Internationally Educated Medical Radiation Technologists (IEMRT) in the discipline of MRI
Webinar Objectives
- Introduction to National Competency Profile and Roles of MRT.
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Care Provider Role competencies Including Patient Interventions
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Integrate safe work principles and procedures into practice
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Operation of MRI Equipment and Quality control testing
- MRI Clinical Procedures and pathologies
VALENTINA AL HAMOUCHE MRT (R), MSc.; CEO VCA Education | HASSAN AL KHALIDI MRT (R), MRT (MR) |
Valentina holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography. She has also received a FAETC: Further Adult and Education Teacher’s Certificate from the College of North-East London, UK (1991), and a Diploma in Radiologic Technology American University of Beirut-Medical Centre Radiologic Technology Training Program, Lebanon. In 1994, she has pursued further education and training in radiation safety sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste Italy. She has over 25 years of radiography teaching experience at different Universities in Canada and abroad. She is a registration committee member at the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario (CMRITO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. | Mr. Al Khalidi has worked for 22 years in the disciplines of Radiography and MRI in different countries. Among other roles, Mr. Al Khalidi was an MRI Clinical education specialist at Medical professionals providing training to technologists and Physicians on GE MRI machines and workstations. Training includes low and high field magnets (0.2Tesla, 1.5Tesla, 3Tesla). He was performing all routine and advanced MRI exams (neuro, musculoskeletal, body, enhanced and non-enhanced angiographic exams, cardiac, total body, brain perfusion, spectroscopy and fiber tracking in addition to distal run off angiography. Currently, Al Khalidi is working as MRI technologist at Princess Margaret Hospital – UHN, Toronto |