BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1791588:Event:73004 DTSTAMP:20260413T081432Z SUMMARY:16th Annual Mammography In Santa Fe DESCRIPTION:16th Annual Mammography In Santa Fe\nAugust 8 - 12\n\nCOUR SE DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis course is designed for radiologists who find t hemselves challenged by the new practical issues of performing success ful high-quality breast imaging in a changing medical environment. Thi s year, we will again focus on perceptive skills involved in screening . An interactive all-digital screening workshop in which participants will evaluate 100 digital screening cases is one of the highlights All workshop participants will have the opportunity to review all cases a t the workstation with a faculty member. Upon completion of the worksh op, they will receive a certificate verifying that they interpreted 10 0 digital mammograms under supervision, acceptable toward fulfillment of their MQSA requirement.\n\nParticipants can also review 10-20 Breas t MRI unknown cases at the workstation, with these cases being discuss ed and answers reviewed during the Breast MRI Mini-Course.\n\nThis yea r, the Breast MRI Mini-Course is expanding to two days, with the secon d day focusing on more advanced topics, as well as an extensive intera ctive review featuring projection of MRI cases real-time from the work station.\n\nThe extremely popular and successful hands-on workshops te aching stereotactic, ultrasound-guided, and MR needle biopsy technique s and featuring the latest equipment from a wide spectrum of vendors w ill again be offered.\n\nThis year, in response to the continuing dema nd for a formal \"Question and Answer\" session, we are expanding the meeting by an extra day. On Friday morning, the entire session will be entitled, \"Breakfast with the Faculty\", and will be devoted complet ely to faculty responses to attendees' questions. One will even be abl e to submit questions AND/OR CASES to be posed to the faculty when enr olling for the meeting!\n\nEDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:\nBy the end of this course, registrants will be able to:\n• Apply new and improved skil ls in perception to the interpretation of screening mammograms.\n• G ain a greater appreciation of the importance of meticulous perception techniques in the detection of subtle early breast cancer.\n• Develo p strategies to reduce the possibility of a missed lesion at screening .\n• Perform a more comprehensive evaluation of screening-detected a bnormalities, including appropriate use of special views, ultrasound, MR, and other modalities.\n• Appraise the current status of interven tional breast procedures, especially core biopsy.\n• Perform the tec hniques of stereotactic, ultrasound, and MR-guided core needle biopsy of the breast.\n• Delineate the new role of Breast MR in the everyda y practice of breast imaging, including its new role in screening high -risk patients.\n\nACCREDITATION:\n\nThis activity has been planned an d implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of t he\nAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The International\nInstitute for Continuing Medi cal Education, Inc.(IICME) and X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.\nT he The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc. is accredited by the ACCME to provide\ncontinuing medical education fo r physicians.\n\nDESIGNATION:\n\nThe International Institute for Conti nuing Medical Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maxi mum of 29.25 AMA PRA Category 1 TM. Physicians should only claim credi t commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. \n\nBreast Ultrasound: 3.5 Hours\nFull Field Digital Mammography: 8.0 Hours\nBreast MRI: 10.0 Hours\nBreast Ultrasound Biopsy: 2.0 Hours\nSt ereotactic Biopsy: 1.0 Hours\nBreast MRI Biopsy: 1.0 Hours\n\nFor more information visit https://community.radrounds.com/events/16th-annual- mammography-in DTSTART:20110808T040000Z DTEND:20110813T035900Z CATEGORIES:annual, mammography LOCATION:La Fonda Hotel WEBSITE:http://iicme.com/events.asp?action=form&formID=2356&recordID=4 15802&f=description URL:http://iicme.com/events.asp?action=form&formID=2356&recordID=41580 2&f=description CONTACT: ORGANIZER:X-Ray Associates of New Mexico ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="radRound s Radiology Events":https://community.radrounds.com/profile/radRoundsR adiologyEvents END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR