This course is designed to meet the needs of physicians needing to understand mammography positioning better. The homestudy includes a review of step-by-step positioning for the two standard positions of the breast (i.e. CC and MLO). The course is taught by an expert mammographer preceptor.
Topics:
- CC view
- CC Critique
- MLO view
- MLO Critique
Expert Faculty: Sandra Maxey, RT(R)(M)
The Advanced Health Education Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Advanced Health Education Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Sandra Maxey , AAS, RT(R)(M)
Sandra (Sandy) Maxey, R.T.(R)(M) is a mammography consultant with over 35 years experience. Sandy worked as a mammography technologist both in the institution and on the mobile van at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas most all of her career. Her specialities include both analog and digital mammography, needle localizations and galactograms. Sandy graduated from St. Philips College in San Antonio, TX and has been teaching positioning and pathology to mammography students for over 20 years. She is an enthusiastic and conscientious technologist who brings extensive knowledge to her students.
