Description
This one-day, certified CME program begins with a refresher on large, medium joints, and lumbar spine epidural and facet joint injection techniques and fluoroscopic image generation.
The first half of the course will start with optimizing X-ray beam to generate the clearest possible MSK images. Participants will then learn how to identify key anatomical landmarks for large and medium joints. Participants will then practice joint injections with fluoroscopic guidance.
The second half of the course will delve deeper into lumbar spine bio-skills such as epidural injections, interlaminar and transforaminal injections, lumbar facet joint injections and median branch blocks, as well as lumbar RF ablations.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with lumbar spine and joint injections using our silicon and rubber models, porcine cadaver, and with real fluoroscopic dye visualization under a C-arm.
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
The AAFP has reviewed Fluoroscopy Lumbar and Joint Injection Workshop, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 08/23/2025 to 08/22/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME program has been approved for upto 9 AAFP (AMA Category 1) elective credits.
AAFP CME credits are accepted by the following professional healthcare organizations:
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- American Academy of Physician Assistant (AAPA)
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)
- American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
- American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
- American Board of Urology (ABU)