Level 1 – Course-based

Requirements:

  1. Analysis of 50 Cardiac CT Cases during a Level 1 Cardiac CT course evidenced by:
    1. Course logbook of 50 cases AND
    2. Course certificate
  2. Evidence of 8 hours of Continuing Professional Development specific to Cardiac CT
  3. A letter verifying your status as a Consultant or Specialist Registrar/equivalent in Radiology, Cardiology or Cardiothoracic Surgery from your Head of Department, Human Resources or Medical Director.

Further information:

  • The applicant must have attended a classroom-based Level 1 course (supervised by trainers accredited to at least BSCI/BSCCT Level 2 standard), during which they will have examined 50 cardiac CT studies. No more than 5 of these CT studies may be solely non-contrast studies. Evidence of the course should be submitted in the form of a detailed course certificate/letter signed by the course director.
  • The logbook of 50 cases should be uploaded, including scan indications and findings, ideally along with method of acquisition and total dose length product. Although course providers should provide this logbook, submission of these details for the purposes of Level 1 Accreditation remains the responsibility of the applicant.
  • Evidence of 8 hours Continuing Professional Development must be submitted to include, but not be limited to:
    1. Technical principles of cardiac CT and its application to imaging the heart
    2. Different ECG gating techniques, their advantages and limitations
    3. Radiation dose inherent in cardiac CT as well as dose reduction strategies
    4. Contrast kinetics, administration, contraindications and complications
    5. Cardiac anatomy and physiology as applicable to CT
    6. Techniques of image reconstruction and post-processing
    7. Techniques to minimize and reduce image artefacts
    8. Cardiovascular risk assessment
    9. Current indications and applications of cardiac CT
    10. Basics of cardiac CT interpretation
    11. Normal anatomy of the heart & thorax
  • This CPD activity can be accumulated from conferences attended, in-house training or online training e.g. BSCI/BSCCT online education platform (Moodle website), but it must be supported by CPD certificates. If the submitted CPD certificates relate to general or multi-stream meetings, the onus is on the applicant to detail the lectures and modules attended relevant to this application.The applicant will then be credited an appropriate proportion of the CPD value of the meeting certificate.
  • Note that many level 1 courses provide 6 hours of CPD and you will therefore be required to provide evidence in the form of CPD certificates of an additional 2 hours e.g. from online learning such as the BSCI/BSCCT online education platform (Moodle website).

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