Wednesday • June 20, 2012
7:00 pm EASTERN / 6:00 pm CENTRAL / 5:00 pm MOUNTAIN / 4:00 pm PACIFIC

A certified one-hour live webinar for breast imaging professionals including radiologists, interventional radiologists, and advanced-level radiologic technologists.
 

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Course Overview

Stereotactic breast biopsy is routinely used for mammography-detected breast lesions requiring tissue diagnosis. Accuracy of percutaneous image-guided breast biopsy has been improved through the use of stereotactic guidance for non-palpable masses, obviating the need for a surgical procedure and causing less discomfort and minimal risk to the patient and cost savings to the healthcare practice.
 

This course provides a brief overview of the clinical indications for performing stereotactic breast biopsy. Faculty will share cases that cover controversial lesions.

 

Educational Objectives

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

• Identify clinical indications for stereotactic breast biopsy
• Discuss the challenges and pitfalls of performing stereotactic breast biopsy
• Select the appropriate biopsy technique and device
• Describe how to manage risk to the patient before, during, and after the procedure
  
   

Accreditation & Credit

Credit CANNOT be granted for group viewing.  To receive credit, EACH attendee must sign in on a separate computer.

Physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and the International Center for Postgraduate Medical Education (ICPME). PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

Radiologic Technologists

This program has been approved by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) for 1.0 hour of ARRT Category A+ continuing education credit.

How to Participate

This program is offered by ICPME through WebEx webinar service.

• Click ENROLL NOW and follow the registration instructions to register with ICPME.
• At the end of the registration process, click on ACCESS WEBINAR to enroll with WebEx and complete the precourse evaluation.
• Log-in instructions for the day of the webinar will be sent to you via e-mail upon completion of the precourse evaluation.

Please note: The WebEx platform will play on desktop or laptop computers only. It will not play on mobile devices.

To Apply for Credit

There are no fees to participate in this activity. Each participant will need a computer with internet access.

• To receive credit, each participant must register, complete the precourse evaluation, attend the entire one-hour session, and complete the postcourse evaluation at the end of the session. Credit cannot be granted for group viewing.
• Upon verification of your participation, you will receive an email with instructions to print your certificate from your online account at www.icpme.us.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Leung graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude with a degree in biology and completed her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She received her radiology residency and women’s imaging fellowship training at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center. Dr. Leung has held academic positions at Harvard Medical School and UCSF and has lectured extensively in the field of breast imaging both nationally and internationally. Currently Dr. Leung is the Medical Director of the Breast Health Center at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, a community-based comprehensive breast imaging center performing 50,000 examinations each year.

She has served on committees within major professional organizations, including American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, and Society of Breast Imaging. Dr. Leung was awarded the Hideyo Minagi Outstanding Teacher Award at UCSF in 2007. Dr. Leung’s research interest includes outcomes analysis in breast imaging.

 

Disclosure Information

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CME activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty below reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

Jessica W.T. Leung, MD has received both consulting fees and fees for non-CME services from Hologic, Inc.

The planners and managers below reported NO financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

Sharon Cancino
Laura Excell, ND, NP, MS, MA, LPC, NCC
Trace Hutchison, PharmD
Julia Kimball, RN, BSN
Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD
Linda McLean, MS
Victoria Phoenix, BS
Lisa Schleelein, MEd
Patricia Staples, MSN, NP-C, CCRN

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. PIM, ICPME and Hologic, Inc., do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the view of PIM, ICPME and Hologic, Inc. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.  

Questions

For questions regarding this program, please contact ICPME:
Email: information@icpmed.com
Phone: 607-257-5860




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Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.