Abdominal Imaging Course: Enhance Your Diagnostic Skills

This comprehensive course is designed specifically for practicing radiologists, radiologic nurses, physician assistants, technologists, scientists, residents, and fellows involved in the care of patients using abdominal imaging. The activity aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes by providing a detailed understanding of abdominal imaging modalities and their applications.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this 12-hour activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe the availability and effective use of decision-support tools for radiologists to facilitate more accurate and clinically useful diagnoses.
• Create an interactive learning environment that challenges registrants to diagnose a wide range of common and less common abdominal disorders using specific imaging tests with appropriate clinical correlation.
• Explain the appropriate use of imaging modalities, including CT, MR, sonography, and fluoroscopy, for the most important abdominal disorders radiologists are likely to encounter.
• Emphasize the importance of critical thinking and judicious use of imaging, laboratory, and clinical testing to ensure optimal patient care.
• Foster extensive discussion, questions, and feedback between registrants and speakers to promote a deeper understanding of abdominal imaging.

Course Curriculum

The comprehensive curriculum covers a range of topics, including:

• Decision-Support Tools for Radiologists
• Acute Right Upper Quadrant Pain
• Acute Left Lower Quadrant Pain
• Cystic Pancreatic Mass
• Cystic Hepatic Mass
• Cystic Renal Mass
• Focal Lesion in the Non-Cirrhotic Liver
• Focal Lesion in the Cirrhotic Liver
• Abdominal Hemorrhage
• Fluoroscopy in the CT-Endoscopy Era (Evaluation of Post-Operative Complications)
• Bariatric Surgery
• Anti-Reflux Surgery
• Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy (and Variants)
• Dilated Bowel
• Small Bowel Wall Thickening
• Colonic Wall Thickening
• Malpractice Issues in Abdominal Imaging

This course is available from December 10, 2021, to December 31, 2024. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your diagnostic skills and improve patient outcomes.