CME Accreditation

The Breast Course 2013 is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), and has been approved for a maximum of 25 credit hours.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-­assn.org/go/internationalcme.

Physicians should claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation services do not imply endorsement by the accrediting bodies of opinions presented during this activity.

Learning approach

We believe strongly that in order to learn, there is no better teacher than experience. This is why we hire the best instructors - experts in the field with a proven track record of scientific and clinical achievement; propose interactive and innovative workshops - complete with hands-on workshops where you get to try out with real instruments the procedures you just discussed.

Whether or not you believe exactly the numbers in the "Learning Pyramid" shown below, no one will refute that this progression is intuitively correct. At any one of our course, we propose instruction which is both active and passive, visual and auditory, as well as provide instant feedback via electronic voting or expert interaction. There is no disputing that this level of engagement from the participant is far greater than at any other typical conference, and is generally noted in after-course report as one of the greatest strength of our educational curriculum.

Targeted audience

Our approach is interdisciplinary, and hence we welcome all breast professionals from many disciplines:

radiologists

medical oncologists

surgeons

pathologists

radiation oncologists

general practitioners

nurses

dosimetrists

technologists

General objectives

At the end of The Breast Course, the participant should be able to:

Identify state-of-the-art advances in detection, intervention and therapy for breast cancer; and

Integrate most recent practice guidelines for small, image detected breast cancer in his/her daily practice

In particular, participants will be able to:

Explain the major pathologies affecting the breast;

Explain existing, novel and state-of-the-art breast imaging techniques;

Describe appropriate procedures for stereotactic, U/S, or MRI guided minimally invasive breast biopsy;

Describe surgical management approaches of breast cancer; and

Explain current procedures in post-interventional chemotherapy, brachytherapy and radiotherapy.

Specific objectives

At the end of specific plenaries the participants will be able to:

Implement guidelines for the follow-up of high risk subjects

Utilize the definitive histologic diagnosis provided by percutaneous breast biopsy to reduce the number of surgeries required for diagnosis and therapy

Utilize diagnostic information to optimally select the right therapy course

Evaluate options for energy delivery via accelerated partial breast irradiation or breast brachytherapy

At the end of the Practicum workshops participants will be able to:

Detect breast pathologies using conventional imaging technologies (mammography; ultrasound; magnetic resonance imaging)

Evaluate the impact and usefulness of other imaging technologies in the diagnostic procedure (near infra red; breast tomography; elastography)

Select and utilize the appropriate sampling and guidance systems for optimal histological diagnosis when performing minimally invasive breast biopsy

Evaluation

During The Breast Course, you will be asked to evaluate the speakers and panelists using our questionnaires.

Example questionnaire - CME