Description
This one-day, certified CME program begins with a comprehensive refresher on injection techniques for large and medium joints, followed by lumbar spine epidural and facet joint procedures, with an emphasis on fluoroscopic image generation and optimization.
The first half of the course focuses on optimizing X-ray beam settings to produce the clearest possible musculoskeletal (MSK) images. Participants will learn to identify key anatomical landmarks for large and medium joints and will then practice joint injection techniques under fluoroscopic guidance.
The second half of the course explores advanced lumbar spine procedural skills, including epidural injections, interlaminar and transforaminal injections, lumbar facet joint injections, median branch blocks, and lumbar radiofrequency (RF) ablation techniques.
Participants will gain extensive hands-on experience performing lumbar spine and joint injections using silicone and rubber anatomical models, porcine cadaver specimens, and real-time fluoroscopic dye visualization under C-arm guidance.
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)