Description
Radiologists, general practitioners, rheumatologists, traumatologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons who would like to become more confident on reporting degenerative spine MRI will find this fellowship very useful.
The Online Spine MRI fellowship that TMC Academy offers includes an overview of the main indications of MRI in spine degenerative disease. We will discuss MRI findings of the lumbar and cervical spine with a lecture, followed by individual case reading with subsequent group discussion.
Each module starts with a lecture. After the lecture you will be challenged with practicing on real anonymised key cases from the TMC Academy teaching file. After the individual case readings there will be an additional lecture followed by a ‘Questions and Answers’ session.
Availability
Maximum number of seats: 15
Learning objectives
- Upgrade your knowledge by immersion in a learning environment without distraction of daily practice to read degenerative spine MRI
- Become familiar and feel confident with the MRI findings in spine degenerative disease as encountered in daily practice
- To define the differentiating imaging features of pathologic processes and to create clinically relevant structured reports
Programme will include
- Lectures on standardized reading degenerative spine MRI studies for diagnosis with quiz cases
- Individual case reading on provided cases
- Group case discussion of the reported cases
- Access to the spine modules from our Image Reporting Simulator to practice with key cases (prior the start of the course).
Level
Level II - General radiologist
Radiologists, general practitioners, rheumatologists, traumatologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons with the aim of having more in-depth knowledge of the MRI findings in spine degenerative diseases will benefit most from the fellowship.
Technical requirements
The training platform runs entirely in the browser but the online PACS places a considerable load on the hardware and internet connection when viewing and loading cases.
Hardware |
Tablets * |
Minimum |
Recommended |
Memory (RAM): |
2 Gigabyte |
8 Gigabyte |
16 Gigabyte |
Processor (CPU): |
Dual core 1.85 Ghz |
Dual core 2 Ghz |
Quad core 2.5 Ghz |
Internet connection |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Speed: |
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10 Mbps |
25 Mbps |
Software |
Tablets |
Desktop |
Browser: |
Safari * |
Chrome ** |
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* Tested with Safari on iPad 9.7 (2017), should also work on Android with Chrome. User interface not optimized for smaller screens. Large cases (more than 600 images) are not able to be opened on tablet or mobile devices due to memory constraints.
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** Firefox, Edge and Safari also work but might not provide an equally smooth experience. Internet Explorer is not supported.