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FACULTY



Catherine M. Appleton, MD
Chief, Breast Imaging Section
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Assistant Professor, Radiology
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

 

Equipment Requirements
PC: Windows XP/Vista/Win7, Pentium processor or faster, at least 1 GB RAM, Internet Explorer version 8 and 9, Mozilla FireFox version 15.

MAC: OS version 10.6/10.7/10/8, Intel processor or faster, at least 1 GB RAM, Safari version 5, FireFox version 15.


 



 

 

 



Breast Ultrasound Imaging with Multimodality Correlation

Format: Live Webinar
Credit:  1.0 AMA PRA Category 1

Credit:  1.0 ARRT Category A+
Fee for Credit Certificate: $0

A certified live one-hour webinar for radiologists and advanced-level radiologic technologists.

TUESDAY • April 22, 2014
7:00 pm EASTERN / 6:00 pm CENTRAL / 5:00 pm MOUNTAIN / 4:00 pm PACIFIC

To enroll in this activity, click on the icon to the left.

Course Overview
Expertise in ultrasound (US) breast imaging and interventional technique is essential for successful clinical diagnosis, tissue sampling, and improved patient management. With today’s multimodality screening and diagnosis employing analog and digital mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the breast a clinical reality, radiologists and radiologic technologists must be familiar with and have a complete understanding of US technology and the many adjunct technical tools available in order to optimize the clinical application of US in the integrated breast imaging workplace and its impact in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of breast disease.

Educational Objectives

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

  • Identify clinical indications for diagnostic and interventional US imaging
  • Choose appropriate adjunct tools to optimize the diagnostic US examination
  • Discuss strategies to overcome challenges of US imaging and biopsy technique

Accreditation & Credit
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 Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Center for Postgraduate Medical Education. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 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.
  • You will receive an email from ICPME confirming your registration.
  • At the end of the registration process, click on ACCESS WEBINAR to enroll with WebEx.
  • Detailed log-in instructions will be sent to you via e-mail the day of the webinar.

Credit
There are no fees to participate in this activity. Each participant will need a computer with internet access. Credit cannot be granted for group viewing.

  • To receive credit, each participant must register, complete the precourse survey, attend the entire session, and complete the postcourse evaluation.
  • Upon verification of your participation from the WebEx event report, you will receive an email from ICPME with instructions to print your certificate from your online account within two weeks after the webinar. You will not be able to print your certificate until that time.
Faculty Biography
Dr. Appleton received her medical degree from University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. She completed her residency and fellowship in diagnostic radiology at the University of Washington, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis and became board certified in 2005.

Dr. Appleton has co-authored several peer-review articles and was listed in Best Doctors in America 2011-2012.   Her areas of clinical interest are magnetic resonance imaging of the breast, sonography, mammography, and breast ultrasound.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy.  The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.

The faculty has 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:

Catherine M. Appleton, MD has received royalties from Oxford University Press and received fees from Hologic, Inc. for consulting, as well as for non-CME/CE services.

The following planners and managers have 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                
Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CCMEP   
Linda McLean, MS
Victoria Phoenix, BS
Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP        
                                                                                                       

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. The planners of this activity 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 views of the planners.  Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

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.

Questions
For questions regarding this program, please contact ICPME:
Email: information@icpmed.com
Phone: 607-257-5860 x10


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