Clinical Associates Program

2010 SIR Clinical Associate Pathway

Continuing the successful two days of dedicated clinical associate programming that debuted last year, SIR is again offering courses specifically designed by and for clinical associates. Two days (Sunday, March 14th and Monday, March 15th) have been dedicated to these sessions, hands on workshops and networking events.

SIR only applied for Nurse and Technologist CE credit for the sessions listed below in the Clinical Associate Pathway (please see below for exceptions). To receive credit for these sessions, please be sure to complete the session evaluation and scan your expo card upon entry to the session room. Be sure to print your badge number on your evaluation and submit them to the room monitor upon completion of the session.

This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 22.0 Contact Hours, Syngery CERP Category A, File number 00016018.

This program is approved for Category A/A+ credit by the ASRT. Please see the sessions below for the Category of credit.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

8:00 - 9:30 AM	Implementing a Quality Improvement Process (ASRT Category A Credit)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Medical Management (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
*12:00 - 1:30 PM*	Clinical Associate Networking Lunch (pre-registration required, no CE credits)*
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Developing an IR Clinic (ASRT Category A Credit)
*4:00 - 6:00 PM*	Hands-on Fluoro Workshop (pre-registration required, no CE credits)*

Monday, March 15, 2010

8:00 - 9:30 AM	Pharmacology (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	M&M/Pearls (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Central Venous Access (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
*4:00 PM - 6:00 PM*	Hands-on Ultrasound Workshop (pre-registration required, CE credits only provided for didactic lecture - Category A+ Credit)*

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Women's Health (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	SIR Film Panel (no CE credits)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Case-based Review: Post-procedural Clinical Management (ASRT Category A+ Credit)

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Concurrent Sessions - Select Between
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Pediatric Interventional: Nonvascular Interventions (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Radiation Safety: Protect Yourself & Your Patient (no CE credits)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Vertebral Augmentation: State of the Art Technology and Recent Literature Review - How the Evidence applies to Your Patients (ASRT Category A+ Credit)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hemodialysis Intervention in the Age of Fistula First: New Challenges for Access Planning and Intervention (ASRT Category A+ Credit)

Due to the nature of the bolded sessions above, no nursing or technologist credits will be provided for those sessions.

The above sessions in italics are courses specifically designed by and for clinical associates to address the educational needs of non-physician members of the medical profession who have a special interest in interventional radiology.

*Ticket required for admittance; tickets can be obtained by registering online