www.acr.org/accreditation/breast/breast_ultrasound_reqs.aspx

Features:

  • User Friendly: Mouse and Menu Driven. Start, stop, fast forward, rewind.
  • You control the pace of study
  • Full Resolution Online and video CD-ROM Versions Available (Every participant receives an individual a copy of the program on video CD ROM)
  • Studio enhanced, high quality lectures with pointers and animations.
  • Complete full color syllabus with images
Breast Diagnosis and Biopsy: The Ultrasound Approach: $149.00
Additional Participants Same Group:
Includes Individual Disk Set
$119.00
 
Returning and Referred Participants: $119.00
 
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Applications for credit accepted through 10/01/2012.
 
Educational Objectives

Faculty

System Requirements

Accreditation

 
 

 

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Educational Objectives:

  • Describe the evaluation and biopsy of breast lesions using state-of-the-art breast sonography.
  • Establish an approach to breast diagnosis using mammography and ultrasound in clinical practice.
  • Gain proficiency with the ACR recommended BI-RADS™ report terminology and reporting structure with FDA compliant reporting.
  • Recognize proven benign and malignant breast conditions.
  • Analyze technique from a variety of practices


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.

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

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Accreditation:

Applications for credit accepted through October, 1 2012

USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. USF Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

USF Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 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 University of South Florida College of Medicine reserves the right to cancel this program for any reason whatsoever.

Revised Version Release Date May 24, 2010. Applications for credit accepted through October 1, 2012. .Later orders will automatically be filled with the most recent release.

(Program ID: NG2005258-A/B) Release Dates: 2006, 2009, 2010

Events, activities, programs and facilities of the University of South Florida are available to all without regard to race, color, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, age, Vietnam or disabled veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the university’s respect for personal dignity.

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Faculty:

Jody Cressman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
The University of South Florida

Kevin M. Kelly, MD
Director of Breast Imaging
Hill Breast Center
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California

Margaret Szabunio M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
The University of South Florida

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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:

  • 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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Disclosure of Significant Relationships with Relevant Commercial Companies/Organizations

The University of South Florida College of Medicine endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Guidelines of the Association of American Medical Colleges that the sponsors of continuing medical education activities and the speakers at these activities disclose significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations. For sponsors, significant relationships include research grants, institutional agreements for joint initiatives, substantial gifts, or other relationships that benefit the institution. For speakers, significant relationships include receiving from a commercial company research grants, consultancies, honoraria and travel, or having a self-managed equity interest in a company.

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.

Significant relationships exist between course faculty and the following companies/organizations whose products or services will be discussed during this CME activity:

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; CAD Sciences, Consultant, Suros, Grants/ Research Support, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Stock Shareholder (self-managed) Dilon, CAD Sciences, Board of Managers Dilon Technologies
Robert A, Clark, MD, None

Alec Chau, M.D., None
Jody Cressman, 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

*Kevin M Kelly, MD, Stock Shareholder CEO, Sonocine, Inc.

Kamy R. Kemp, MD, Speakers Bureau, Oncotype Dx (Genomic Health)
Elsie Levin MD, Consultant, Aurora Imaging

Andreas Muehler MD MBA, Salary/Contractual Services (President), CAD Sciences

Pat Romilly, MD None

Matthew J. Saady, Grants/ Research Support, Naviscan (Clinical Trial)
Julian Safir, MD None
Margaret Szabunio, MD None
Jetty Thomas, MS, DABE, Speakers Bureau, Medical Tech Mgmt Institute; Stock/ Shareholder Self Managed, General Electric
Vesna Rachel, MD None
Irving Weinberg, MD, PhD Employee: NaviScan Pet Systems, Inc.

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 use of new systems for breast imaging currently used for research only, and the off label use of Digital Mammography Systems.

*Kevin M Kelly, MD, has disclosed that he will be discussing the off-label use of the Sonocine system of semi automated screening and whole breast ultrasound.

*Sadie Augila, MD has disclosed that she will be discussing the off-label use of  Mammary Ductocoscopy, and Radioactive Seed Localization.

 
   
   
   
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