THIS COURSE IS FULLY BOOKED, WE WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO THE COURSE ORGANIZED IN APRIL 2019
A clinical workshop focused on improving your treatment planning and delivery skills with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
Meeting Date and Location: Please note that the meeting will take place in a different location each day.
November 5th: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Lunch included)
November 6th: 8 am – 2 pm (Breakfast & Lunch included)
CRCHUM
900 St-Denis Street
Montreal, H2X 0A9
Meeting Room first day: C.10.6107 (Pavilion C, 10th Floor)
Meeting Room second day: D.02.2122 (Pavilion D, 2nd 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
Elekta has applied to CAMPEP for 7.75 MPCEC hours for Medical Physicists. CME credits are not given for this course.
Event Capacity
Only ten (10) seats are available for this workshop. Openings will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis.
