MRI Prep and Exam Review (Live Simulcast)

**Online registrations for simulcasts close 48 hours prior to the event date. Phone registration for simulcasts close at 1pm the day before the event is to begin.

**The start time of this cours is 9am CST.

This is the SIMULCAST. This event is also available as a LIVE EVENT. Follow this LINK to register for the LIVE EVENT.

*This live, instructor-directed course meets the Texas Medical Board requirements for all registered Medical Radiologic Technologists to obtain at least 3 hours of instructor-directed continuing education. Please refer to the TMB website for more information at this LINK

**AHEC Live Webinars and Simulcasts are hosted through Zoom. You can use a computer/laptop or an Android/iOS mobile device. Click the following link to download the required plugin for "Zoom Client for Meetings": https://www.zoom.us/download. Please scroll down to view the system requirements for Zoom. For detailed instructions on preparation and completion of a webinar or simulcast click this LINK.**

Course Materials Information for MRI Comprehensive Overview Live Simulcast

AHEC will provide a link to access the course materials for this seminar. It is up to the student to print the course materials. 

Course Description:

If you are planning on sitting for the MRI exam and need structured education that will also act as a great review, this is the course for you!  You will be presented with a broad fundamental knowledge of the underlying principles of MRI, equipment, associated terminology, imaging properties, spatial localization techniques, understanding artifacts, sequence parameters and protocols, imaging procedures, tissue characteristics, data acquisition, data manipulation and patient care and safety.  You will have an expert MRI technologist to answer your questions and lead you through the must know information for the exam.

Course Topics

• Patient Care and Safety
• Physical Principles of Imaging Information
• Fundamentals
• Spatial Localization
• Artifacts
• Imaging Procedures Part 1
• Tissue Characteristics and Contrast Indications
• Imaging Procedures Part 2
• Data Acquisition
• Data Manipulation
• Sequence Parameters and Options
• Sequence Parameters Protocol Selection

ARRT Structured Education Requirements

Beginning January 1, 2016, candidates for post-primary certification and registration are required to document completion of structured education related to the content specifications.

Educational activities must meet the following requirements:

• the educational activities must be distributed among current ARRT content specifications for this discipline;
• the total number of hours must equal at least 16; and
• at least one hour of structured education  must be related to each of the following content areas:

1.     Patient Care and Safety

2.     Imaging Procedures

3.     Physics and Instrumentation

The verbiage above is pulled directly from the ARRT's Structured Education and Clinical Experience Requirements. The course includes the current ARRT content specifications for MRI and includes at least one hour of structured education in patient care and safety, imaging procedures, and physics and instrumentation.

You must watch the entire simulcast session. If you log in 15 minutes after the simulcast has started, you will not be issued a certificate. The system we use monitors interactivity and will provide us with a report.

AHEC Cancellation & Refund Policy

• Refunds, minus a $20 processing fee, will be granted for cancellations received prior to two weeks before the program. Cancellations received within two weeks of the program are not eligible for a refund and will receive a tuition credit toward a future AHEC course or home study, minus the $20 processing fee. No refunds will be made after the course starts/occurs.
• AHEC reserves the right to cancel a course if the minimum number of attendees is not met. Customers are eligible for a full refund if AHEC cancels a course. AHEC is not responsible for travel costs incurred by attendees, including non-refundable airline tickets.
• Simulcast attendees that cannot log in due to technical difficulties beyond their control may be eligible for a refund, but must contact AHEC on the day of the simulcast before the conclusion of the course. There are no refunds for webinars.

System Requirements:

• An internet connection (broadband wired or wireless – 3G or 4G/LTE)
• Speakers or headphones
• Operating Systems:
  • MacOS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later
  • Windows 8/8.1
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista with SP1 or later
  • Windows XP with SP3 or later
• Tablets:
  • Surface PRO 2 with Windows 8.1
  • iOS and Android devices
• Web Browsers:
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7+
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari 5+
  • Opera 12+

**For more information on the system requirements please click this LINK

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