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- All content will be delivered for all consultant radiologists. More and more consultant radiologists are now required to be on call. This well established course provides a practical and comprehensive review of the more challenging cases faced by the on-call Radiologist
- Format: Short theory lectures followed by interactive interpretation and reporting sessions with your own PACS access. To provide the busy, hands-on Radiologist with a practical, stimulating and comprehensive update on interpretation and reporting practice when on-call
- CPD: 12 credits with certificate in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), UK
Quick links
DAY ONE
80 minutes
Neuroradiology
Dr Ata Siddiqui
Consultant Neuroradiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Head injury
- Acute stroke
- Stroke mimics
- Venous thrombosis
70 minutes
Paediatric Cases
Dr Saira Haque
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Intussusception
- Malrotation and midgut volvulus
- Pyloric stenosis
- Non-accidental injury
50 minutes
Musculoskeletal Cases
Dr Bhavna Batohi
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Cauda equina compression and spondylodiscitis on MRI
- CT and MRI for suspected scaphoid and hip fractures
- Tricky fractures and review areas
- Septic arthritis
40 minutes
Abdo: Bowel and Pelvis pathology
Dr Beth Hankinson
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust
- Case-based presentation with feedback on pertinent findings
- Reporting guidance
- Top tips and common errors to avoid
75 minutes
Bowel and Pelvis Cases
Dr Beth Hankinson
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust
- Small bowel
- Large bowel
- Appendix
- Gynae – uterus, ovaries
- Bladder
- Male GU
DAY TWO
110 minutes
Chest
Dr John Curtis
Consultant Radiologist, Aintree University Hospital
- Patterns of chest pathology
- Differential diagnoses
- Key differences in imaging findings
- Top tips and common errors to avoid
- Cases on: Infection, Tumours and mimics, Fibrosis, ARDS, Interstitial lung diseases
80 minutes
Abdo Cases: Solid Organ
Dr John Curtis
Consultant Radiologist, Aintree University Hospital
- Spleen
- Kidney
- Stomach and duodenum
60 minutes
Abdo Cases: Solid Organ CONTINUED
Dr Priyan Tantrige
Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
60 minutes
Aortic and Vascular Cases
Dr Tim Yusuf
Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Aortic dissection
- Aneurysms
- Vascular access
- Bleeds
- Acute haemorrhage
50 minutes
Misses, Near-misses and Great pick-ups
Dr Imran Lasker
Consultant Radiologist, Basildon and Thurrock Hospital
- A selection of cases which were very challenging on call, where the findings were really important, but potentially easy to miss
The content
Eight sessions over two days:
- Neuroradiology
- Acute Chest
- Musculoskeletal
- Aortic and Vascular
- Abdo: Solid organ
- Paediatric
- Bowel and Pelvis
- Misses, Near-misses and Great pick-ups
Course highlights
- Faculty of practicing consultant radiologists, experts in their fields, with extensive experience in advancing skills of peers nationally and internationally.
- No didactic lectures – practical course, just workstation based cases and teaching pearls.
- Comprehensive - covering a full range of abdominal and pelvic imaging topics.
- True peer interaction/learning
- Stimulating, interactive, challenging cases, and very importantly, immediate feedback with around 100 cases to interpret and report.
A practical hands-on webinar
- Practical. Case by case tasked-based learning, workstation-based and interactive, covering a full range of on-call imaging topics, with challenging cases.
- Case-based interactive learning:
— personal access to cases using a powerful browser based DICOM viewer; and
— reporting ‘check lists’ and guidance what to look for and why, top tips and common errors to avoid, practical feedback, highlighting specific learning points.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the webinar, participants will have:
- a comprehensive understanding of good/best imaging interpretation and reporting practice in the range of topics most relevant to on-call imaging practice
- An in-depth understanding of best practice and how senior experts address these problems in terms of specific instances and cases
- Been able to raise their own queries or uncertainties
- Greater confidence in their own practice when faced with similar clinical dilemmas
- Identified gaps in their own skills or knowledge which can then be addressed
- Had an instructive and engaging educational experience
Course director
Dr Bhavna Batohi
Consultant MSK Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Batohi qualified from St George’s University of London in 2009 and has been a consultant radiologist working at King’s College Hospital since 2016. She is a general radiologist with specialist interests in musculoskeletal and trauma imaging and breast radiology. She has co-authored a number of book chapters and peer-reviewed papers in this field and lectures regularly at meetings. She is an enthusiastic teacher with involvement medical student and post-graduate levels and is director for a course for the on-call radiologist.
Facutly members
Faculty comprising leading Paediatricians and other specialists who are actually doing the job and can supply the expert, up-to-date and evidence-based information
- Dr John Curtis, Consultant Radiologist, Aintree University Hospital
- Dr Beth Hankinson, Radiologist, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust
- Dr Saira Haque, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Dr Imran Lasker, Consultant Radiologist, Basildon and Thurrock Hospital
- Dr Ata Siddiqui, Consultant Neuroradiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Dr Priyan Tantrige, Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Dr Tim Yusuf, Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
Comments from the previous runs of this event
Delegates from this course in June 2024
Extent of topics covered, including paediatrics and MSK Ability to review cases independently Excellent speakers delivering teaching
Cases, ability to watch later on catch up, timings
Excellent use of imaging viewing software
Home access, great speakers, case based approach
Excellent selection of cases and some great speakers.
Case-mix. Varying presenter style. No glitches in IT/PACS.
Covered a wide range of on call cases. Good refresh after the 2B course.
Speakers knowledge, excellent cases and time managment
Large number of cases with a good variety. Good quality presentations. Online.
Breadth of topics, quality of cases, great presenters.
Wide breadth of relevant topics, very good practical tips, smooth delivery in all talks
Overall a very good course with a large number of cases and good quality presentations.
Chest lecture and solid organ abdominal lecture
Feel more confident doing consultant oncall
Increase my confidence with inpatient/ED/oncall reporting
Very positive, increase in confidence when reporting on-call
Improvement of template reporting
Was great refresher course.
I am more confident in doing emergency calls
Good revision of on call topics.
Improve trauma reporting
It will help me be more aware of certain aspects of scans that I need to focus more on, important review areas, important differentials to exclude
Delegates from this course in June 2023
Fantastic course, a broad coverage, content and a good variety of cases.
Excellent speakers on very relevant topics
A good variety of cases, very good presenters, interactive deliveries, quizzes and good learning points
PACS brilliant, scrolling rapidly and tools easy to use.
WebEx, no issues for me, it did work really and very efficiently- perfect
It was so good to be able to scroll real time and dot it on line and form home!
I liked the way this webinar was conducted, the Infomed organisation, the content and commitment of the speakers are amazing.
I enjoyed the topics, cases and tips, excellent speakers , questions answered promptly
This course provided a good number of educational cases, clear presentation, an easily accessed case load, all delivered by expert speakers.
This was very good, the ease of doing the course, interactive, from home and online catch up available, no expensive travel to London!
I have been given more confidence when reporting on call cases, I will look for more abnormalities and tie up all together.
Very useful in day to day reporting and hopefully can sharpen skills on night calls
Brilliant webinar, the chest session, neuroradiology, MSK, paediatric neuro, solid organs, all excellent interactive content, and being able to do from home…and believe me, I was doing the hoovering in the breaks!!
This will result in a phenomenal change in my approach toward my reporting it will have great impact in y future practice
I will definitely feel more confident with neuro, and paeds
Sure, I’ll feel more comfortable with uncommon pathology when on-call.
Great for refreshing for on call and emergency hub sessions. I have also got some topics that I now need to revisit.
Delegates from this course in June 2022
I do on calls and no doubts this course will greatly help me in future, I will apply what I learnt on my reporting and also teaching junior colleagues
Great course. Will definitely recommend to others. The speakers are great, and great PostDICOM, WebEx and Slido, a good set of tools for the course
Useful topics. I really liked being able to access the cases before and during the lectures. I really enjoyed the case based approach to teaching.
Good coverage of basic on call knowledge, very well organised and slick, plus Infomed support very good and always available
Technology excellent, very easy to use and access, great interface for this type of course, no issues whatsoever
It is good being on line (and at home), very good content and good interaction, access to cases to view at own pace and after webinars – all very good to me!
The excellent tips, I will use daily and I feel better prepared to deal with on calls now.
Very good refresher for on-call duties, increased my confidence, a wider breadth of knowledge, very helpful to have seen rarer cases that I might come across to when on call
Very good – no issues, and Infomed support very good and always available
I must say that we had very good content, friendly people, concise and good Infomed support when needed
Excellent cases presented, good mix of pathology, speakers clear and receptive to questions and interaction.
Excellent course – although some talks could a bit more focussed to on-call type of work.
Good coverage of on call cases ,variety of scans, excellent learning points, helpful lecturers and online.
The sessions were well organised and content on PACS was easy to navigate, good interaction and ability of polls.
Ease of attending from home, no travel, no hotel, online interactive cases and talks, slick software, excellent speakers.
Extremely useful course, I will recommend it. Really good idea to connect cases to teaching, it makes learning much more interesting.
Very good case mix, friendly presenters, key points in each case
Delegates from this course in June 2021
Excellent faculty that provided very informative lectures with great cases for live discussion
Good to be able to view/scroll through images myself, alongside the speaker highlighting the salient findings
Good to learn new things about areas outside of my specialist interest. Right level of interactivity with chat. Questions were answered in real-time – all very good
I was pleased that there was almost no overlap between speakers in terms of learning points – which makes the most of the time. Nice and friendly faculty, and all willing to take questions – thank you
Excellent speakers who each brought a different teaching style but equally effective. Good coverage of topics. Very good (and calm!) technical support from Jack at Infomed
The course provided useful tips and will give me greater confidence in tackling emergency cases that are outside of my specialist interest
Really good course. Informative and huge amount covered, good cases presented, and I gained knowledge
I did enjoy the cases presented and the way it was carried out. The collective minds application which was I was not aware of and to was great to use
Extremely useful course, I will recommend it. Really good idea to connect cases to teaching, it makes learning much more interesting
There were no streaming problems and Infomed support was excellent.
Increased my knowledge and learned tips on who to report certain types of cases
Really a great refreshment plus really good tips for general practise
I gained more confidence in on call cases outside of my subspecialty, when reporting my on-call cases, I will aim at a more structured approach to reporting
I have made notes on take home points and tips and I will use them!
Access to cases for our imaging events
Our imaging courses are very much an interactive experience. Presentations are kept to the minimum and then you'll be into the fully featured cloud based DICOM viewer, looking at cases, feeding back your findings using our interactive tools. You'll get immediate feedback and learning points from our expert faculty member.
- Attendance of the course includes access to the database of cases associated to this event on our server at PostDICOM.
- Full access to each case with a full toolset to open, view and manipulate each case alongside the faculty but on your own screen!
- You will maintain your access to the resource throughout your 60 day catch-service period too.
Sample the DICOM viewer here. A window will load below the buttons (best demonstrated on a computer rather than mobile device)
When will I receive my course login?
We will contact you by email one week before the course takes place with all the necessary links and joining information.
We will re-send the links the day before the course.
If you have not received an email from us please contact us at webinars@infomedltd.co.uk and we will respond ASAP.
Will I need any special software to partake?
NO. Infomed shall provide you, upon registration a link to stream the course within your web browser, or you can download a small application to run it as a separate window on your computer. If you would prefer a mobile device, we shall also include a link download an app from the Play Store/App Store.
Can I interact with the speakers?
YES! It is very much encouraged. There will be Q&A sessions chaired by Infomed. You can type your questions in the ‘chat’ facility and they will be put to the speakers.
How I do access my catch-up & CPD certificate?
You can find your catch-up in your account page.
At the end of the catch-up page you will find a link to the feedback form, which will generate your CPD certificate when you submit your feedback.
If the catch-up is not visible in your account, please contact us and we will amend your account ASAP.
How to connect to a live online course
Using the short videos below, we shall guide you through the process of joining a meeting using Webex.
If joining from your own computer
If you are connecting from your own device then it is likely that you will be able to join via the Webex application.
If joining from a trust/institution computer
However, if you are using a computer that is owned and restricted by your trust, then you may find it easier to join via your web browser. Please see the second video for guidance on this process.
Joining Webex using the application on your PC or Mac
Joining Webex using your web browser
Accessing the PACS
Using the short videos below, we shall guide you through the process of opening the PACS and then on to opening, manipulating, and closing a case.
You are welcome to access our demo case set below
View demo cases here
Password: INFOMED
Accessing the database and cases on PACS
Advanced features of PACS
I've connected to a course but can't hear anything
When you connect to a course you should see some introductory slides and hear music.
If you cannot hear any music please check you are connected to the audio.
At the bottom of the webex meeting you may see a button that says “Connect to audio”.
Click this and then select “Use computer for audio” in the pop-up box.
If you have connected by a browser you may need to give your browser access to your microphone in order to connect to the audio.
Click the padlock in the top left of your browser and make sure microphone access is allowed
If this does not resolve your issue please email us or call us on 0204 520 5081
What do I need to join a course?
To join an Infomed Online course you simply need an internet connection and a browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari).
You can also connect from a mobile device: Download the Webex Meetings app from your App Store.
To join a course with a smooth experience, your internet connection must be stable, not connected to a VPN and at least 20Mbps download.
Below you can use the tool to run an internet speed test.
You must test from:
- — the location that you intend the see the course from;
- — withing the location, if using Wi-Fi, the room or department area that you intend to view the course from to ensure a good signal
- — if connecting from home, a computer that is not connected to a workplace VPN
Speed test
Internet Speed Test
Please test your connection speed at www.fast.com
To join a course with a smooth experience, your internet connection must be stable, not connected to a VPN and at least 20Mbps download.
Course fee
Catch-up version
- 120 days of access with unlimited playback
£295 inc VAT
plus...
- Fee includes 120 days of access with unlimited playback during this time.
- Full access and control to the DICOM cases
- CPD Certificate of attendance upon completion with 12 CPD points
- Lots of cases to review and interpret