{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery: Part II--Brain Shift, Perioperative Complications, and Costs - Vol. 36, No. 24

Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Explain the concept of intraoperative brain shift and the role of intraoperative MRI (iMRI).
  2. Interpret the evidence with regard to complication rates associated with iMRI compared with conventional surgery.
  3. Analyze the costs and benefits associated with use of iMRI.

Disclosures

All faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity, and their spouses/life partners (if any), have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in,\nany commercial organizations related to this CME activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: CNE1114C
Published: November 30, 2014
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Contemporary Neurosurgery
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Tyler Kent, BA, and Randy Jensen, MD, PhD
Categories: Neurological , Surgical
Specialties: Neurology, Surgery
Topics: Central Nervous System , Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) , Spine