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Society and Foundation News
Abstract collection for SPR 2010 Begins
April 13-17, 2010
Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract Submission for 2010 Annual Meeting.
The abstract collection site is now open. Click here to access the site and review complete instructions for submission. (You will need to create login information once you access the site.)
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 29, 2009
ABR calls for Participants - 9/1/09 response requested
The American Board of Radiology (ABR) announces it will offer a pilot of its new practice-profiled Maintenance of Certification examination for diagnostic radiology at the 2009 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. The pilot administration will allow the ABR to fully evaluate critical aspects of exam readiness, including image quality and exam content, and assist in the construction of the live version, which will be offered for the first time in 2010. The purpose of the pilot is to ensure the ABR presents the best, most psychometrically valid exam possible, and the feedback of examinees is vital to this process. Read more.....
Image Gently Campaign Recognized
Congratulations to the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging for being named to the 2009 Associations Advance America Honor Roll in recognition of its Image Gently campaign. The award, sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives, recognizes the ways nonprofit associations improve the quality of life in America.Read the press release on the ACR website...
M. Ines Boechat, MD honored at ESPR meeting
 The European Society of Paediatric Radiology honored SPR Board Chair, Dr. M. Ines Boechat with ESPR Honorary Membership at their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey the first week of June.
Congratulations to Dr. Boechat.
SPR members returning from Turkey report ESPR was an outstanding meeting in a beautiful city.
Image Gently Resources for Informed Parents
 
Visit the Image Gently website's Parent's page for resources you can use to help parents be better informed.
"Child-Size” Radiation Dose for Pediatric CT Exams Included in NQF 2009 Safe Practices for Better Healthcare
The National Quality Forum (NQF) included in its recently released 2009 Safe Practices for Better Healthcare language advising health care professionals that “when CT imaging studies are undertaken on children,"child-size" techniques should be used to reduce unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation.” This important measure, item 34 in the report, comes after the ACR, on behalf of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, submitted the Image Gently concept to NQF as a safe practice and supported its inclusion. The Safe Practice language mirrors the guidance of the Image Gently campaign.
Safe Practices is a list of consensus standards identified to guide healthcare systems in providing the safest, most effective care possible. To accelerate the pace of adoption for the Safe Practices nationwide, a year-long webinar series will begin in April to provide Safe Practices implementation strategies and commentary from experts in the field. Learn more about the Safe Practices project here.
Click here to read a copy of the public version of 2009 Safe Practices for Better Healthcare.
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