(Monday, 4/9/2018) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Marquis Ballroom 1-4
ABR Update
J. Anthony Seibert
The American Board of Radiology (ABR) has had a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program for ten years. During that time the program has evolved. The MOC program consists of four parts.
• Part 1 – Professional Standing
• Part 2 – Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment
• Part 3- Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment and Skills
• Part 4 –Practice Quality Improvement
All four elements have evolved in recent years. This presentation will review the MOC program and will provide information on how each part of the program has evolved.
What Does the New Legislative Year Look Like?
Matt Reiter, AAPM Lobbyist
This session will provide an overview of the current environment for federal health policy. The presentation will address policy changes that will affect the clinical work of medical physicists.
In addition, the presentation will discuss AAPM’s efforts to maintain patient access to radioisotopes and address any draft bills introduced and/or the potential of such bills being introduced in Congress to mandate the use of alternative technologies and/or limit access to radioactive sources. The presentation will examine AAPM’s role in educating legislators and others on the safe and secure use of radioactive materials and the benefit from utilizing these sources in treatment of cancer and providing quality patient care.
CRCPD Medical Event Reporting-the How and Why
Jennifer Elee
The presentation will address the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors’ (CRCPD’s) efforts to create a database of radiation medical events. The CRCPD collects events from all states with reporting requirements in place. The CRCPD H-38 Committee on Radiation Medical Events is overseeing the development and maintenance of a national database of radiation medical events, providing a single point for all states to input events into a single database. The CRCPD Committee on Medical Events works with AAPM to produce an annual summary of events which includes a written report and summary presentation given at the CRCPD annual meeting each year. Evaluation of data is done in consultation with advisors, resource individuals, and other experts in the field, and the CRCPD uses the data to inform interested parties on trends, root causes, and methods for improvement. The CRCPD has been collecting events since 2011. The presentation will include a summary of the radiation medical event data collected and discuss the lessons learned so far.
Medical Use of Radiation: Radiation Safety Issues
Richard Martin
This session will provide a brief update of radiation safety issues impacting medical physicist practices. The presentation will examine pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) activities, provide the status of the NRC’s re-evaluation of Category 3 source security and accountability, and look at other regulations, legislation and case law impacting radiation safety, patient access to radioactive sources, and medical event reporting.
The presentation will include a discussion of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (2005), which spurred growth of incident learning systems, including the Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System (RO-ILS), and it will update attendees on the evolving law relating to the patient safety work product privilege.
Learning Objectives:
1. To review and understand the four parts of the ABR MOC program
2. To learn the most recent updates to the MOC program and how they affect current diplomates.
3. To understand the political environment impacting medical use of radiation.
4. To learn about AAPM's advocacy related to medical use of radiation and access to radioisotopes.
5. To understand the CRCPD reporting system.
6. To promote event reporting and incident learning at all levels.
7. To discuss the numbers and types of events reported to CRCPD from 2011-2017.
8. To learn about current issues in the radiation safety arena.
9. To understand issues related to medical use of radiation that may impact patient access to radioactive sources.
10. To understand the evolving law on incident learning systems and the patient safety work product privilege.
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