Best Practices to Avoid Common Errors in Cardiac Sonography Measurements for 2024
Event Overview
This webinar examines common errors in cardiac sonography measurements, their impact on diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes, and offers strategies for prevention and education to enhance diagnostic skills in cardiac sonography.
Objectives
Investigate common errors in cardiac sonography, highlighting how they can lead to diagnostic inaccuracies, and discuss methods to prevent them.
Assess the impact of errors in image measurement on patient outcomes, emphasizing the importance of accuracy for effective treatment planning.
Create strategies for teaching medical specialists, focusing on improving diagnostic skills in cardiac sonography through hands-on training and error analysis
Target Audience
Cardiologists
Echocardiographers
Anyone who perform and/or interpret echocardiography.
Credit Information
Credit Type
* AMA PRA Category 1™
Number of Credits
1
Estimated Time for Completion
1 hour
Faculty
Jason Cox, MD, DABR, Radiologist, Educator
Program Director,
Institute for Advanced Medical Education
Joseph Freedman, MD, FACC, Cardiologist
Echocardiography Expert
Jess Hooley, ACS, RCS
Advanced Cardiac Sonographer, Educator
CardioConnections
Britni James, RCS
Registered Cardiac Sonographer, Educator
CardioConnections
Disclosure
In compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME, the author of this CME tutorial is required to disclose any significant financial or other relationships they may have with commercial interests.
Jason Cox MD, Joseph Freedman MD, Jess Hooley, Britni James discloses no such relationships exist.
IAME has assessed conflict of interest with its faculty, authors, editors, and any individuals who were in a position to control the content of this CME activity. Any identified relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated. IAME's planners, content reviewers, and editorial staff disclose no relationships with ineligible entities.
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Sonographers: These credits are accepted by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), Sonography Canada, Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and most other organizations.
For information on the applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board or other credentialing organization.
* AMA PRA Category 1 ™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ARDMS, CCI, ACCME, and Sonography Canada.