Current Hot Topics of Interest in Mammography (Live Webinar)

Course Topics:

• Social Media Mistakes that Can Get You in Hot Water
  • Statistics on Social Media
  • Legislation and Social Media
  • The Got Fired for What?
• Is New Technology Doing-In Radiation Safety Strategies
  • New Technology Mistakes Technologists Make
  • Understanding the Bells and the Whistles of Digital
  •  Manufacturers Like to Be Different and How this Affects the Technologist
• Keeping Your First Procedure from Becoming Your Worst Procedure
  • Chest radiology Do's and Don'ts
  • Chest Positioning 101
  • Improving Portable Chest Imaging

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this lecture the participant should be able to:

1. Identify at least 3 mistakes that can affect their jobs that people often make on social media
2. Discuss federal rights vs. state rights for social media use at work
3. Describe digital imaging mistakes that can actually increase patient dose
4. Understand that various manufacturers mean numerous differences in the actual settings on equipment.
5. List at least 2 mistakes that technologists often make on chest imaging
6. Name 2 mistake technologists make on pediatric chest imaging
7. Discuss how portable chest radiography is perceived vs. reality