Radiation Safety in Digital Radiography

1. 1) Learn about the combined effects of increasing kVp and decreasing mAs to reduce patient skin dose while maintaining quality on images of the chest, hand, skull and pelvis.
2. 2) Demonstrate that high kVp and low mAs techniques can replace traditional film screen techniques thus reducing patient dose while producing image of diagnostic quality
3. 3) Review how radiography students, radiographers, radiologist and radiology residents rated the images
4. 4) Develop an understanding of the importance of QC in Radiation Safety.
5. 5) Learn about the different QC tests in digital Radiography
6. 6) Develop an understanding of the importance of radiation dose records for risk estimation and how it is related to ALARA.
7. 7) Explore new research findings in Patient dose management in different areas like pediatric, mobile radiography and digital mammography
8. 8) Explore methods to educate patients about radiation doses
9. 9) Explore different Radiation Safety Initiatives (image gently Alliance, Image wisely…)
10. 10) Explain the role of the global organizations in raising awareness about radiation Safety (ISRRT, WHO, IAEA, ICRP…)

ELIZABETH LORUSSO	VALENTINA AL HAMOUCHE
MRT (MR), MRT(R), RTR, B Appl Sc	MRT (R), MSc.
MRI Professor at Fanshawe College	CEO VCA Education

Short Biography

Ms. Liz Lorusso: Ms. Lorusso is a graduate of the Fanshawe College radiography program, Coordinator and faculty member of the MRI program in the School of Health Sciences. She has conducted a study on reducing radiation dose levels in general x-ray imaging and presented her findings at local and international conferences and published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (JMIRS). Ms. Lorusso is a recipient of the 2017 Practitioner of the year, 2016 London Health Sciences Centre Scholarly Award; the 2015 Chair’s Award of Inspiration at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine Imaging Discovery Days; a 2015 Certificate of Merit from the Medical Imaging Congress, and the 2015 George Reason Memorial Award and 2013 Phillips Exhibit Award in MRI – both through the annual CAMRT National Conference. Liz has represented Ontario in a three-year term on the CAMRT Board of Directors and served as an expert peer reviewer for the JMIRS editorial board for two years. At the college, Liz is an active part of campus life – fulfilling the role of radiation safety officer since 2007, as well as a three-year appointment to the College of Medical Radiation Technologist of Ontario (CMRTO).

Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche: Ms. Al Hamouche, holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK (2006) and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography (1996). 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 (1989). She is a registration committee member at the College of Radiological Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). She has an extensive experience as an educator. Before joining The Michener Institute in 2008, she was an Instructor at the Radiologic Technology Training Program, American University of Beirut-Medical Centre for ten years (1991-2001), and a Clinical Tutor, Medical Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Sharjah, UAE (2003-2004), she also worked as an Academic Achievement Advisor, at the American University of Sharjah (2002-2004), before moving to Toronto. In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. that offers interprofessional educational workshop.