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Exploring Opportunities for Advanced Practice MRTs: Characterizing Processes in Breast Imaging (11:00 - 11:25)

Sheena Chung, MRT(R)(DMS), RTR, CBI - Joint Department of Medical Imaging (JDMI), Women's College Hospital

• Identify and quantify pain points in current Breast Imaging workflows.
• Characterize care delivery problems and root causes of identified pain points to consider where an MRT with advanced knowledge, skills, and judgement might be of benefit
• Present a foundation for other modalities in MRT to explore advanced practice.

This session will be 25 minutes (20 minute presentation with 5 minutes of Q&A)

Tomosynthesis: A technologist's perspective (11:25 - 11:50)

Erin Robitaille, RT(R), CBIS, CBID, Interior Health Authority

• Reviewing an interesting pathology found in a dense breast on tomosynthesis case.
• Reviewing pros and cons of tomosynthesis
• A technologist's perspective and hopes for the future of mammography. 

This session will be 25 minutes (20 minute presentation with 5 minutes of Q&A)