18FDG Reporters Training
This course is designed to support Consultant Radiologists’ professional development to report PET-CT scans successfully. The Christie PET-CT Academy provides a learning platform designed to support consultant radiologists and radiology fellows trained in cross-sectional computed tomographic imaging to gain the necessary skills and experience to become an 18FDG PET-CT reporting radiologist.
Upon completion of this course, you will have a clear understanding of evidence-based use of PET-CT imaging in the clinical settings and be able to confidently read, interpret, report and review PET-CT scans. At the end of the training, you will have reported a total of approximately 400 to 600 cases (retrospective and 300 mentored prospective).
You will complete self-learning using e-learning modules on the Royal College of Radiographers Learning Hub. After you’ve completed all of the modules, you will then have access to a comprehensive and challenging set of teaching cases with assessments aimed to cover all the key learning points of that module on the Academy’s learning platform.
Once the online modules and review of assessment cases are complete, you are required to report 46 retrospective training cases. There are six cases per list and each reported list is sent to your supervisor for feedback. After you have completed your retrospective reporting (both training and assessment), you will be given access to the live system and begin your supervised reporting of 300 cases.
NICE Endorsement Statement
The PET-CT Academy’s Reporting training has received official endorsement from The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The e-learning is judged to accurately reflect recommendations in the NICE guidance on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract and lung cancer. (NICE Guideline [NG52], February 2020)
Duration: The PET-CT Academy provides an opportunity for training to be customised to individual needs. The amount of time to complete the programme will depend on your previous experience although we have estimated candidates will complete the course within 9 -12 months.
Suitable for Consultant Radiologists and Post CCT Fellows.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply evidence-based use of PET-CT imaging in a clinical setting
- Read, interpret, report and review PET-CT scans with accuracy and confidence
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Ami Chander
Dr Chander is dually accredited in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine – and has a specialist interest in lung malignancy.
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Ben Taylor
Dr Taylor graduated from Sheffield University in 1991 and trained in Radiology in Manchester with a fellowship in Toronto. He became a consultant at the Christie in 2001 and has a wide range of interests in oncological radiology including PET-CT and image guided biopsy. He is an Advisory Editor for the journal Clinical Radiology and has contributed to the NICE guidelines for Cancer of Unknown Primary (2010) and Bladder Cancer (2015).
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Iain Lyburn
Dr. Iain D. Lyburn is a Consultant Radiologist Professor at NHS Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust). His research interests are Radiology, Breast Imaging, Breast Cancer, Medical Imaging, Medical Devices, Ultrasound.
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Peter Julyan
Dr Julyan is responsible for providing medical physics support for clinical and research PET imaging at the Christie Hospital, and research PET at the University of Manchester’s Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC). He is also involved with teaching at the Universities of Manchester and Salford, and supervises students at M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels.
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Prakash Manoharan
Dr Manoharan is dually accredited in radiology and nuclear medicine, with sub-specialised fellowships in nuclear medicine (UK), oncology body MRI/CT (UK) and nuclear medicine/PET-CT/ advanced radionuclide therapy (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA).
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Rohit Kochhar
Dr Kochhar is a consultant oncoradiologist and a member of the UK National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Colorectal CSG with a specialist interest in peritoneal tumours, anal cancers and Education.
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Soo Mak
Dr Mak is a diagnostic oncology radiologist with a specialist interest in post-treatment brain tumour, head and neck cancer and haematological malignancy.
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Tom Westwood
Dr Westwood is an Oncology Radiologist with a specialist interest in nuclear medicine and molecular Imaging. His experience includes a range of PET tracers including 18 FDG, 68Ga-DOTANOC, 18F-Choline and 18F-DOPA.
