DAY 1: February 23, 2018, Friday |
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| 8:00-8.10 a.m. | WELCOME |
| 8:10-8:45 a.m. | MULTIMODAL CONCEPT IN PAIN TREATMENT |
| 8:45-9:10 a.m. | FLUOROSCOPY: NEEDLE GUIDANCE AND RADIATION SAFETY |
| 9:10-10:00 a.m. | COMPLICATIONS OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PROCEDURES, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | STEROIDS, LOCAL ANESTHETICS, NEUROLYTIC AGENTS AND CONTRASTS DYES |
| 11:15-12:00 a.m. | INTRODUCTION ULTRASOUND IN PAIN MEDICINE, TISSUE RECOGNITION, AND DIAGNOSTIC USE OF ULTRASOUND |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:00-1:45 p.m. | WORKSHOP: ULTRASOUND - NEEDLE GUIDANCE, TRICKS AND TIPS |
| 1:45-2:15 p.m. | ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY IN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PROCEDURE |
| 2:30-3:00 p.m. | RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF THE LUMBAR SPINE (CAUDAL, TRANSFORAMINAL AND INTERLAMINAR, MEDIAL BRANCH) |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. | LUMBAR FACET PAIN: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT |
| 4:15-4:30 p.m. | LUMBAR MEDIAN BRANCH BLOCK (live procedure demo) |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | WORKSHOP: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LUMBAR SPINE |
DAY 2: February 24, 2018, Saturday |
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| 8:00-8:45 a.m. | PRINCIPLES OF RADIOFREQUENCY (HISTORY, MECHANISMS AND INDICATIONS) |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | CAUDAL EPIDURAL (live procedure demo) |
| 9:00-9:30 a.m. | PULSED RF LUMBAR DRG |
| 9:30-10:00 a.m. | LUMBAR TRANSFORAMINAL OR DRG PRF (live procedure demo) |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | ULTRASOUND ANATOMY OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE |
| 11.15-12.00 a.m. | LUMBAR MEDIAL BRANCH RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (live procedure demo) |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | WORKSHOP: LIVE MODEL SCANNING: LUMBOSACRAL SPINE |
| 2:00-2.30 p.m | SACROILIAC PAIN: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT |
| 2:30-3:00 p.m. | SI RF DENERVATION - live procedure demo |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:30-4:00 p.m. | DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN, DISCOGRAPHY, INTRADISCAL THERAPIES |
| 4:00-4:30 p.m. | DISCOGRAPHY (live procedure demo) intradiscal PRP |
| 4:30-5:00 p.m. | WORKSHOP: LOW BACK PAIN, DIAGNOSIS&TREATMENT- PSEUDOSCIATICA Problem Based Learning |
DAY 3: February 25, 2018, SundayTrainee: Faculty Ratio 4:1 Maximum |
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| 8:00-4:00 p.m. | CADAVER HANDS-ON TRAINING: |
| 8:00-4:00 p.m. | FLUOROSCOPY STATIONS •NEEDLE GUIDANCE AND TUNNEL VISION TECHNIQUE •LUMBAR SPINE ANATOMY AND PROCEDURES •LUMBAR EPIDURAL BLOCK TECHNIQUES: CAUDAL, INTERLAMINAR AND TRANSFORAMINAL •LUMBAR DISC PROCEDURES |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10.30-12. 30 p.m. | ULTRASOUND STATIONS •ULTRASOUND TISSUE RECOGNITION •LUMBAR SPINE ANATOMY AND PROCEDURES |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:30-4:00 p.m. | FLUOROSCOPY STATIONS •LUMBAR FACET JOINT INTERVENTIONS (MBB, RF/CRYO) •SI JOINT INTERVENTIONS (Diagnostic and RF/Cryo) |