Practical Info

Course start
16 Apr 2018
Course end
17 Apr 2018
Course length
2 days
Venue
Centre Hopitalier De L’Universite de Montreal
Language
English
Spaces
Available 10

Disclaimer

Any views or opinions are presented by healthcare professionals who share their insights, recommendations and practical experience with respect to brachytherapy, and do not necessarily represent those of Elekta.

A clinical workshop focused on improving your treatment planning and delivery skills with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Meeting Date and Location:

April 16th: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Lunch included)
April 17th: 8 am – 2 pm (Breakfast & Lunch included)
CRCHUM
900 St-Denis Street
Montreal, H2X 0A9
Meeting Room: R10.408, on the 10th floor

Workshop Objectives

Learning the benefits of Real-time prostate in comparison to CT-based procedure

  • Participants will have the opportunity to interact with experts, see live cases, and practice on treatment planning systems
  • Review of patient selection criteria and applicator selection

Integrated overview on the concept and practice of Real-time image-guided prostate implants and adaptive planning

  • This workshop addresses all aspects (clinical, technical, implementation and hands-on) necessary for deciding how this treatment method will benefit your clinical practice
  • After observing a live case, participants will focus on implementing the clinical procedure, workflow and equipment into their practice

Discuss with the faculty how this treatment modality can be successfully implemented into their clinical environment

  • Clinical method and procedure (clinical indicators, live case, clinical results, procedure, workflow, infrastructure and equipment)
  • Implementation aspects (training requirements, learning curve, milestones, workflow optimization, quality assurance)
  • Hands-on experience with method and tooling using a real-time planning system
  • Applicator assembly and preparation
  • Simulation/imaging
  • Treatment planning and delivery
  • Physics and Quality Assurance

Reasons to Attend

  • Live prostate case
  • Clinical aspects (e.g. patient selection, clinical indicators, use of functional imaging, treatment planning, benefits of real-time ultrasound based procedure)
  • Implementation aspects (e.g. workflow, quality assurance, milestones)
  • Hands-on experience with method and system

Pre-requisite

Experience in prostate brachytherapy is desirable

Intended Participants

Each of the below individuals who wish to gain an integrated overview of all aspects of real-time Image-Guided HDR brachytherapy for prostate:

  • Radiation Oncologists
  • Urologists
  • Radiologists
  • Clinical Physicists
  • Brachytherapy Radiographers

Registration fee

The registration fee is $950.00 (excl VAT) and includes lunch on Monday and breakfast and lunch on Tuesday. The fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

Medical resident for to receive a 50% discount on this workshop, please email info@brachyacademy.com

CE Credits

CAMPEP CE credits will be given for this workshop.

Event Capacity

Only ten (10) seats are available for this workshop. Openings will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis.

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Location
CHUM (Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal)1000 Rue Saint-DenisMontréalQuebecQC H2X 3J4Canada

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