Winter Course 2011
January 20-22, Bad Wiessee/DE

:: Course Programme
The MIR 2011 Winter Course  programme will be interactive and informative, and build a practical skill set over a 3 day period, in order each delegate will leave with new insights and practical solutions they can implement immediately.
Two trainers from "Inspire Change" will explore the following three key areas:
1. How to communicate successfully and win at negotiations
2. How to make meetings work for you
3. Innovating in practice

:: Course Venue & Hotel Accommodation
Hotel Terrassenhof
Adrian-Stoop-Straße 50
83707 - Bad Wiessee
www.terrassenhof.de

Annual Scientific Meeting 2011
September 29-30, Nice/FR

:: Imaging Management Junior Course
This year's MIR Imaging Management Junior Course took place directly before the main MIR Annual Scientific Meeting in Nice, France.

:: CME Accreditation
The MIR Annual Scientific Meeting 2011 was designated for a maximum of 12 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that she/he actually spent in the educational activity.
The Junior Management Course 2011 was designated for a maximum of 3 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that she/he actually spent in the educational activity.

Presentation Downloads

Management in General

:: Why bother getting involved in management?  - R. Fitzgerald
:: What patients, colleagues and administration expect from us?
:: How to learn and get trained in management?

Training and Certification

:: Certificates of knowledge and certificates of competence - the ESR diploma and others
:: The ESR diploma - experiences by a "first time" candidate - T. Baumann
:: How to shine at interviews - J. Adam

Working Environment

:: What to look for when applying for a position - "Choosing the right department" - Y. Menu
:: Working in a public hospital - M. Claudon
:: Working in a private institution - S. Agostini
:: Facebook, Twitter, APPs, etc. - whatever radiologists should know about social media or smartphones - L. Faggioni

:: Imaging in Benchmarking Results - E. Schouman-Claeys

Standards of Reporting

:: The Radiology Report as seen by radiologists and referring clinicans -J. Bosmans
:: The current American position - Ch. Kahn
:: Report Templates: Clinical aspects and the IT requirements - N. Dugar
:: EHR/PACS integration

Coding and Finances

:: The French solution to coding
:: The US/ACR solution to coding - G. McGinty
:: The Spanish solution to coding - J. Martinez Rodrigo
:: Standardised procedure codes

Clinical Decision Support

:: Value of referral guidelines - including the EU perspective - G. Frija
:: Commissioning Imaging Studies: the requirements
:: Value of radiological consultation in multi-disciplinary team meeting
:: How to manage inappropriate request manually - Y. Menu
:: Value of computer-based physician order-entry - Ch. Kahn
:: Contrast media and radiation dose considerations - D. Caramella
:: Co-operation with other disciplines

Location and Management (physical and virtual!)

:: Unconventional solutions for challenges in building imaging departments
:: The organizational structures managing imaging: who manages whom, and how - J.A. Jakobsen
:: Depate Session 2: Decission in Architectural or organisational issues I regret

G. McGinty
D. Koff
P. Mildenberger
Y. Menu
M. Claudon
O. Ratib
L. Donoso

eHealth monitoring issues

:: Introduction: eHealth - what does this mean in the European perspective
:: How to monitor and give feedback on productivity and accuracy in a teleradiology service - H. Galloway
:: Pros and Cons of International Teleradiology Services - P. Ross
:: Imaging and radiological information in cross-institutional networks: Concepts, implementation experiences and standards - B. Bergh
:: Healthcare economy and the future of eHealth - J. Bauer

Company Lecture

:: Teleradiology - Building Networks - M. Kämmerer

Controversies in Ultrasound

:: Sonographers and RTs doing US Examinations: Options in favour - S. Elliott
:: Sonographers and RTs doing US Examinations: Options against
:: Emergency US in the era of MSCT - a waste of time - D. Akata
:: Emergency US in the era of MSCT - useful and indispensable

Management around the world - Poster Session

:: Implementation of PACS improves communication between radiologists and referring physicians as well as their perception of patient care
:: An indicator to improve imaging requisitions quality - results of a first nationwide data collection in France - S. Calmus
:: Integration of eLearning components in radiological education - M. Ebert
:: CT and MR Imaging benchmark in France
:: Enabling Inter-PACS radiology quality assurance, improvement & collaboration - N. Koff
:: Techniques to measure patient satisfaction in a radiologic outpatient department - M. Maurer
:: Reorganizing clinical radiology to respond to today's DRG-requirements - B. May
:: Effects of irreversible image compression on specialized image processing - first results - D. Pintos dos Santos
:: Assessment of relevance of peer reviews of clinical reports in an academic institution - M. Fatehi

Solutions to problems in imaging education and research

:: How can research be integrated into radiologists' training? - H.-U. Kauczor
:: How the ESR exam can be improved: lessons learnt so far
:: How can radiology be integrated in undergraduate education?
:: How can we stop radiologists losing molecular imaging research alltogether?