ISCD Learning
December 2023 - Quality Bone Densitometry: Performance, Interpretation, and Clinical Application for Technologists
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 12/09/2023 at 10:00 AM (EST)
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Register
- Non-Member - $400
- Full Member - $300
- MOC Only - $400
- Community Member - $400
- Professional Member - $400
Course Date
December 9 & 10, 2023.
Course Description
The core elements of this program focus on performing quality DXA scans, dissecting the data and applying this knowledge to a technologist’s role in patient care. This course, which focuses on quality DXA, is innovative, interactive and informative. The course emphasizes technical excellence in the performance, analysis and troubleshooting of bone densitometry scans. It provides standard practices and applications to raise the quality of DXA scan procedures and their impact on patient care. The program is designed to enhance awareness of the technical expertise involved in performing bone densitometry and applying protocols to address the everyday challenges. Attendees with come away with a strong sense of the considerable impact that a technologist plays in the delivery of quality DXA, and how that influences patient management.
Target Audience
The course is most appropriate for those involved in the performance of DXA scans and open to any health professional performing these scans.
Learning Objectives
After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:
- Design and implement quality control and assurance practices.
- Perform a precision assessment and appreciate the requirement for clinical care.
- Identify the anatomy relevant to clinical DXA scanning.
- Implement consistent and appropriate technical acquisition and analysis techniques.
- Perform a fracture risk assessment using FRAX.
- Provide DXA interpreters sufficient information for a high-quality DXA report.
- Understand how specific medical conditions and medications affect bone density.
- Demonstrate how to access features within the DXA software.
- Critically evaluate DXA scans to identify acquisition and analysis errors and implement resolution methods.
- Recognize how technical errors impact clinical interpretation and patient care.
Method of Participation
This activity will be offered through zoom, allowing the learner to watch and ask questions in a live format on December 9 & 10, 2023. Learners will be asked to complete a post-course survey to indicate what they will change in their practice as a result of this activity.
Registration Fee
Cancellation Policy
Attendee Cancellation Policy All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded automatically unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
ASRT Credit Designation:
This activity has been approved by ASRT for 13.0 Category A continuing education credits.
Date of most recent Review or Update: This activity was most recently reviewed and renewed March 24, 2023.
ASRT Credit Notice
This course is a renewal. If you have previously taken this course, you will not be able to claim ASRT again for this learning activity.
Deadline to Claim Credit:
Participants will have 90 days from the activity end date to complete the activity survey and claim continuing education credit.
Schedule - Day 1 - All times Eastern (NYC/USA)
Schedule - Day 2 - All times Eastern (NYC/USA)
Maureen A. Costello, AAS, RT(R), CBDT
Radiologic Technologist
University of Chicago Hospitals
Maureen has been a Radiologic Technologist for the past 25 years. As a diagnostic Rad. Tech., she specialized in Trauma and Surgical radiography at one of two Trauma Centers in the greater Chicago land area, and then moved into Orthopedic Radiography before moving onto DXA in 2003. She is the Lead Tech. At the University of Chicago Hospitals, Dept. of Endocrinology. While the bulk of her day consists of performing BMD’s, she is also responsible for QA/QC of equipment and reports, monitoring and performing multiple studies and on-site training of not only office staff but also tutorials for 4th year Med. Students. Maureen has been certified since 2003 and has been an instructor with the ISCD since 2007.
Disclosure: No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Anita Colquhoun, RTNM, MRT(N), CDT
Charge Technologist
Women's College Hospital
Anita Colquhoun M.R.T.(N), CDT is the charge technologist in the Centre for Osteoporosis & Bone Health at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. Anita is a Nuclear Medical Technologist specialized in Bone Mineral Density (BMD). She has been working in the field of BMD since the early 1990s. Anita is an active member ISCD Technologist Faculty since 2000. She has served 2 terms on the Governing Board of the ISCD and is currently serving her third term as the Executive Secretary to the Board. As well as Chairing then Annual Meeting Committee from 2012-2016 Anita served and is still serving on several other committees within the ISCD. She has participated in a variety of research studies and has co-authored abstracts and papers. Anita has also co-written an on-line beginner BMD course as well as developed a competency profile and best practise in BMD for the Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences.
Disclosure: No Financial Relationships to Disclose.
Diane Krueger, BS, CBDT
Program Manager Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program
UW Osteoporosis Clinic
Diane Krueger received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an ISCD-certified clinical densitometrist and a certified clinical research coordinator through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. She has been program manager of the University of Wisconsin Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program since its inception in 1993. Ms. Krueger has extensive clinical research experience in osteoporosis and bone densitometry, having coordinated multiple industry and investigator-initiated studies. In collaboration with the UW Osteoporosis Program, she has published over 90 manuscripts and authored or presented over 200 abstracts. Her service with ISCD has included serving as Technologist Bone Densitometry Course faculty since 2006 and chairing the related Update Annual Meeting Committees. In her leadership capacity, she is currently Education Council chair and serves on the Executive Committee and Board. Additionally, she previously held several officer positions including Secretary and four Presidential seats.
Disclosures: Consulting Fee: Amgen; Contracted Research: Radius
Course Planning Committee
JoAnn Caudill, RT(R)(M)(BD), CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Anita Colquhoun, RTNM, MRT(N), CDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Larry G. Jankowski, CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Greg Yardley, MSRS, RT(R), CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Michelle Kochanski ,BSIT, RT(R), CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Diane Krueger, BS, CBDT Consulting Fee: Amgen; Contracted Research: Radius
Course Content Reviewers
Carolyn Crandall, MD, CCD No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Monique Carroll, RT, CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Brian Englander, MD No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Ranjodh Gill, MD, CCD No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Heidi Kecskemethy, MS Ed, RDN, CSP, CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Adrian Lau, MD, FRCPC, MScCH, CCD No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Orhan Oz, MD, PhD, CCD No Financial Relationships to Disclose
December 2023 Course Faculty
Maureen A. Costello, AAS, RT(R), CBDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Anita Colquhoun, RTNM, MRT(N), CDT No Financial Relationships to Disclose
Diane Krueger, BS, CBDT Disclosures: Consulting Fee: Amgen; Contracted Research: Radius
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The ISCD maintains a policy on the use of commercial support, which ensures that all educational activities sponsored by the ISCD provide in-depth presentations that are fair, balanced, independent, and scientifically rigorous. ISCD requires faculty, planners, managers, and other individuals and their spouse/life partner who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by ISCD for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. Individual disclosures are included in the course material. No Commercial Support has been provided for this activity
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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain a discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. ISCD does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization associated with this activity. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for a discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
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Attendance Cancellation Policy
All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates, how the course is taught, and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
