This is the POST TEST ONLY for the institutional version of the "Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety Training" course. If you have the Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety Training course and wish to obtain physicians credit (8 Hours AMA PRA Category 1™) for the Cardiovascular version, then this is the test for you. Once you have completed the five post tests for each section of the course, you will be able to print your certificate. This post test may be used for one individual only.
Summary
This course is eight hours of comprehensive training specific to the new requirements for individuals operating fluoroscopy equipment. The training is five narrated video presentations. This course is designed to enhance your understanding of radiation as a valuable tool that must be managed well to protect patients and staff in today’s use of medical fluoroscopic equipment. You will learn the principles of radiation protection and the biological effects of x-ray radiation. You will improve your understanding of operation and principles of the fluoroscopic system to include exposure (air kerma) outputs, high level control options, dose reduction techniques, and procedures for recording pertinent data.
- Faculty: Louis Wagner Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FACR - No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Faculty: Benjamin R. Archer, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM - No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Understand radiation as a valuable tool that must be managed well to protect patients and staff in today's use of medical fluoroscopic equipment
- Identify the principles of radiation protection and the biological effects of x-ray radiation
- Understand the operation and principles of the fluoroscopic system, including exposure outputs, high level control options, dose reduction techniques, and procedures for recording pertinent data
Cardiovascular Version Course Topics
- Part 1: What are X-Rays?
- Part 2: Radiation Quantities
- Part 3: Radiation Effects and Safety
- Part 4: Dose Delivery Specific to Cardiovascular Imaging
- Part 5: Patient Management Specific to Cardiovascular Imaging
CME Credit
- “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 educational activity for a maximum of 8 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”
After purchase, the link to this online CE activity will be delivered via email, or you can log in to the test at the link below.
Access the online link to take the post test at your convenience, and receive your certificate online immediately after successful completion of test.
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Understand radiation as a valuable tool that must be managed well to protect patients and staff in today's use of medical fluoroscopic equipment
- Identify the principles of radiation protection and the biological effects of x-ray radiation
- Understand the operation and principles of the fluoroscopic system, including exposure outputs, high level control options, dose reduction techniques, and procedures for recording pertinent data
Cardiovascular Version Course Topics
- Part 1: What are X-Rays?
- Part 2: Radiation Quantities
- Part 3: Radiation Effects and Safety
- Part 4: Dose Delivery Specific to Cardiovascular Imaging
- Part 5: Patient Management Specific to Cardiovascular Imaging
"The Advanced Health Education Center, Ltd. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”
“The Advanced Health Education Center, Ltd. designates this educational activity for maximum of 8 hours AMA PRA Category 1™. Physicians should claim commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”
All Home study approvals have an expiration date. Some of our home studies are approved for one year others for two years. Whether a home study is renewed at the end of its expiration date is determined by the materials content and relevancy. AHEC recommends if you plan to purchase a home study to complete at a later date that you contact us to confirm the expiration date.
Louis Wagner Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FACR
Recently retired Professor of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Schoolrnand Chief Physicist, Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Houston, Texas.rnrnDr. Wagner received is B.S. degree in Physics from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971. In 1976 he completed his Ph.D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. He performed his postgraduate training at Memorial-Sloan Kettering National Cancer Center in New York. He was a Tenured Professor of Radiological Sciences at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School, retired in 2018, Houston. He is board certified in diagnostic radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology. He was honored as a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in 1995 and as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology in 1996.
