Spine Imaging Course 2023

This webinar aims at providing Consultant General Radiologists with a practical and comprehensive update on advanced interpretation and reporting practice in spine imaging.

A faculty of practicing consultant radiologists, experts in their fields, with extensive experience in advancing the spine imaging skills of peers nationally and internationally.

Full course programme

Course highlights

- Visiting lecturer from Boston

- Faculty of Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologists, Neuroradiologists and Spinal Surgeons who are experts in their fields and from different hospitals in the UK

- Interactive case-based approach to maximise learning, providing around 100 cases

- a greater appreciation – through collaborative discussion – of issues relating to spinal intervention

THE CONTENT

Thirteen sessions over two days:

- Degenerative spine- Spondyloarthritis and infection- Post-operative spine- Spinal canal abnormalities part 1- Brachial plexus- Thoracolumbar trauma- Cervical trauma- Spinal pathology in elite sports- Surgical procedures and implants- Non-vascular spinal intervention- Spinal canal abnormalities part 2: extramedullary and epidural- Paediatric spine- Spinal tumours

Each session includes:

A brief introduction by the session lead. Cases then reviewed by session lead whom will provide: Top tips, Pitfalls, Interactive questions, Take home messages

THE AIM

To provide Consultant Radiologists with a practical, stimulating and comprehensive update on in depth interpretation and reporting practice in spinal imaging: practical (case-based learning), stimulating and challenging cases, comprehensive (covering a full range of spinal imaging topics)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, the delegate will have:

- a comprehensive understanding of spinal pathology in both specialist and district general settings;

- improved skills in interpreting emergency spine pathology;

- a more in-depth understanding of both routine and complex chronic spine abnormalities;

- learned tips and tricks to avoid common misses and pick up on subtle abnormalities, particularly in relation to topics that are often inconsistently reported;

- a greater appreciation – through collaborative discussion – of issues relating to spinal intervention

Full course programme