Quality Bone Densitometry: Performance, Interpretation, and Clinical Application for Technologists

Offered livestream (via Zoom)

*Note:  The livestream course will not be recorded.

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An Osteoporosis Essentials Course of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry & International Osteoporosis Foundation

The core elements of this program focus on performing quality DXA scans, dissecting the data and applying this knowledge to a technologist’s role in patient care. This course, which focuses on quality DXA, is innovative, interactive and informative. The course emphasizes technical excellence in the performance, analysis, and troubleshooting of bone densitometry scans. The course will provide standard practices and applications to raise the quality of DXA scan procedures and their impact on patient care. This is achieved by enhancing awareness of the technical expertise involved in performing bone densitometry and applying protocols to address everyday challenges. The course focuses on the considerable impact that a technologist plays in the delivery of quality DXA, and how that influences patient management.

Pre-requisite and optional videos are included in the registration fees. Access to that content will be made available to registered participants 30 days prior to the course start date through the ISCD online education portal.

Target Audience:
This course is appropriate for those involved in the performance of DXA scans and open to any health professional performing these scans.

Course Schedule (All Times Listed in US Eastern Time)

Pre-requisites

• • Video A – Overview of Osteoporosis
  • Video B – Fundamentals of Bone Densitometry, Physics, Radiation Safety, and Quality Assurance
  • Optional Video C – What US Healthcare Providers Need to Know about DXA for Patient Care

Day 1: The Importance of the Technologist in patient care and quality performance of DXA Scans

Day 1 Objectives: After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:

• Design and implement quality control and assurance practices
• Perform a precision assessment and appreciate the requirement for clinical care
• Identify the anatomy relevant to clinical DXA scanning
• Implement consistent and appropriate technical acquisition and analysis techniques
• Perform a fracture risk assessment using FRAX

Day 1 Schedule

Day 2: The Importance of Understanding and Applying the Science and Language of Densitometry

Day 2 Objectives: After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:

• Provide DXA interpreters sufficient information for a high-quality DXA report
• Understand how specific medical conditions and medications affect bone density
• Demonstrate how to access features within the DXA software
• Critically evaluate DXA scans to identify acquisition and analysis errors and implement resolution methods
• Recognize how technical errors impact clinical interpretation and patient care

Day 2 Schedule

Course Continuing Education Credits:

This activity is approved by ASRT for 11.50 Category A continuing education credits. Partial credit will not be given for either day. This activity can be used toward the RT Structured Education and CQR requirements for the ARRT.

Course Registration Rates

Policies

Policy on Commercial Support and Conflict of Interest
The ISCD maintains a policy on the use of commercial support, which ensures that all educational activities sponsored by the ISCD provide in-depth presentations that are fair, balanced, independent, and scientifically rigorous. ISCD requires faculty, planners, managers and other individuals and their spouse/ life partner who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by ISCD for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. Individual disclosures are included in course material.

Disclaimer
The information and suggestions presented at the courses, seminars and other programs sponsored by ISCD and other collaborating societies are subject to change and therefore should serve only as a foundation for further investigation and study. Any forms presented at our seminars or programs are samples only and are not necessarily authoritative. All information, procedures, and forms contained or used in such seminars or programs should serve only as a guide for use in specific situations.

Attendance Cancellation Policy
All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 14 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 7 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.

Course Changes or Cancellations
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program and/or change dates. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded automatically unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program Participants will be notified of any changes within 14 days of the course start date.

Disability Compliance
The ISCD fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special accommodations to participate fully in the ISCD program, please contact us as soon as possible so we can make appropriate accommodations.  You can make accommodation requests by calling 860.259.1000 ext 100 or send via email to education@iscd.org.