SCMR Advanced CMR Course Hong Kong
- Dates: 2-5 April 2025
- Venue: William M,W. Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, The University ofHongKong,HongKong SAR, China
Course Chair: Dr Ming-Yen Ng
Chair of the SCMR Education Committee; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; SCMR level 3 accredited
Course Co-Chair: Prof Vanessa Ferreira
SCMR Vice President (2025-2026); Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; SCMR level 3 accredited
SCMR is excited to announce a new format of advanced CMR workshops led by an international Faculty of the SCMR! Are you looking to go beyond level 1 training and become a competent CMR practitioner?
These advanced workshops are designed to prepare you to become an independent practitioner and go beyond interpreting scans! In addition, to going through ~100 cases, there will live scanning at the scanning sites, advice on setting up of CMR services and direct mentorship from an expert Faculty.
Course Objectives:
- Learn cardiac MR acquisition and sequences via didactic lectures and hands-on scanning.
- Learn indications, post-processing, analysis and reporting of cases via didactic lectures and hands-on experience.
- Exposure to 100 cases which will include, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, aortopathy, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, cardiac masses and congenital heart disease (faculty-led review of 30-35 cases per day on Days 1-3)
- Mentorship by CMR experts in learning how to set up a CMR service, undertaking research and keeping up to date with CMR developments.
Audience:
- Radiologists, cardiologists and other health care professionals aiming to learn more advanced applications of CMR for the assessment of cardiovascular disease.
- Radiology, cardiology and medical residents aiming to increase their CMR exposure and eventually obtain level 2 and 3 accreditation.
- Paediatric and congenital heart disease specialists and trainees aiming to learn the clinical utility of CMR
- MRI technologists/ radiographers and allied health care professionals wishing to better understand the clinical utility of CMR
- MRI scientists wishing to better understand the clinical translation and applicability of CMR
At the end of the course, attendees will be eligible for Level 1 SCMR accreditation and certification can be used towards application of level 2 SCMR accreditation.
Language
English speaking tutors are available in the workshop.
Registration Fees
Early bird Registration (by 7th February, 2025) | |
| SCMR Member | |
| High-income GDP region (member only) | USD$1,500 (USD$2,000) |
| Upper-Middle GDP region (member only) | USD$650 (USD$850) |
| Medium-Low or Low GDP region (member only) | USD$150 (USD$200) |
| Non SCMR Member | USD$2000 (USD$2,500) |
| Trainee SCMR Member (residents, fellows) | USD$650 (USD$850) |
| Trainee non-Member (residents, fellows) | USD$750 (USD$950) |
Travel
The workshop takes places at the University of Hong Kong Medical School campus which is located in the Pokfulam area with many buses leading to the medical campus.