Program Description / Statement of Need:

In an effort to provide Physicians, Technologists, and other course attendees with current information and data to make informed decisions in their clinical settings, this symposium covers several objectives. These include teaching and reviewing the basic principles underlying the potential areas of safety concern involved in the MR imaging process and magnetic resonance environment. In addition, defining the thought process algorithms for assessing whether a patient/ device/implant/ foreign object can safely undergo MR imaging, and familiarizing the attendee with medico-legal considerations associated with MR safety.

 

Target Audience: The content of this CME Symposium is intended for healthcare professionals including Radiologists and other Physicians, Technologists, Physicists, Radiologic and Imaging Nurses, Radiology Administrators, Facility Managers, Researchers, Risk Managers, and others.

 

Accreditation and CME Credit Statements: This CME 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 Providership of the Institute for Medical Studies (IMS) and Medical Imaging CME Consultants. The Institute for Medical Studies is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Institute for Medical Studies designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses may claim credit for activities approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ in most states, for up to 50% of the nursing requirement for recertification. This activity is designated for up to 20.0 AMA PRA Category1 Credits ™.

 

This MRI program has been submitted for approval of 20.0 hours of category A CE technologist credit as designated by The Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists (SMRT) RCEEM. ARRT regulations state that an individual may not repeat a live activity for credit if it was reported in the same or any subsequent biennium. To receive the maximum amount of credit hours, you must attend all sessions. Verification of attendance policies will be in place for each lecture.

This meeting has applied to CAMPEP for approval of 20.0 MPCEC (Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit) hours.

Registered Nurses: California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP751, for the following totals: 20 Contact Hours if attend all three days.

 

Faculty and Planner Disclosures: As an accredited provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of The Institute for Medical Studies (IMS) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its live activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and planners must disclose any financial relationships with commercial interests germane to program content. Planner has nothing to disclose. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of IMS to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. Planner has nothing to disclose.