2009 Fall Road Shows

2009 Fall Road Shows Brochure

The Central Chapter Continuing Education Committee, co-chaired by Cynae Derose and Antonella Guardiola of Northwestern Memorial Hospital is scheduling a series of five Fall Road Shows with the title of “CT and Nuclear Medicine” The Road Shows will be held in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan according the following schedule:

	Indiana – September 19th at Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, IN - *Registration Closed
	Michigan – October 3rd at Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI -*Registration Closed
	Minnesota – October 10th at United Hospital St. Paul, MN -*Registration Closed
	Wisconsin – Oct. 24 at Univ. of Wisconsin Hospital Madison, WI *Registration Closed
	Illinois - October 24 at Rush Copley Hospital Aurora, IL *Registration Closed

There will be no Road Show in Ohio as that will be location of the 2009 Fall Education Symposium (see article elsewhere in this issue) The five four-hour sessions will be scheduled for Saturday mornings in select locations. The course outline and learning objectives in each location is as follows.

Course Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, attendees should be able to:

• Identify and discuss the basic concept, protocols and challenges of PET/CT
• Describe the basic principle of SPECT/CT
• Understand the basic terminology and operations of CT
• Identify cross-sectional anatomy on CT images

Individual Learning Objectives:

8:00 -9:00 am- PET/CT Basics
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Describe the concept and basic principles of PET/CT
• Discuss patient preparation , protocols and scanning techniques
• Identify challenges of PET/CT

9:00 -10:00 am- SPECT/CT Basics
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Describe the concept and basic principles of SPECT/CT
• Identify clinical indications which benefit from SPECT/CT
• Identify challenges of SPECT/CT

10:00 -11:00am- CT in a Nuclear Medicine Environment
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Identify basic CT terminology
• Discuss the differences between iodinated contrast media and
  their adverse effects
• Identify various types of common artifacts

11:00 -12:00 pm- CT Cross Sectional Anatomy
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Identify anatomy on cross sectional CT images of the
  chest abdomen and pelvis

Watch your mail, email and the Central Chapter Website, www.ccsnm.org, for updated information and online registration.