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December 2024 - Quality Bone Densitometry: Performance, Interpretation, and Clinical Application for Technologists

Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 12/07/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)

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Course Date

December 7 & 8, 2024.


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:

  1. Design and implement quality control and assurance practices.
  2. Perform a precision assessment and appreciate the requirement for clinical care.  
  3. Identify the anatomy relevant to clinical DXA scanning. 
  4. Implement consistent and appropriate technical acquisition and analysis techniques.  
  5. Perform a fracture risk assessment using FRAX. 
  6. Provide DXA interpreters sufficient information for a high-quality DXA report. 
  7. Discuss supplemental software and their application.
  8. Demonstrate how to access features within the DXA software. 
  9. Understand how specific medical conditions and medications affect bone density. 
  10. Critically evaluate DXA scans to identify acquisition and analysis errors and implement resolution methods.
  11. 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 7 & 8, 2024. 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

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    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.

    ASRT Credit Notice

    This course is a renewal. If you have taken the course since June 2022, you will not be able to claim ASRT again for this learning activity. If you have taken prior to June 2022, you can take this course again for credit.

    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)

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    Schedule - Day 2 - All times Eastern (NYC/USA)

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    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.

    Diane Krueger, BS, CBDT

    Researcher

    Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program - University of Wisconsin, Madison

    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.

    Greg Yardley

    Sr. Medical Radiology Technologist and Researcher

    NASA Bone Mineral Laboratory

    Greg Yardley works as a SR. Medical Radiology Technologist and researcher in the NASA Bone Mineral Laboratory and NASA/JSC medical clinic for KBR in the government solutions division. His job requirements are performing and analyzing, Dual Energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) exams on both retired and active Astronauts. He also extracts, records, aids in bone density interpretation and distributes bone data from Dual Energy xray absorptiometry (DXA), Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic resonance imaging devises. Greg also performs diagnostic medical x-rays for the NASA/JSC Flight medicine and occupational health clinic. 

    Greg began his healthcare career as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). He then furthered his medical education and received his certification as a registered radiology technologist. Upon completion of his Radiological Science courses. Greg has worked as a Radiology technologist in a Trauma level 1 Hospital, Level III hospital, urgent care, and multi-specialty clinic. At the time of his graduation Greg had also received extensive training not only in X-ray but also DXA, CT, and Ultrasound. In 2011 just previous to his current job Greg got a job as a Bone Density Technologist at a multi-specialty medical clinic where he performed and analyzed over 3000 DXA scans a year on every type of patient imaginable while also running the day-to-day operations of the Osteoporosis center.

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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.

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    December - Quality Bone Densitometry For Technologists Zoom Link Day 1
    12/07/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)  |  420 minutes
    12/07/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)  |  420 minutes
    December - Quality Bone Densitometry For Technologists Zoom Link Day 2
    12/08/2024 at 9:30 AM (EST)  |  420 minutes
    12/08/2024 at 9:30 AM (EST)  |  420 minutes
    Attendance Confirmation
    12/07/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)   |  1 day  |  Attendance Required
    12/07/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)   |  1 day  |  Attendance Required ISCD staff will mark your attendance shortly after the course ends. Once you are marked as attended you will have access to complete the course survey, then claim your continuing education credits. If you attended the course but have not had your attendance confirmed by 12 noon on the business day following the course, please email education@iscd.org so we can follow up.
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    Continuing Education Certificate
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    Last Day to Claim Credit & Access Course Material
    03/11/2025 at 12:00 AM (EDT)   |  0 minutes
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