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2023 Board Review and Update of Cardiovascular CT Course
June 8 - 9 & August 24 - 25 | Virtual
The SCCT Board Review Course is designed to engage physicians and healthcare professionals interpreting cardiac CT in a comprehensive exploration of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. Didactic lectures, image-based case examples, reviews of the research literature in cardiovascular CT, and question and answer sessions are designed to increase the competency and performance of the physician up to a level established for the Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT Exam and the Cardiac CT Certificate of Advance Proficiency Examination.
Sample of Board Review content
Chair: Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
Co-chair: Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
Faculty J.
Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSc, MSCCT Milind Desai, MD, MBA Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT David German, MD, MPH James Lee, MD, FSCCT Shuai Leng, PhD Christopher Maroules, MD, FSCCT Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH,
FSCCT Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT Edward P. Shapiro, MD, FSCCT Michelle Williams, MD, PhD, FSCCT Jeannie Yu, MD, FSCCT Armin A. Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT
The course includes an expanded number of interactive sessions that will focus on the "core" knowledge that every practitioner of cardiovascular CT is expected to know, across a wide range of topics, as determined by the examination
board of the CBCCT and the ACR. Course highlights include an end-of-course exam simulates the testing environment, audience response question and answer that accompanies every lecture, and two dedicated imaging review sessions
with an expanded question and answer format
After participating in this activity, the participants should be better able to:
Describe the principles of cardiovascular CT scanning, acquisition, and image reconstruction to colleagues and members of the cardiovascular CT team
Discuss and implement protocols for decreasing radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic image quality to members of the cardiovascular CT team
Understand the indications, contraindications, capabilities, and limitations of cardiovascular CT in the care of cardiovascular patients
Discuss criteria with colleagues for appropriate selection of patients for cardiovascular CT Identify common pathology that is diagnosed by cardiovascular CT, and distinguish true pathology from artifacts and pitfalls
Understand the role of cardiovascular CT in the evaluation of chest pain and the treatment of valvular heart disease
Describe new technologies that enhance conventional coronary CTA
Registration includes two days of live sessions, PLUS full access to the recorded content following the virtual meeting.
Registration includes the opportunity to earn 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. *
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 15.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.
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Physicians, scientists, physician assistants, biomedical engineers, industry representatives
The August activity will be hosted on the CVENT platform.
It is recommended that participants test their access to the CVENT platform via the access link provided via email the week of the event prior to start of the activity.
SCCT is not responsible for connectivity or institutional firewall issues.
CME Information
*The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.
Code of conduct
By participating in an SCCT event, whether virtual or in-person, individuals agree to comply with SCCT’s meetings code of conduct, which help ensure a safe environment for everybody: Be excellent to each other, show empathy and help make this a safe space for relevant discussion.
SCCT is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, experience, or religion (or lack thereof)or technology choices . We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media (View SCCT’s social media disclaimer). Participants violating this code may be sanctioned or expelled from SCCT events without a refund at the discretion of the organizers, and appropriate legal action will be taken against violators where applicable.
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