Physics Education for Users of Fluoroscopic Equipment in Healthcare Organizations
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- Sources for Existing Fluoroscopy Training Programs
- Sources of Information for Developing a Training Program
Sources for Existing Fluoroscopy Training Programs
- FluoroSafety offers a number of educational programs on the safe use of fluoroscopy that have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CME credit. These offerings include the Advanced Training Program (up to 8 hours CME), the Basic Training Program (up to 4 hours CME), and Establishing a Patient Safety Program in Fluoroscopy (up to 2.5 hours CME). Educational programs from FluoroSafety are developed by two board certified physicists and a board certified radiologist with a CAQ in Interventional Radiology. Available for purchase at www.fluorosafety.com
- Versant Medical Physics and Radiation Safety offers 2 hr, 4 hr, and 10 hr virtual courses to satisfy various state education requirements. ASRT Accreditation is available
Sources of Information for Developing a Training Program
- RSNA-AAPM Online Physics Modules. (2009 to Present) “Fluoroscopy Systems”, “Radiation Dose and Safety in Interventional Radiology”, “Basic Radiation Biology”, “Radiation Effects”. Radiological Society of North America, Oak Brook, IL and American Association of Physicists in Medicine, College Park, MD. Available to RSNA and AAPM members free of charge.
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Radiation Dose Management for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Medical Procedures, NCRP Report No. 168. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, 2011.
- Chambers CE, Fetterly K, Holzer R, Lin PJP, Blankenship JC, Balter S, Laskey WK. , Radiation Safety Program for the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Cath and Card Interv., 2011 77: 510-514.
- ACR-AAPM Technical Standard for Management of the Use of Radiation in Fluoroscopic Procedures . American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, 2018. Available at https://www.acr.org/-/media/ACR/Files/Practice-Parameters/MgmtFluoroProc.pdf.
- ACR White Paper Recommendations on Radiation Dose in Medicine. The American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, 2010. Available at https://www.acr.org/-/media/ACR/Files/Radiology-Safety/Radiation-Safety/WhitePaper_RadiationDose_2010.pdf.
- A Guide for Establishing a Credentialing and Privileging Program for Users of Fluoroscopic Equipment in Healthcare Organizations, AAPM Report 124, 2012.
- Image Gently Guidance for pediatric interventional radiologist for dosed reduction.
- ACR Practice Guidelines for specific procedures. Available at www.acr.org.
- American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association Expert Consensus Document. “2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation-Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards Update.” J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Published on line May 8, 2012.
- Society of Interventional Radiology Clinical Practice Guidelines and Standards of Practice. Main webpage has sub-sites for consensus, credentialing, safety and emerging technologies statements.
- AAPM (1998). American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Managing the Use of Fluoroscopy in Medical Institutions. AAPM Report No. 58. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, College Park, Maryland. Didactic syllabus and test.