Cardiac CT Doctor to Doctor Training

Cardiac CT Doctor to Doctor Training

Cardiac CT Doctor to Doctor Training

Dates for 2012 for Derriford Hospital, Plymouth:

January 23rd - 27th

February 20th - 24th

March 19th - 23rd

October 1st - 5th

Location: Peninsula Radiology Academy, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 5WR

Dates for 2012 for UK Clinical Education Academy, Hatfield:

May 14th - 18th

November 12th - 16th

Location: UK Clinical Education Academy, GE Healthcare, 71 Great North Road, Hatfield, Herts, AL5 9EN,

Target Attendees: Radiologists, Cardiologists

General Course Information:

This course has been developed with Dr. Carl Roobottom and Dr. Gareth Morgan-Hughes. They have a wide variety of Cardiac CT experience from the early days with a 4-slice scanner, through LightSpeed 16 to today's LightSpeed VCT XT and continue to develop the technique. As Consultant Radiologist and Cardiologist respectively, they have been Delivering CT Cardiac training courses together with GE since 2004, the longest established training of its kind in the UK. Accreditation in cardiac CT is becoming important following the ACC (American College of Cardiology) and the AHA (American Heart Association) clinical competency statement on Cardiac Imaging with Computed Tomography in 2007.

During this course you will be provided the opportunity to meet the majority of criteria to fulfill the level II Certification requirements of the ACC/AHA. The course will also be accredited through the SCCT (Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography). Dr Roobottom and Dr Morgan-Hughes are both level III accredited with the SCCT.

• Learn how to report Cardiovascular CT examinations with hands on Workstation training (Delivered by GE CT Education specialist)

• Through lectures and seeing patient examinations, understand the complexities of Coronary CT, from Patient set-up, contrast injection, Image acquisition, and reconstruction to post processing

• Understand how to troubleshoot issues and challenges as they appear in Clinical practice

• Have 150 contrast enhanced cases (including native coronary Arteries, Bypass Stents, congenital heart disease and incidental findings).

The number of attendees is strictly limited to 10 participants to allow maximum Hands-on experience on the ADW. 

To enrol or receive further information, please contact Anne Pereira; Clinical Education Academy Leader for GE Healthcare UK & Ireland

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