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Military Special - The Technologists Big 3: Patient Safety, Defining the Role, Future Technologies
Celebrate NRTW - 3 Category A Credits FREE to Military
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Overview
About this Webinar
Celebrate NRTW with a Blockbuster Webinar!
You won't want to miss the Technologists Big 3.
- Artificial Intelligence & the Impact on Patient Safety - Aalpen Patel, MD, FSIR
- To Shield or Not to Shield - Stewart C. Bushong, Sc.D.
- The Day in the Life of a Forensic Radiologic Technologist - Karen Jazowski, BS, ARRT
Educational Objectives
Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on Patient Safety
- To understand the fundamental concept and application of AI in Healthcare specific to patient safety applications.
- To learn the important role of team concept in the development and execution of 'Just Culture' environment.
- To comprehend important elements of High Reliability Organization (HRO) and the journey to achieve 'Zero Harm' goals.
To Shield or Not to Shield
- To provide an overview of the recent AAPM policy on Gonadal Shielding.
- To discuss past and current clinical practices impacting the utilization of gonadal shielding.
- To define and provide guidelines relevant to technolgists role on patient radiation safety.
The Day in the Life of a Forensic Radiologic Technologist
- To define forensics and forensic radiology.
- To understand and learn key terms in forensics.
- To provide an overview of the history of forensic radiology and how radiographs are utilized in the medical examiner/coroner's office.
Schedule
| Topic #1 | Artificial Intelligence & the Impact on Patient Safety Aalpen Patel, MD, FSIR |
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| Topic #2 | To Shield or Not to Shield Stewart C. Bushong, ScD |
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| topic #3 | The Day in the Life of a Forensic Radiologic Technologist Karen Jazowski, BS, ARRT |
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Audience
All Radiologic Technologists
Faculty
Name
Aalpen Patel, MD, FSIR
Healthcare Technology Executive, Electrical Engineer, Physician Executive, Informatician, Researcher, active Teacher and Servant Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry and leading change with technology. Practicing Interventional Radiologist. Proven Leader in Clinical Informatics. Inspired to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve care, reduce medical errors, and improve the well-being of the population, locally, nationally, and globally.
Name
Stewart C. Bushong, ScD
Stewart Bushong received his Sc.D. from University of Pittsburgh in 1967. Since 1976 he has been Professor and Chief of the Section of Radiologic Science in the Department of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He has been active in the AAPM since he joined in 1962. He has been a regular presenter, served on eight standing committees chairing six of them. He has served on the Board of Directors. His Fellowships include AAPM, ACMP and ACR. His noteworthy contributions to the advancement of the profession of medical physics include helping to establish the Texas Medical Physics Society in 1986, formed for the express purpose of licensing medical physicists. This effort was successful and in 1991, Dr. Bushong was named by Governor Ann Richards to the inaugural nine member Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists. He was elected by that board to serve as its first chairperson. Dr. Bushong holds medical physics license number 0001.
Name
Karen Jazowski, BS, ARRT
Karen has been in the forensic field for the past 35 years as a forensic pathology assistant and an educator. Her experiences as an educator include adjunct faculty at College America Fort Collins for 8 years. Along with educating fellow technicians, interns, residences, forensic fellows and law enforcement personal for 21 years as Manager of Morgue Operations for the Denver Medical Examiner’s Office. She was instrumental in the process of the Denver office becoming accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiner’s(NAME). Becoming a Radiologic Technician at that time. She then incorporated her knowledge of forensics with forensic radiology. Her passion for teaching is focusing on sharing her experiences and knowledge of forensics with technologist in a fashion that enlightens the day to day operations in the morgue. She is a member and presenter for the Colorado Society of Radiologic Technologist. She is a member of Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team/ Region VIII for the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the past 20 years.
Credits
ASRT Category A
This program provides 3 hour(s) of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists approved by ASRT and recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. Category A credit is also recognized for CE credit in Canada. You must attend the entire program to receive your certificate of completion.
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