Awarded the Inaugural 'Excellence in Clinical Practice Improvement'
#CPI
. Honoured and Humbled. It just becomes easy when you are supported by the Dream Team
@imagingtoronto
. Thank you
@UofTMedIm
.
#MIsuccess
.
Stay tuned for some brand new initiatives to shake things up!
“We have to tell physicians they will occasionally miss things and that it’s okay.” -
@roguerad
says.
I doubt if every patient and/or their lawyers share the same sentiment.
#overuse
It's a tall task trying to measure up to the Giants in
#Radiology
both figuratively and literally! 😂
I had lot of fun recording this story - couldn't stop smiling.
To listen to this and our previous episodes on
@spotifypodcasts
click here: 🔊
🔊A new episode of our podcast Radiologists is live - featuring Dr. David Mikulis, fondly regarded as the Father of Functional MRI of Canada. Dr. Mikulis has retired recently and now shares the incredible story of his career:
@SatheeshToronto
Step 1: Win the Cancer Education Video Award - ✅
Step 2: Create an engaging patient facing video along with
@Nptdot
- 'Anxious about prostate biopsy - what you need to know!' - Challenge accepted!
@JDMIRadiologist
Methods: know thy mentor! For those who haven't found their mentor, read 50 articles of my mentor
@NickSchiedaMD
A shining example of how to do things right.
Is the audio podcast not cutting it for you? We are now on video! For a light hearted conversation on Nuclear Medicine and
#Theranostics
with a gorgeous backdrop of the
#Toronto
skyline
@imagingtoronto
If you are considering a fellowship, why should Toronto be at the top of your list? 🔊
@minipakkal
, Fellowship Director, tells you exactly why. Listen on
@Spotify
or Apple podcasts
🔊Finally LIVE! Radiology Fellowships in Canada🇨🇦
Tune in now to gain exclusive insights from Dr.
@minipakkal
, the Fellowship Program Director of the Medical Imaging Fellowship program
@UofTMedIm
, 🇨🇦Canada's largest fellowship program:
Is it true that AI won't cause job losses for radiologists? Probably - but not for the reasons most people think, says Dr. Masoom Haider in the most recent episode of our podcast Radiologists:
@aamalayeri
@jroblesMD
@cmtomblinson
@pbunchmd
@ShannaMatalonMD
Bosniak v2019 is actually endorsed by the SAR. (In addition there is a whole bunch of original research this year backing it as well)
We have also created a Bosniak v2019 calculator
This is also on the SAR DFP RCC landing page.
@midrisdoc
@NickSchiedaMD
Nothing in life is 100%. But usually yes. Although both papillary and AML are T2 hypo, AMLs tend to enhance much more than papillary. The point here is raise suspicion of AML so that it is biopsied, instead of going to surgery right away.
Nice example of the 'classic-type' sigmoid volvulus with two transition points. Also showing added value of
#DECT
in this setting - expediting patient care
@bodyradgal
@medicalaxioms
@S_P_MD
Fellow Day 11 : I got this ! (Attending facepalms behind me)
Fellow Day 361 : I still got this ! (Resident facepalms behind me)
A4: With resurgence of COVID, PPE and deep scrubbing after every MRI still remains. However there is a hesitancy to cut down prostate MRIs due to already huge backlogs.
Q4: With a resurgence of COVID-19 cases (Fall 2020), which strategies employed during the initial wave are still being used and which have been modified at your institution?
#ARRSProstateChat
It's always good to have many voices of wisdom/reason to make sure we don't stray from the path. As my mom used to tell me "At least one of those voices might penetrate your thick skull" :)
#mentor
Main challenge has been instituting adequate safeguards to protect our most vulnerable older patients, and also reassuring them that all safe practices are in place to protect them from
#COVID
.
A5: Many patients are older and the most vulnerable to COVID. They now have to choose between coming to the hospital risking COVID or delaying pCa diagnosis and risking adverse outcomes!
Talk about a rock and a hard place!
Q5: What will be the long term impact on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for men with prostate cancer due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
#ARRSProstateChat
@NickSchiedaMD
@uroegg
Have seen a few weird ones here. I think one was a STUMP. Forgot what the other one was. Possible collaboration for a future poster next RSNA or SAR?
Same here. We slashed all our non-emergent MRIs and prostate MRIs were one of the first to be deemed 'non-emergent'. However, we did not actively decrease our prostate biopsy volumes.
#arrsprostatechat
@radiolobt
@ARRS_Radiology
We basically did no prostate mri for all of the spring of 2020 - was VERY sad 😢 - our volumes plummeted. There was a lot of fear about whether they would ever come back and what we and patients would do!
#arrsprostatechat
A5: There has definitely been delay in treatment. At least anecdotally, initiation of chemotherapy was delayed due to delay in biopsy in a patient with strong clinical suspicion of metastatic pCa with patient having to live with the pain. Long term morbidity/mortality unknown!
Q5: What will be the long term impact on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for men with prostate cancer due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
#ARRSProstateChat
@NickSchiedaMD
Personally i don't think hitting the urethra is a problem, except for increased pain (referred to penile tip) and increased bleeding (immediately post procedure). I still avoid it routinely. Sometimes if targeted is required, I have been known to infiltrate the area with freezing
This is unfortunately an unavoidable evil. Patients are getting imaged close to their homes to avoid travel. Immensely thankful to
#Pirads
for providing minimum standards for performing prostate MRI for optimal imaging.
That is scary / sucks to read cases that are performed on your patients done elsewhere due to
#COVID19
- we are seeing this also as the case load is distributed to improve access 😢
#ARRSProstateChat
@MicrosoftToDo
2 questions:
1. Is a 'Tomorrow' feature going to be available for ppl who like to plan their day a previous night
2. For tasks with scheduled dates, when are you planning to auto-populate these to 'My Day' (there has to be a better system to schedule 'My Day' entries in advance)
Assuming 1% error rate (average estimated error rate is 3-5%), 30 CTs read/day, 200 workdays per year and 30 career years; amounts to 1800 career errors per rad. i.e Rate of 1 error every 3 days (documented in black and white as images and reports).
#hedging
#overuse
as a result.
“We have to tell physicians they will occasionally miss things and that it’s okay.” -
@roguerad
says.
I doubt if every patient and/or their lawyers share the same sentiment.
#overuse