Preliminary Program
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Preliminary Program
Instructions to attendees: If you wish to receive a marked evaluation of your responses as well as a discussion of the question, please complete the registration form included in this package. After the conference, your results will be analyzed and distributed to you along with the discussion and references related to the questions. Your results will be kept in a confidential manner.
Aims: This year’s program has been developed as a comprehensive survey course to prepare participants for ARDMS credentialing (RVT and RPVI) and provide a broadly-based educational exposure appropriate for maintenance of certification and credentialing. It will cover topics in aortic, venous, carotid and peripheral artery disease.
Objectives:
At the end of this conference, the participants will be able to:
1) Discuss the rationale for standards and guidelines in vascular ultrasound practice
2) Understand the application of standards to high quality technical and diagnostic protocols
3) Describe normal, abnormal and unusual findings in vascular ultrasound practice
4) Recognize personal knowledge base and facility quality issues
5) Develop a personal learning plan to address personal knowledge deficits
7:15 Registration Opens
7:15 – 7:45 Registration and Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00 Welcome, Introduction and Overview
Session Objectives: Review of the program, goals and objectives of the conference. The opportunity for participants to provide feedback on these items is provided at the time
Facilitator: Douglas L Wooster
8:00 – 8:30 Case Presentation and Discussion with ARS
Session Objectives: To highlight rationale and importance of standards – based vascular ultrasound
Facilitator: W. Darrin Clouse
8:30 – 8:50 Guidelines and Standards Rationale
Session Objectives: Describe rationale of standards – based vascular ultrasound
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
8:50 – 9:00 Census Analysis and Impact on Vascular Care
Session Objectives: To understand current and future population demographics and their impacts on vascular care
Speaker: Elizabeth M Wooster
AORTIC SESSION
Session Objectives: To integrate vascular ultrasound protocols for technical and interpretation aspects for aneurysm studies
9:00 – 9:15 Aortic Session: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Speaker: John Harlock
9:15 – 9:30 Aortic Session: Non – aneurysmal Disease
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
9:30 – 9:45 Aortic Session: Post intervention
Speaker: W. Darrin Clouse
9:45 – 10:00 Aortic Session: Quality Assurance
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
10:00 – 10:30 Aortic Large Group Discussion, ARS SAP and Panel Q&A
Facilitator: John Harlock
10:30 – 10:45 Networking Break
CAROTID SESSION
Session objectives: To integrate vascular ultrasound protocols for technical and interpretation aspects for carotid studies
10:45 – 11:00 Carotid Session: Technical Protocols
Speaker: John Harlock
11:00 – 11:15 Carotid Session: Interpretation Protocols
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
11:15 – 11:30 Carotid Session: Unusual Pathology
Speaker: Theodore Rapanos
11:30 – 11:45 Carotid Session: Quality Assurance
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
11:45 – 12:00 Carotid Point / CounterPoint
Facilitators: Ted Rapanos and Douglas Wooster
12:00 – 12:30 Carotid Large Group Discussion, ARS SAP and Panel Q&A
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch with Case and Image Challenge and Discussion with ARS
Facilitator: Douglas L Wooster
2:00 – 2:30 Guest Lecture
Speaker: W Darrin Clouse
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL SESSION
Session objectives: To integrate vascular ultrasound protocols for technical and interpretation aspects for peripheral arterial studies
2:30 – 2:45 Peripheral Arterial Session: Rationale and Standards
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
2:45 – 3:00 Peripheral Session: Technical Protocols
Speaker: Theodore Rapanos
3:00 – 3:15 Peripheral Session: Interpretation protocols
Speaker: Christiane Werneck
3:15 – 3:30 Peripheral Session: Quality Assurance
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
3:30 – 4:00 Peripheral Large Group Discussion, ARS SAP and Panel Q&A
Facilitator: TBA
4:00 – 4:15 Networking Break
VENOUS SESSION
Session Objectives: To integrate vascular ultrasound protocols for technical and interpretation aspects for venous studies
4:15 – 4:30 Venous Session: Assessment for VTE disease
Speaker: Christiane Werneck
4:30 – 4:45 Venous Session: Assessment for CVI / VV
Speaker: Christiane Werneck
MISCELLANEOUS SESSION
Session Objectives: To integrate vascular ultrasound protocols for technical and interpretation aspects for miscellaneous vascular ultrasound studies
4:45 – 5:00 Miscellaneous Session: Renal and Visceral Arteries
Speaker: W. Darrin Clouse
5:00 – 5:15 Miscellaneous Session: Unusual Pathology
Speaker: Douglas L Wooster
5:15 – 6:00 Concluding Large Group Discussion, ARS SAP and Panel Q&A
Facilitators: All Faculty
6:00 Meeting Adjourns