Title

The doctor will see you....in 1 -2years! How we brought down wait times in Interventional Radiology at Lions Gate Hospital

Details
Share push days initiative in response to growing pain management waitlist. Discuss steps and implementation process.

Title
IVR charge nurse

Organization
Vancouver Coastal Health

Speaker Bio
IVR Charge nurse responsible for IR procedures

Title
Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-Hospital Hysterosalpingogram Pre-Procedural Pregnancy Screening Protocol to detect Unsuspected Early Pregnancy and Avoid Hysterosalpingography

Details

1. Review standardized HSG patient pre-screening protocol + pre-screening check list
2. Identify findings over 4 years
3. Determine the effect of an HSG patient pre-screening protocol on patients and staff.

Title
Regional Professional Practice Leader-Radiography, Fluoroscopy and Mammography

Organization 
Lower Mainland Medical Imaging-Fraser Health, Providence Health, Provincial Health and Coastal Health

Bio
Annemarie Budau is a Regional Professional Practice Leader for Radiography, Fluoroscopy and Mammography covering 28 medical imaging sites between 4 health authorities, for Lower Mainland Medical Imaging in British Columbia, Canada. Her passionate vision in promoting best practice standards creates a seamless flow in her role. With over 30 years of a diverse medical imaging background together with lean methodologies, her standards have reduced redundancies and rework; increased efficiency and effectiveness to ultimately saving time and money while improving relationships between medical imaging and other departments.

Her mantra mindset, “we are all on the same team” and providing the “right tools” and aligning with the image wisely campaign-right exam for the right reason-creates a healthy atmosphere for all staff. She prefers empowering and supporting staff with the correct connections and tools and believes this creates a “happy worker” which translates to positive seamless encounters for patients.

She is sought out to as a contributing member on various projects, as well by other professions and regulatory bodies such as Nursing Practice leaders, Speech Therapists, College of Physicians and surgeons Diagnostic Accreditation Program, British Columbia Institute of Technology Medical Radiography Program as a subject matter expert.

Prior to her role as a practice leader, Annemarie has been a radiography lab instructor for British Columbia Institute of Technology, a PACS/RIS coordinator involved in various projects, a leader in various areas including computed tomography, interventional radiography, general radiography and mammography. Her education includes UBC sciences, BCIT radiography sciences, CAMRT radiography advanced certification, CAMRT computed tomography certification, leadership and lean methodology certifications.

Her hobbies are plentiful but her passion resides in fitness, nutritional health and mental/emotional wellbeing as she is a part time personal trainer, organic protein distributor, promoter of alkaline foods and water and the use of enzymatic cleaners in the home rather than chemicals.

She loves to spend time with her family and friends, hike, read, ski, is an animal and nature lover, watch inspirational movies and is passionate about her family history including translating old recipes and testing new ones to create more healthy versions. If you are lucky enough to receive her secret bag of Christmas cookies -recipes handed down from her great grandmother- it’s a blessing. That all aside her greatest love is the love for the well-being of all people, this planet, environment and safety of animals.

Title
Eyeing Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals - A Look Into Staff Dosimetry

Details

1. Discuss the safety concerns presented with new and upcoming therapy isotopes including Lu-177 and how they should be monitored and handled differently than diagnostic isotopes.
2. Explore the differences in dosimetry (including eyes) when working with Lu 177 versus F18 and other PET tracers.
3. Explore the difference in dosimetry received by staff between Lu177 and F18 within the radiopharmaceutical manufacturing process to injection into the patient.

Title
Lab Safety Coordinator, BSc., RTNM

Organization
BC Cancer - Vancouver

Bio
Lauren started as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist in the lower mainland before pursuing a career in radiation safety at BC Cancer in the Cyclotron Facility.

Title
Creating Scholarly Practitioners: An investigation into whether the University of Alberta’s Radiation Therapy Program alumni are engaging in research and its dissemination after graduation

Details

1. Understand how research skills are developed in an undergraduate radiation therapy program.
2. Discuss the impact of undergraduate research education on students’ ability to achieve a research publication and conduct future research.
3. Recognize the motivators and challenges of continued research participation by new radiation therapy professionals.

Title
Radiation Therapy Educator

Organization
University of Alberta

Bio
Jacqueline (Jackie) Middleton is a radiation therapy (RT) educator in the undergraduate RT program at the University of Alberta. Prior to obtaining her faculty position Jackie was a clinical educator in the Alberta School of Radiation Therapy and a radiation therapist at the Cross Cancer Institute (Edmonton AB), London Regional Cancer Program (London ON), King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Centre (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), and Al Hada Military Hospital (Taif, Saudi Arabia). Jackie currently teaches foundational treatment planning, RT imaging principles and analysis, interprofessional healthcare, research methodology, and supervises a number of undergraduate research projects every year.

Title
COVID-19 enhanced people’s willingness to use Mobile X-ray service.

Details

1. Discuss how the pandemic has impacted medical imaging technologists as a whole in regards to mental health. This includes more frequent exposure to traumatic events that would otherwise be unlikely.
2. To contrast how poorly managed versus good mental health impacts a technologists day as well as the patients experience.
3. Discuss tools to help maintain good mental health, when to seek additional support and the kinds of support accessible to technologists.

Title
RTNM, RTMR

Organization 
Interior Helath

Bio
I am a Nuclear Medicine and MRI technologist based out of Kelowna, BC. I graduated from BCIT’s Nuclear Medicine program in 2017 and continued on to complete my advanced diploma in MRI in 2019. I have since been working in both fields and enjoy both for different reasons. Currently, I am finishing my degree in health sciences through BCIT. I have previously spoken at the CAMN conference in 2018 on better preparing students emotionally for clinical. When I’m not working I’m usually hiking and backpacking with my dog or biking around the city.

Co-author: Ming Zhong, RN

Title
AI Analysis in the Traumatic CT Scan

Details

1. evaluate different AI approaches for CT trauma scan
2. discuss the advantages and disadvantages of AI applications in the CT trauma scan
3. access patient management in the process of AI-aided CT trauma scan

Title
RTR

Organization
Health Science Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Speaker Bio
CT technologist at HSC Winnipeg MB

Title
COVID-19 enhanced people’s willingness to use Mobile X-ray service.

Details

• Analyze the reasons why Long term care/ supportive living facilities are increasing their needs to order Mobile X-ray exams for residents.
• Illustrate how Mobile X-ray can help facility physicians.
• Explore what Mobile X-ray could probably improve to offer a powerful tool to future unexpected happenings like Covid-19.

Title
MRT

Organization 
St. Michael's Health Group

Bio
Wenlong Zhu, he is well known as Jack Zhu in Edmonton Mobile X-ray market and Long-term care facilities. He graduated from a medical university and took MRT bridging program at NAIT in Canada. He became a CAMRT and ACMDTT member since 2012. He used to work in GE medical system China as Sales Specialist and in hospital for a few years. For nine years, he has been working as a Mobile X-ray Technologist in Edmonton Alberta. He also plays a role to connect St. Michael’s Mobile X-ray service and their customers. All of his costumers are grateful, recognized and loyal because of his delicate, efficient and high quality work. He always insists to work at fast response speed and with high quality diagnostic images as best as possible for Seniors, Mental care illness and disabled patients.