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SCCT sponsored programs:
| CTA Academy: A Refresher Course - Hands-On Training in CCTA Interpretation for Intermediate & Advanced Users |
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| July 14-15, 2010 |
3rd Annual Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course |
| Brief Description: |
The 3rd Annual Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course held July 14-15, 2010 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada will be a rigorous and comprehensive review of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. The course features presentations from expert faculty in cardiology and radiology, a curriculum designed according to the content outline of the CBCCT examination, and interactive learning tools including an audience response system This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. |
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The Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| July 15-18, 2010 |
5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography |
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This program will provide timely information on the technical principles, methods, clinical results, potential applications and limitations of cardiovascular computed tomography as well as update attendees with the most recent scientific data in the field. |
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The Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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SCCT sponsored educational products:
SCCT 25 Mentored Cardiovascular CT Cases
An Interactive Software Training Program to Improve Your Reading Skills |
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Twenty-five cardiovascular CT cases with catheter correlations are the perfect way to improve your skills in cardiovascular CT. Created on the highly acclaimed MedMind learning platform, you will review and interpret all 25 cases on your workstation. You will submit your diagnoses into the software, receive instant coaching, and then watch a video of the cases being interpreted by an expert. Once you review and understand the expert's interpretation, watch the invasive angiogram videos to further improve your knowledge base in cardiac CT - all in the comfort of your own facility. Participants will be able to have these 25 cases count towards the "Minimum Number of Mentored Examinations Interpreted" according to the ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac CT and MR (Budoff et al, JACC 46:2005;383-402). You must have a 3D workstation in order to use this product. |
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| SCCT 1st Radiology Prep course for Advanced Certification in Cardiac CT- DVD-ROM |
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SCCT 1st Radiology Prep course for Advanced Certification in Cardiac CT held January 15-16, 2010 in Hollywood, Florida, engaged physicians and healthcare professionals in a comprehensive review of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice in order to prepare for the American College of Radiology's Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency Examination. The DVD-ROM features presentations from expert faculty in cardiology and radiology with interactive menus which allow you to learn and review at your own pace, and complete capture of sessions with synchronized audio, slides and dynamic imaging from the radiology prep course. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (for those who did not attend the course). Please note there will be an additional $50 certificate processing fee for those requesting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Please note that CME credit cannot be used more than once per DVD and there will be an additional $50 certificate processing fee for those requesting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. |
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| SCCT Cardiovascular CT Board Prep: 450 Questions with Answers and Explanations to Help You Master the Exam |
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The SCCT Cardiovascular CT Board Prep book contains hundreds of questions, figures and images, with complete explanations of answers to help you prepare for the exam. Written and edited by experts from the SCCT, this invaluable resource represents the largest collection of cardiovascular CT review questions compiled in any one source. Nine sections, plus a practice test cover the topics that will be encountered on the exam. The quantity and distribution of subjects are designed to represent each section according to the CBCCT exam blueprint. |
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SCCT Cardiovascular CT Board Prep Book
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| 2nd Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course DVD-ROM - 2009 |
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NEW and IMPROVED — The 2nd Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course held July 15-16, 2009 in Orlando, Florida, was a rigorous and comprehensive review of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. The DVD-ROM features presentations from expert faculty in cardiology and radiology, a curriculum designed according to the content outline of the CBCCT examination, interactive menus which allow you to learn and review at your own pace, and complete capture of sessions with synchronized audio, slides and dynamic imaging from the board review course. This year, the instructors had the benefit of having sat for — and passed! — the examination. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (for those who did not attend the course). Please note there will be an additional $50 certificate processing fee for those requesting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Please note that CME credit cannot be used more than once per DVD and there will be an additional $50 certificate processing fee for those requesting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™l;. |
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| 1st Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course DVD-ROM - 2008 |
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The 1st Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course held July 16-17, 2008 in Orlando, Florida, included a comprehensive review of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. It is designed to provide the participant with a rigorous and thorough knowledge base in preparation for the Cardiovascular CT Board Examination, through didactic lectures, image-based case examples, reviews of the research literature in cardiovascular CT, and multiple-choice study questions including an audience response system. The course focused on the "core" knowledge that every practitioner of cardiovascular CT is expected to know, across a wide range of topics. The course outline as well as the content syllabus was prepared according to the information issued by the CBCCT. The course was be presented by expert cardiology and radiology faculty. The dedicated imaging review session was a major highlight of the course. |
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| Cardiac CT Live: 25 Live Mentored Cases DVD-ROM |
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Cardiac CT Live is a collection of 25 cardiac CT angiographic studies acquired live at The Heart Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Each case reviews various techniques in acquisition of cardiac CT studies as well as data processing and reconstruction. Each case is then followed by a detailed interpretation by Dr. Michael Ridner of the Heart Center. Cases include examples of normal cardiac anatomy, native coronary lesions, coronary artery bypass graft anatomy, coronary stents and assessment of LV function.
Case credit: Participants will be able to have these 25 cases count towards the "Minimum Number of Mentored Examinations Interpreted" according to the ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac CT and MR (Budoff et al, JACC 46:2005;383-402), 50 cases for Level 2 training, and 100 cases for Level 3 training. Since patients are actually scanned, the cases will count towards the "Minimum Number of Mentored Examinations Performed" in which, according to ACC/AHA criteria, the physical presence of the trainee is required during the acquisition of the CT dataset. The candidate must be present in the scanning room during CT raw data acquisition and image reconstruction from that raw data in at least 25 of the 50 cases where the CT data acquisition is observed. In up to 25 cases data acquisition can be witnessed from a taped video demonstration. If the CT data sets from these taped patients are not available for workstation review, these cases will contribute to the 50 required cases for observation but not to the additional 100 cases requiring data manipulation and interpretation.
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Programs where SCCT is participating as a joint-sponsor:
Educational products or resources which should be of interest to SCCT members:
| Cardiac Computed Tomography Self-Assessment Program |
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Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) is a rapidly emerging technology allowing physicians to noninvasively identify patients with a broad range of cardiac pathology ranging from subclinical atherosclerosis, obstructive coronary artery disease, and abnormalities of cardiovascular structure and function. In order to ensure that you have the tools you need to keep up with this change, the ACCF, in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), is pleased to offer you its latest self-assessment program, CCTSAP. Developed by more than 40 world-renowned experts in the field, CCTSAP provides you with a wealth of expert opinion that is unmatched by any other single resource. Additionally, it meets COCATS Level 1training requirements for the subject. |
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Visit http://www.acc.org/education/products/cttsap.htm |
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| ASNC Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Preparation Course |
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June 11 - 13, 2010
Hyatt Regency Tech Center
Denver, CO
September 21 - 23, 2010
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Philadelphia, PA |
| Program Chairs: |
Donna M. Polk, MD, MPH, FASNC, E. Lindsey Tauxe, CNMT, MEd, FASNC |
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Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Research Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: July 2010 |
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Applicants are invited to apply for a two year research fellowship in cardiac imaging, including cardiac CT, MRI, SPECT, PET, and echo.
Background: Increasingly, there is a demand that MDs involved in non-invasive cardiac imaging be experts in multiple modalities. There is a parallel strong need for faculty to perform research and teach in multimodality cardiac imaging.
Qualifications: The program is open to MDs who have completed a cardiology fellowship or radiology residency and are board eligible. The applicant should have clinical experience in multimodality cardiac imaging gained during residence or fellowship. Applicants should be planning a career in imaging research.
Program: The program is designed to foster the development of clinical investigators in cardiac imaging. The formal curriculum includes courses in techniques of clinical and animal imaging research, outcomes research, biostatistics, scientific writing, grant writing, and the ethics of research. The trainee may participate in the lecture series for residents and fellows, if desired. Approximately 80% of the fellowship time is devoted to research, and 20% is allotted to clinical work, so as to gain and maintain multimodality clinical cardiac imaging skills. The trainee is encouraged to choose a combination of at least two modalities for research concentration. The trainee is involved in all steps of these individual research projects from hypothesis generation, literature review, project design, sample size, IRB application, patient recruitment, data acquisition, data analysis, abstract writing, abstract presentation, and manuscript writing.
The clinical imaging experience takes advantage of state of the art CT, MRI, SPECT, PET, and echo instrumentation dedicated to clinical cardiac work, the strong research expertise of the faculty, and the multiple funded, ongoing research programs in each of the modalities. The animal imaging research takes advantage of the superbly equipped small and large animal multimodality research imaging facility.
How to apply: Applicants should send a letter of expression of interest to Daniel Berman, MD or email Daniel.berman@cshs.org, Director, Cardiac Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Taper Bldg., Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Applicants will be required to provide the following documents prior to selection for an interview: a copy of medical school diploma or transcripts, 2 letters of recommendation, a copy of USMLE scores and a letter from current program director verifying prior training and satisfactory completion of current training. Graduates from non-USA/Canada medical schools must also provide an ECFMG certificate and California Medical License or "Applicant Status Letter."
Please submit CVs to: Debbie.kenneybrew@cshs.org
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| Director: |
Daniel S. Berman, MD |
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Los Angeles, CA |
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Debbie Kenneybrew |
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