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Cardiac CT Practicum: Evaluations
| 5/13/11 | |
| Comment: | Course was comprehensive and outstanding by one of the leading CT centers. Great course! |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | It was an excellent course. Provided multiple very good examples that help me build confidence in using cardiac CTA. Very comprehensive. Faculty were always available and went out of their way to teach and make sure we made the most out of the course. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | Wonderful experience! Professionally put together, seamless in its delivery. Faculty truly interested in our education. Good balance between didactic instruction, live cases, and banked cases. Very good value at current resident rate. No reservations in making the strongest of recommendations for this course! |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Outstanding cases and discussions. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | I really enjoyed all aspects of the course. Since my institution is very light on the use of CTA, all of the material provided and demonstrated was quite useful. I now feel much more comfortable understanding and evaluation this imaging modality. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | excellent course with lots of interaction and excellent cases. great course directors, well organized |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. I'm amazed by how much I learned in 5 days. They intrigue both the academic mind while keeping practical applications of Cardiac CT at the forefront of their course. I'm very appreciative of this experience. Small, intimate, and hospitable. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | AMAZING. THE MOST I HAVE EVER LEARNED IN A SINGLE WEEK AS A CARDIOLOGY FELLOW. SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE WITH OUTSTANDING LECTURES AND LECTURERS. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Very detailed oriented- these guys know how to teach.... |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent time had by all. Amazing combination of great science, interesting cases, and humor, peppered with ice cream socials and historical discussions. The course directors are clearly passionate about their work and are committed to teaching. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | The training was very well run. The instructors were knowledgeable, focused and efficient. I recommend this course to everyone. |
| 05/13/2011 | |
| Comment: | excellent course, very good lectures. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great Course! excellent training for reading cardiac CT! |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Clinical vignettes provided with each and every case increased my curiousity of trying to find the diagnosis myself. Very well organized. Will recommend the course without any hesitation. Dr Shapiro and Dr. Bush were very informative and they love to teach. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | The best class for CT anywhere. Very organized, unbiased, well presented. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Very good reviewers, excellent reception. Would probably want more cases but overall, this is an excellent course. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Very well organized and thorough. Easy learning environment. Very interesting cases. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Wonderful demonstration of the basic and advanced tools used in interpretation of CT. Wonderful teachers. I have attended other courses before and this by far is the best. Great job |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent comprehensive cardiac CT course. After taking this course, I feel very comfortable interpreting a multitude of cases ranging from the basic to the very complex. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent. If every field of Cardiology is taught in this manner, we'll have an even better group of physicians around! Highly recommend to everyone. Dr. Shapiro, Dr. Bush and team are simply great. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Provided comprehensive training both through didactics and hands on training with a CT workstation in Cardiac CT. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course, outstanding venue and teachers. Very good case collection. They walk you through step by step with corresponding cases for each step. Set of very interesting cases. Highly recommended! |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | the course is very excellent and i hope to get to this course again as a review before the boards. to accommodate more international Mds, a reduced rate maybe appropriate. thank you, Dr. Bush and Dr. Shapiro. |
| 04/15/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Highly recommend |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course! |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | It is a wonderful course. Hope can also offer level-3 training for us |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | 1. Organized 2. Large database of cases 3. Knowledgeable course directors 4. Excellent hand-on experience 5. Balanced in terms of delineating the appropriateness for cardiac CT |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Excellent life, and computer cases with cath and other imaging including echo and MRI correlation. Highly recommend to anyone interested in CT |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This course was fantastic - very thorough and educational. Definitely worth the time, and would highly recommend to my co-fellows. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent program. Great teaching. Excellent set of cases. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with energetic faculty who present a wide variety of cases. The course demonstrates a variety of practical techniques with development of hands on skills. It demonstrates how Cardiac CT skills can complement other cardiologist's skills and how Cardiac CT skills can also offer important incremental benefits in patient management. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | The course at John Hopkins was excellent. The organizers are very friendly, make sure we are comfortable. The course directors Dr Edward Shapiro and Dr David Bush are excellent teachers. We have an opportunity for hands on training with our individual work stations. Additionally the attendees are at various levels of their training and some practicing cardiologists. The course directors make sure that we are not intimidated and encourage us at evry step. Over all a wonderful experience. It also is a great opportunity to meet fellows form other training programs. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This is a comprehensive course that provides a sound basis from which a physician will be able to launch his career in Cardiac CT. It is well organized and has equipped me with the necessary tools for success. A big thank you to Drs. Bush and Shaprio along with the others who participated in this exceptional educational experience. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Bush are not only experts in the field, they are also dedicated and entertaining teachers. The course is more informative than any I have previously attended, and far more enjoyable. As a physician with a moderate degree of experience in the field already, I can say without hesitation that this "introductory" course is also of tremendous benefit to individuals with any degree of experience in the field, from beginner to expert. Including detailed live and remote acquisitions, individual workstations, cath and echo correlations and a truly enjoyable and collegial atmosphere, it is hard to imagine a better use of CME time for anyone interested in the field of cardiac CT. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This course is a full 5 Day comprehensive course for Cardiac CT. Topics covered include clinical indications including appropriateness criteria, CT physics, radiation, contrast, scanning, and review of over 100 cases (with detailed teaching on how to use Vitrea software for manipulating images). In addition to coronary imaging, the course reviews bypass grafts and stents, EP indications including ARVD cases, and congenital cases and much more. All cases are provided with detailed history and echo/cath correlation. The teachers/lecturers are very thorough, answer all questions, and very nice to work with. In addition, shuttle from hotel to the campus, breakfast, and lunch are provided every day with a special dinner one night. A large binder with educational material, DVD and 3 mo remote access to cases is offered after the course. The course is truly the total experience from beginning to end and is highly recommended. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | I am a Brazilian Radiologist, doing Cardiac CT since 2006. This is the 3rd international course that I do, and would like to express that was the best one. The whole week discussion, with clinical and images correlations and patients follow up. Very nice course for CME, also with a medical background history from Hopkins. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | The training course was an amazing experience. The title of the course says it all... "The Total Experience". Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Bush did an exemplary job in getting us through 150 representative cases of cardiovascular CT. They are both fantastic teachers; efficient and thorough. They were available to answer questions at all time... not to mention their hospitality, kindness, great sense of humor and more... Long days of the course passed by like a breeze... I highly recommend this course to all cardiology fellows, practicing cardiologists and radiologists interested in non-invasive imaging. |
| 03/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | I truly enjoyed my experience at the JH CCT Course. The instructors seemed very interested in educating us and made the learning process fun. I will be recommending this course to my other cardiology fellows. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course. Directors were terrific. Organized superbly. Learned a great deal |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This is a superb course. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in cardiac CT training. The best CME course I have been to in 20+ years of attending these. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great training course! All lectures were well organized and interesting. Hands-on training was excellent. The course provided an extraordinary amount of information in a short time. Would recommend to anyone. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | great course, exposure to greatly experienced teachers! |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Absolutely fabulous course. Extremely high yield, comprehensive course. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course: great didactic content, great teachers, great cases. Highly recommend it to everyone. impeccably organized. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This was an outstanding experience Excellent lectures Excellent cases and wonderful faculty |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course.Great exposure to Cardiac CT cases for cardiology fellows. Very well organized. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Wonderful course. Dr's Shapiro and Bush did an outstanding job in explaining cardiac CT from the beginning, physics, instrumentation, and interpretation of the simple and complicated cases, both coronary and noncoronary. The correlation with catheterization and other complementary imaging techniques was very instructive. Probably the best course available. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | That was amazing course. I love it. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Wonderful course. I learned a lot and it will change my practice and help my patients. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | I very much enjoyed the course. Drs. Bush and Shapiro are pioneers in this field and for a full week you have the opportunity to discuss CCT with them. They spend plenty of time with you after hours as well which is also very helpful. A+. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | This course is outstanding and the course directors take it very seriously while maintaining humor and a very pleasant learning environment. The syllabus is thoughtful, the lectures educational, the cases appropriate and informative. It is the single most high yield week of education in all of cardiology fellowship. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | Having attended another course, I fully appreciate the Excellent organization, extremely well organized and delivered didactic information, and was amazed and kept engrossed by the stunning variety and quality of cases. I feel well prepared for interpreting CCTA studies, and thoroughly enjoyed the course. The instructors really enjoy teaching and have the process down to a very efficient, but enjoyable process. My thanks to them. |
| 02/18/2011 | |
| Comment: | It was a great experience for me. All the program is well prepared. Most of all, I deeply appreciate Dr Shapiro and Dr Bush's effort. |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding review and interesting/varied case mix. Highly recommend it and would definitely do it again! |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | The refresher course is great, too. very structured, great variety of courses. A must! |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | Well run course with personal attention. small class size helpful. Great spectrum of cases. |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | Took the refresher course Jan 2011....Bush and Shapiro are excellent...great case mix....recommend to all...I'll go back |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great Review! Very useful. |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | I attended the refresher course for the cardiac CT course and found it extremely enjoyable. It was definitely complementary to my current knowledge and training and it was a wonderful way to update myself on the latest advancements and applications of cardiac CT. |
| 01/22/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent refresher course. Drs. Shapiro and Bush were informative and entertaining |
| 01/14/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Faculty. Excellent interactive sessions. Excellent learning. Great Fun |
| 01/14/2011 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent cardiac CT course that I would recommend anybody who is interested in learning Cardiac CTA. The course is well organized , and loaded with excellent lectures and lots of hands on experience. |
| 01/14/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent/Great CT course. I would say "The Total CT Experience". Excellent Teachers, and superb Interactive work stations and support through out Training. Would highly recommend to anyone who is interesting to learn CT from beginner level up to an independent Interpreter. |
| 01/14/2011 | |
| Comment: | Great course and excellent teachers. Highly recommendable even if you have limited experience with Cardiac CT |
| 01/14/2011 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course! Great Cases - Superb didactic and teaching skills |
| 11/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | This course was extremely well put together. The breadth of exposure to this discipline was robust and the individualized instruction was unparalleled. I would strongly recommend that every healthcare provider take this course. |
| 11/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Well structured lectures with knowledgeable faculty, good mix of cases with diverse and extremely interesting pathology. Quite entertaining too. |
| 10/15/2010 | |
| Comment: | This course is fabulous. The staff are great and the teachers are very dedicated for teaching. It is a great balance of didactics and hands-on experience. I would highly recommend this to others. |
| 10/15/2010 | |
| Comment: | Very comprehensive course. Good didactic teaching and wide variety of cases. Good instructor to student ratio. Knowledgeable and friendly teachers. Highly recommended. |
| 10/15/2010 | |
| Comment: | AMONG THE MULTIPLE CCT CORONARY COURSES I HAVE ATTENDED THIS IS INDUBITABLY THE BEST. IT WAS WELL PLANNED AND IT WAS SUFFICIENT TIME FOR QUESTIONS, DIDACTIC LECTURES AND DIRECT WORK WITH THE IMAGES. |
| 10/15/2010 | |
| Comment: | The best learning experience I have ever had in my lifetime Excellent teaching and interaction. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | An excellent course in every way. I came to gain the skills and confidence to set up a new CCT service and I am going home fully capable of doing so. I would recommend it to anyone. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | This was an excellent course. The week was intensive with a series of very good talks interspersed by hands on workstation experience of over 100 CT cases. The faculty were interesting, expert and welcoming and the whole experience both enjoyable and very educational. I would be happy to recommend this course to any cardiologist or radiologist planning to practice or beginning to practice cardiac CT. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | Quality instruction of didactic lectures by excellent instructors: knowledgeable, educators who understand how to lecture. Lectures are reinforced by subsequent related cases - plenty of cases. Full attention by top notch instructors. Excellent pace. Additional lectures by world-class experts discussing what's on the horizon. Feel confident developing a CCT program. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | The course was excellent! Great integration of lectures and cases. Exceptional lecturers who loves teaching. Many many many practical cases as well as many many many rare cases. The course is very intense and worth ever minute of it. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with great theoretical lectures and very interesting clinical cases. Strongly recommended. |
| 09/24/2010 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent, thorough and well-organized course, with outstanding lectures and hands-on experience at an individual workstation. There are a plethora of cases to review and by the end of the week one feels very comfortable reviewing images in a systematic fashion. |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | This is an absolutely phenomenal course. I HIGHLY recommend it. Fantastic overview of cardiac CT with superb hands on training! |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | By far the best, intensive cardiac CTA course available. The professors, staff and cases are all outstanding. I'd recommend this course highly with no reservations. |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | Very good with lots of hands-on review of CT images on a workstation for each attendee. |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | The course was easily one of the best educational experiences I've had in any medical training foru. Both Drs. Shapiro and Bush are outstanding teachers who seem to exude both enthusiasm and erudition. I couldn't have asked for a better course. |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | excellent course excellent teachers excellent facility excellent case examples |
| 07/23/2010 | |
| Comment: | Very useful and informative course; excellent cases. |
| 07/13/2010 | |
| Comment: | Overall great course. Many well selected cases. Great overview with excellent lectures and faculty. |
| 06/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | This outstanding course provides an excellent overview of cardiac CT in a concise, efficient manner. The elements of cardiac CT are covered in didactic sessions and reinforced through cases. |
| 06/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Highly academic, comprehensive course on all clinically-relevant applications of cardiac CT. Hands-on training starts from the very basic concepts and appropriately progresses to advanced functions, ensuring acquisition of high-level skills and knowledge. Incorporates evidence-based didactic sessions. This is a highly-reputable course with no industry or vendor-related involvement. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. The organization is perfect, taking a novice through baby steps to an expert reader by day 4. Its is a testament to the teaching capabilities and hard work of the whole team. This is definitely "the course" to learn cardiac CT. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Fabulous course, lots of hands-on experience with reading cardiac CTs, very interactive, great lectures. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Good course |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent, well organised course. Highly recommended. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | This has been a comprehensive and interactive course. You are able to note your progress as the week goes on. Dr Shapiro and Bush are not only excellent teachers but they make the process interesting and hold your attenion for the long hours of the course. Highly recommended |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | THE BEST training course I've ever attended. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | The Johns Hopkins CCT Practicum is a truely outstanding educational experience. During the week long program, participants are exposed to a well organized curriculum that includes lectures and cases. The faculty are the best in the field and are truely outstanding teachers. I would highly recommend this course. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course that was well organized, well taught and very helpful. Good balance of hands on experience and lectures from varied perspectives. Taught wide range from the basics to the state of the art. Very helpful instructors. Additionally...the city was beautiful and very entertaining for my family. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | intense and grueling, but overwhelmingly worthwhile. instructive and informative, by knowlegeable, collegial faculty who get everything in and make one able to be an interpreter, as well as a performer, or CTA of the coronary arteries and cardiac and vascular structures. nice people, well organized, and all-inclusive in a fairly relaxed mode. good facilities. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | One the best educational experiences on the globe. This is a must for anyone wanting a comprehensive review under the tutelage of a superb dedicated team of instructors. Dr Ed Shapiro, David Bush and Paul Hess and Team represent a team of outstanding instructors who are world class. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | The course provided an excellent overview of cardiac CTA. The case review cover a very broad range of diease states.. The instrutures were excellent. |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | Most incredible learning experience since cardiology fellowship. Excellent instructors. Optimal small classroom learning environment. Highly recommend for invasive and noninvasive docs, whether you plan to use CTA or not !!!! |
| 05/28/2010 | |
| Comment: | outstanding course. highly recommended |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course! I have had previous training in Cardiac CTA, and would highly recommend this course for anyone who is interested in gaining a great amount of information in a short time frame. Excellent faculty, thorough review of cases and a wonderful hands on experience. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | I attended the Hopkins course as a second year cardiology fellow. The group was mixed, with several practicing cardiologists and radiologists. The instruction and course material was such that all levels were able to learn and gain proficiency with ease. Outstanding course! Highly recommended! |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent. Useful to have coronary angios and stress echo etc side by side in discussion of many CTCA cases. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | very good course with exceptional faculty.Personlized training. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with fanatastic cases. Great diversity in the cases presented. Presenters are all very knowledgable and presented unbiased information. Course directors were excellent teachers. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Broad spectrum of pathology presented. Excellent hands on experience. Perfect blend of hands on and didactic lectures. Perfect pace. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. I recommend this course to radiologist interested in learning cardiac CT. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Radiologist Perspective Getting more of a cardiologist perspective (staff are all cardiologists, but did have 1 radiologist guest lecturer) was very helpful. Dr. Shapiro and Bush do the majority of the teaching and are very knowledgeable, enthusiastic teachers that make the 10+ hour days bearable if not entertaining. I would not consider another course that is any shorter as all the time is needed and time was generally well spent with little down time. I would highly recommend the course. Limitations: Very limited coverage of congenital and shunt leasions. They do not do any prospective CTA here do to equipment limitations and so if you have that ability on your scanner, you may want to consider going else where to work with those that do use that technique. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with hands on experience and wide array of patient cases.. Even for those who come in as novice , you leave with an increase sense of competency. Staff were very knowledgeable and very helpful to assure that all students felt comfortable during the course.. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Extremely well run course. Case studies were interesting and well chosen. Very enjoyable learning experience. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent course. The directors have covered all the bases to make this an intensive but convenient and enjoyable learning experience. The didactic lectures are by experienced expert clinicians and teachers. Highly recommend. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | EXCELLENT COURSE. INSTRUCTORS WERE BRIGHT AND FRIENDLY. THE BEST COURSE I HAVE ATTENDED IN OVER20 YEARS. MEALS WERE VERY GOOD ALSO. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with starting with fundamental principles of cardiac CT, from radiation physics to computer post-processing, and encompassing all aspect including patient preparation, comprehensive clinical correlations, and evidence for appropriate use of this technique. Further, this course provided insights into the science of cardiac CT and emerging technologies in the field. |
| 05/07/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Great quanlity and quantity of cases. Instructors are very accessible and helpful. Very intense but you feel extremely comfortable with CTA interpretation when you finish the course. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent comprehensive course with lots of hands on experience with individual workstations as well as excellent interactive lectures. You really do see the number of cases advertised. All cases are of a superb quality. It was very useful to me as the vitrea workstation is what I use at my own hospital. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Fantastic course. Individual work stations with mentored cases. Individualized instructions. Great didatic lectures and organization of course. Highly recommended. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Exceeds expectations. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Absolutely fabulous experience. Every minute of this course was useful. Every case reviewed from the most common to the rarest were very well done. Very well organized curriculum with excellent didactics. Good hands on training with individual workstation. Very friendly, approachable, personable staff. Excellent cath, echo corelation. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Very useful practical tips about workstation and comprehensive collection of illustrative cases. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Very complete format - excellent didactics as well as a myriad of CT cases to reinforce a particular topic. Good lunches too. Computers were fast and easy to navigate. Great instructors who are very approachable and interested in spreading the knowledge of cardiac CT |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. I would highly recommend it both for beginners and experienced cardiac CT practitioners. Dr Shapiro and Dr Bush are excellent teachers, providing key tips and tricks which clearly comes from their experience. Very Good venue and facilities. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | It was an unique experience. Really good !!! |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | This was an extremely informative and useful course in cardiac CT that included lecture series on cardiac CT as well as its non-cardiac uses, live exposure to cardiac CT being done at Johns Hopkins and hours of interactive cardiac CT interpretation with 2 cardiologists and 2 radiologists boarded in cardiac CT interpretation. The schedule was very well-timed with the right amount of training and lectures per day. The course instructors were very interested in teaching and had a lot of energy. I would highly recommend this course. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | This course was excellent. The material was covered in a fun and well organized manner, combining a mix of didactic lectures along with over a hundred cases. I feel much stronger interpreting cardiac CT cases. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Fantastic introduction to cardiac CT! The week was intense but there was plenty of time to learn the fundamentals of cardiac imaging acquisition and interpretation with plenty of case studies. Didactics were given by prominent figures in the field and demonstrated the broad application of the technology. The case studies focused heavily on coronary disease, with somewhat limited exposure to other applications during out session however. Overall great course and I would recommend this to others interested in cardiac CT training. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Well done in all particulars. Just the right size. Faculty, facilities, and food all top notch. Would suggest to anyone of large or limited experience. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | It's an excellent CTA course with great faculty and practice module. Lots of case collection/archived and excelellnt way to practice with clinical and cath correlation. We felt that we learned lot from this course for practice and board exam. |
| 04/16/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course well structured, excellent broad case series, fantastic lectureres and didactics and whole lot of fun doing it too. highly recommended. |
| 03/13/2010 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course. Excellent combination of didactic sessions and reviewing images. Extremely well organized. All speakers are recognized leaders in the field. Tremendous library of cases. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | This course was extremely well organized. It met the stated objectives. It was very academically oriented and emphasized evidence based application of CTA. We had the opportunity to hear from different experts in the field on every relevant aspect of CTA. Highly recommend it. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Well organized course with dedicated instructors. Ample hands on experience with the workstation. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Great experience Very useful |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Fast paced Would emphasize more about a systemic approach to analysis of images and develop a pattern of review for studies. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Course is superbly organized and administered. Instructors are excellent and manage to make the week-long course both an intensive educational experience as well as a lot of fun. Would strongly recommend the course to cardiologists and radiologists still in training or already established in their careers. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course in all aspects. Clear precise lectures, excellent in lab experience and cases. I highly recommend this course. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | One of the best courses that i have ever attended. Outstanding, hands on and very intensive but well worth the effort. Lecturers very personable. |
| 03/12/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent, well managed, and complete from personal to professional and public to private matters. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Abundance of excellent case material, excellent teaching and hands on. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Extremely useful. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Wonderful course, would recommend it to anyone who is interested in Cardiac CT Angiography! |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course, highly recommended by a colleague of mine who attended it and I really enjoyed the course. Diverse cases and excellent teaching. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent lectures, hands on training and a superb collection of cases. The speakers are just great with immense experience and the sessions are engaging and educational. Recommend strongly. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | The CCT course offered by Hopkins is amazing !. It gave me an absolutely great exposure and training to CCT angiography, CCS and Functional evaluations. I would strongly recommend this program to every cardiologists. faculty is excellent, very knowledgeable, and friendly. I felt very comfortable even though I was a first year fellow and learned a lot. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent and thorough overview |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Great cases and great image quality. |
| 02/26/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Bush did a wonderful job, excellent teachers, very friendly. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | This is a highly recommended course :very informative, well organized with many hands-on cases |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course, excellent teachers, very well organized and coordinated. Drs Bush and Shapiro really go out of their way. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Great course -- very comprehensive and a fantastic, well-organized presentation! Instructors were uniformly excellent. A wonderful experience! |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course. Learned so much in such little time due to amazing amount of repetition and consistency in the coursework. I definitely feel much more comfortable looking and reading at Cardiac CTs. Instructors are very friendly and interactive which makes the long hours of this course enjoyable. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Would highly recommend. Syllabus, course materials, and cases were excellent. Please note, workstation is Vitrea |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Excellent hands-on training with mix of didactic instruction. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Superb course on all aspects of cardiac CT including hands on reading of multiple cases. Very intense 5 days - so be well rested before participating. It is worth it and highly recommendable. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Comprehensive, highly skilled, knowlegable, personable faculty. Great food. Excellent dinner at aquarium |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | An excellent cardiac CT course and I learn many variety of cases here. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | An extremely well run and established cardiac CT course with a focus on coronary findings. Excellent lectures from leading cardiac CT researchers. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Exellent course, which covers all the essentials in cardiac CT. Good mix of cases, practical scan techniques and post processing (work flow, tips and tricks) . All cases were presented enthusiastically with clinical backgound and invasive angiographies in most cases. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | Great course! Covers all the essential topics and has a broad range of cases. Lectures are given by experts in the field. |
| 01/29/2010 | |
| Comment: | I learnt a lot from the course. They started from scratch and went up in the level of information. The faculty are very friendly. They offer plenty of cases. The lectures are done by top notch staff. It is designed for every level. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | Extremely comprehensive. Exceptional teachers. Very skilled to make complex concepts simple. Extremely organized. Fantastic cases of every conceivable pathology. Exceptional staff.Perfect learning environment. I have attended cardiology courses for since 1978, this was indeed by far the best ever. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | Great course, well run and coordinated with extremely helpful and knowledgeable staff/instructors. Highly recommended course. You leave the course feeling comfortable with a new set of clinical and diagnostic skills to help with providing state of the art patient care. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | Well planned, thorough, plenty of educational material, good one-on-one interaction with the interface as well as the faculty. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | This was an incredible experience! Wonderfully organized, amazing teaching, incredible cases to review. I learned more this week than I ever could have imagined. This course came extremely highly recommended, and I concur that this is likely the finest such course in the country. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | By far the most productive, educational and resourceful CTA course. Faculty was knowledgeable, professional and taught with passion. A well organized and resourced program that takes a novice from scratch to a level of maniferst confidence in CTA. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | Exellent. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | I just finished the JHU Cardiac CT course. It is an excellent course with an exceptional faculty. It gave me the capacity to apply for the SCCT examination for certification in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. The course is great, it covers very well the subjects related with the speciality and applied technology. I am very happy with the opportunity to visity the JHU Cardiac CT Section for the course. |
| 12/11/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent review of Cardiac CT from the basics. I had no experience with Cardiac CT imaging prior to attending this course and I left with a considerable confidence regarding my ability to use this modality to diagnose a variety of cardiac pathology. It is very well organized, the curriculum is comprehensive and the fellows discount also helps a lot. My colleagues have taken this course and it was highly recommended to me. They teach on vitrea workstations so if your institution uses the same software it helps. |
| 10/26/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent tuition, focused tutors, wide variety of cases. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Excellent cases and hands on practice. Faculty was suburb. A week full of learning with fun |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Great course! |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Great organization. Brilliant staff. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course, Complete 100 cases during week, 50 cases at home. Directors are excellent. Very complete and fun week. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. I would highly recommend it. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent and intense course. Each individual with own vitrea workstation with focus on processing and interpreting over 100 cases over the 5 day period. Excellent lectures throughout the day. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | great course, highly recommend it. Many things included in the course with a strong clinically side to each case. |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Amazing course, great teachers and good cases to get you started on reading Cardiac CTs. Would highly recommend this course! |
| 10/23/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Prime organization and program. |
| 09/26/2009 | |
| Comment: | Very comprehensive course. As a radiologist in my final year of training I found the supervision by cardiologists an advantage to the course, even though some radiologists may not agree! This cardiology/ clinical contribution gave a lot of clinical perspective to the technique and focuses on the patient mainly rather than imaging only. The fellow rate was very attractive too. Some of the lectures were somewhat long; replacing them may be with more cases would have made the course perfect. This is the only course I have attended, but at the end of the course I feel that I am confident to start my own independent practice. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent and thorough reviews. The instructors were obviously knowledgeable and were all very enthusiastic to teach. Truly a total experience, with in-depth clinical and multi-modality correlation. Great for radiologists who want a bit more of the clinical perspective. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent and very rewarding experience... Drs Bush and Shapiro have done an great job... thanks Dr zhang |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | This course was excellent. Great practical skills can be achieved on this one week course. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | Fantasic course! Excellent and knowledgable instructors. Very well run course. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | Absolutely wonderful. Educational, interactive, interesting. The speakers are energetic, knowledgeable, and fun. The course is very professional and the delivery of the course is seemless. The content is high yield and very informative. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning more about cardiac CT. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | The course was fantastic. Drs. Bush and Shapiro are excellent educators. They took a topic that was complicated and vast, and through great course design and perfect pacing, I was able to grasp key concepts and in a matter of a day start feeling comfortable with the workstation, with cardiac anatomy on CT, and with interpretation. The rest of the course was spent increasing our knowledge base and reviewing cases. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent overall course. I am in my last year of cardiology fellowship and I found this course extremely helpful. It is extemely well organized and the course directors Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Bush are extemely knowledgeable, patient and have outstanding teaching skills. I would enthusiastically recommend this course to anyone. |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | An excellent and highly recommended course. (Comment from an UK cardiologist) |
| 09/25/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent! Highly recommended for radiologists who have not working much with cardiologists. Most of the cases have cath or echo correlation. These are very valuable to radiologists. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | I didnt had any experience of CTA in the past. Today i feel confident that i can read CTA. I think course was worth taking. You will enjoy too. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | The course bank was very broad and applicable to learning this modality. I found that although teaching was of good quality, this course was geared more towards the needs of a cardiologist wishing to learn CCTA than a radiologist such as myself. Nevertheless, this was a worthwhile experience. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | THIS IS AN WONDERFUL COURSE WITH LOTS OF HANDS ON EXPERIENCE FROM GREAT ATTENDINGS. I REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS COURSE. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Give a big discount on course fees to fellows in training. Extremely friendly & intellectual faculty. Recommend this to everyone. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Practical approach. Good interaction with tech doing CT scans. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | I highly recommend this course. It was a comprehensive and thorough introduction to cardiac CT. The lecturers were very enthusiastic and the course directors were superb. It was very well organized with an excellent range of clinical CT pathology. This is absolutely the best way to quickly familiarize oneself in this field and to quickly acquire expertise in a comfortable learning environment with great facilities. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Very good course. My only suggestion would be for more careful thematic grouping of cases reviewed on the first two days to better illustrate specific tools/strategies for using the image review workstation. Otherwise, my hats off to Drs. Bush and Shapiro for their level of energy, enthusiasm and support for attendees. That they do this course monthly is a testament to their commitment to the field. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Overall, I felt that this course was excellent!! I had been to the ACCF/CCT Practicum in DC. The differences in the two courses were as follows for the same price: -Here at Hopkins, there was one person per station whereas at the ACC course, there were 2 people per workstation -The Hopkins course helped you meet Level II requirements whereas only level I reqquirements were met with the ACC course -There was a great amount of individual attention afforded to all the attendees here at the Hopkins course -Drs. Bush and Shapiro were EXCELLENT with the live cases. Overall, this ourse was truly amazing and I genuinely enjoyed the experience, despite the long days and rigor of the course! |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | This was one of the best courses I have ever attended, both at a professional and personal level. I did not expect to learn so much in 5 days in such a pleasant atmosphere. I especially enjoyed the combination of core lectures and hands-on workstation experience. All lecturers were excellent and extremely helpful in explaining the use of the workstations. I can highly recommend this course and will do so at my training program. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent experience. Clinical correlation with the cases was emphasized and represented a very valuable dimension of the course. 1:1 workstation beneficial, as you had the opportunity to develop a particular thought without needing to negotiate with another. Essentially, they have created a very effective learning "bubble" with learning occurring in real time through visual, auditory, passive and active modalities throughout the weeklong course. Extra time (compared with other courses) allows you to really integrate the information in a way that would be very difficult otherwise. |
| 07/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with multitude of excellent cases and excellent workstation time very well monitored. Best course that I have taken in past 3 years. Hones skills very well for level 2-3 CT reading. Outstanding course directors and speakers with very relavent presentations. |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | Really excellent program. Great cases and great teachers who obviously love teaching. Excellent correlation of all cases with other imaging (cardiac cath etc.) as well as clinical findings. Really excellent IT setup with fast, reliable workstations. Excellent practical live cases with lots of tips on how to produce quality, reliable studies. |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | very well planned, excellent and patient course directors with excellent case collection. I am glad that I attended this course |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Experience! Dr.'s Shapiro and Bush present excellent patient cases and make the course both fun and educational. I came away very comfortable in evaluating and interpreting cardiac CT cases. Great coffee! |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course instructers and a very detailed course, meeting all CT level 2 obligations and my goals of learning Ct cardiac. Dr. Bush, Dr. Hees, and Dr. Shapiro were very patient and helped us tremendously in the learning process. |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | A phenomenal course; the days were very long and intense yet extremely useful and necessary. To obtain level II training in 5 days is not an easy task but Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Bush truly have put together a course that fulfills this with a harmonious mix of didactics, hands-on experience, and interactive sessions that truly was invaluable. I highly recommend this course to all and look forward to returning for further advanced training!!! |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | This is the best hands-on training course that I have been on. - Be warned, it's a 12 hour day at minimum though! The training was delivered with massive enthusiasm, with a great sense of humour, in a very relaxed learning atmosphere. Despite the huge expertise and pedigree of the trainers, they are very open and gracious. Contentious interaction is encouraged, and best practice discussed based on the latest evidence. This is an exceptional course and truly excellent- our 320 service has been given a great start! |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | Great course. I just finished my first year fellowship, and I found the course to be very usefull. |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | If your goal is to become well -trained in cardiac CTA , then the JHU Cardiac CT Practicum : The Total Experience will provide everything you need to reach your goal. Operation of the workstations is thoroughly explained. The course faculty are experts in the field and conduct the course in a relaxed , good -humored atmosphere. |
| 06/19/2009 | |
| Comment: | +good course. nice cases and well illustrated incl correlqtion with cor angio very complete , covering all the topics - lack of new cases done with the latest machines There were no exams done with acquillion one or flash . quite expensive |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | this is a very comprehensive course. I feel confident I will be able to interpret CT cardiac cases back home. This is well worth the trouble of travelling half way around the world to attend this. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Well organized, engaging speakers, interesting cases. Highly recommended. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | excellent course with tremendous teaching both via case files and teachers. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | This comprehensive course was very intense and accomplished in five days what it claims to do. Dr's Shapiro, Bush, and Hees were terrific and very knowledgeable, the tops in their fields obviously. I strongly recommend this course to anyone interested in gaining valuable interpretative skills. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course and provided great hands-on experience with CTA. I would recommend this course to anybody seeking CTA Certification. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | Very well organized course with excellent coverage of CT angiography. Dr Shapiro and Bush are a great resource. Everyone was highly committed to teaching and ready to answer any question. 1:1 workstation (as was available) is a must. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | I am very impressed with the dedication of all the members that have put the course together. I will highly recommend this course to my collegues. The course was very comprehensive with cath examples to supplement CT findings. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | A well rounded course highlighting all technical and clinical aspects of cardiac CT. Drs Bush and Shapiro are excellent teachers and made this experience a memorable one. |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | An excellent, though rigorous course |
| 04/24/2009 | |
| Comment: | This was truely an excellent course. The teachers were extremely commited and took a great deal of interest. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in aquiring cardiac CT skills. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Although the days are long, they are structured very well with the right mix of didactic and hands on workstation experience. All the instructors are very friendly and approachable. You have access to a library of diverse and interesting cases, and virtually every case viewed during the course had appropriate clinical history available and cath/echo/nuclear correlation when appropriate. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in learning cardiac CT. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course, covering alot of material with proficiency and without bias. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Superb course!!! |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Perfect balance of lectures and case studies. Even without a cardiology or radiology background I found the course incredibly high yield! |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Quite comprehensive and beneficial course |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | The ideal course for a beginner or even someone who has had some experience with CTA. This was definitely the "TOTAL" experience. Dr. Bush and Dr. Shapiro (including their staff) are excellent teachers and have a real passion for the field. Great variety of cases all set at the right pace. At the end of the course, I felt completely confident to start my own CTA practice. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Covering almost every aspect of cardiac CT. Strongly recommended for everyone working in the field. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Excellent training. It superbly combines practice in workshops with lectures. The best course I have ever taken. I would surely recommend it to everyone. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | I found the course as complete experience for cardiac ct. I started from the scratch and got in depth knowledge of interpreting cardiac ct. The variety of cases is tremendous. I wish I had more time to spend with Dr Shapiro and Dr Bush. |
| 01/16/2009 | |
| Comment: | Course is complete with good lectures covering all cardiac conditions, able to be read by CT exam, and to highlight the possibility of usage of workstations to see real cases. |
| 12/12/2008 | |
| Comment: | Best course I ever attended in 25 years! In 1 week they were able to give us the details necessary to perform the cardiac CT procedure and expose us to just about every pathology we could come across in clinical practice. |
| 12/12/2008 | |
| Comment: | The John Hopkins Cardiac CT course was excellent. The course is educational and intense. The directors of the course were friendly and well versed in the literature. I enjoyed the course and all the objective of the ACC were met. I truly feel honored to have participated in the course and feel I have a great foundation to build upon in the field of cardiac CT. |
| 12/12/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent, comprehensive course for all levels of CTA knowledge. Many CTA cases with cath correlates and individual workstations. Instructors are experts in the field and overall great learning experience. Highly recommended. |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Absolutely fantastic course. The best educational week I have spent in many years. Very intensive, but always a return on the investment of time. Remarkable to see the change in understanding in such a short time. Great diversity of pathology, studies, techniques and indications. Recommended to anyone who wants to begin reading and understaning studies seriously. Thanks so much to Susie, the course organizer as well ! |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. It is like a mini-fellowship which is very practice oriented. There is no company bias. It is highly recommended. The learning atmosphere is very friendly. It is the best course out in the market. The cases reviewed are the daily bread and butter of cardiology. |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | This an excellent hands-on course. I did not know how to use a workstation before this course and the course instructors were very patient with me, often having to work me through the techiques several times staying with me and checking on me to make sure I got the technique down. I couldn't ask for more. The instructors were excellent, experienced and patient. The instructor to student ratio was great. I worked on my own workstation so that I could get the hands-on experience that I lacked. I recommend it highly. |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Very practical hands-on course with excellent instructors |
| 10/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent instructive course with lots of hands-on instruction with the workstations. |
| 09/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Just attended 2 days John Hopkins Cardiac Review course( sep 5th and 6th). It was great! |
| 09/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course. Thank you for time invstment into putting this course together . |
| 09/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | I attended the 2 day refresher course after taking the initial course in December. Like the intial course, the refresher was fast-paced, interesting, and superbly taught. I would highly recommend this course. |
| 08/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | This was the finest educational experience I have had since I completed my cardiology fellowship. The emphasis is on teaching of competence in the fullest sense including principles of the discipline, supervision of performance of studies including patient safety issues, workstation skills for review of studies, as well as interpretation of coronary and non-coronary findings. |
| 08/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | One of the best courses I have taken. Excellent presentations from multiple experts mixed with CTA case reviews. Every student has a separate workstation for hands-on training, with individual help from instructors. Similarly, the logistics were worked out well, with food and transportation arranged. I have not taken any other CT courses but I cannot imagine a better one. Feel free to email me with further questions. |
| 08/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. The talks correlate very well with the practical reading experience. |
| 08/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | excellent cource with great faculty Dr. Bush and Shapiro are excellent teacher and go out of their way to teach you cardiac ct |
| 07/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | I highly recommend this course to all interested in cardiac CT. 5 days of continuous reading and interpretation of recorded cases as well as many live cases. Each trainee had his own workstation with excellent one-one interaction. This course is great. |
| 06/23/2008 | |
| Comment: | I recently attended a 2 day refresher course at Hopkins. I took the initial 5 day course back in September,2007. Like many others, I have not been very active in cardiac CT since then and was pleased to hear that the good people at Hopkins were offering a refresher course free of charge to all those who had their initial training there. I went there expecting that we will be "merged" with the main course attendees. However, to my surprise, the few of us were the main event. There were three of us and we had the full attention of Drs Shapiro and Bush. These two give their heart and soul to teaching CT. In addition to brushing up on my skills, I earned 50 extra cases towards level 3 and 14.5 CME credits. All for free! you cannot beat this deal. I strongly recommend this course to any one who is serious about cardiac CT. The quality is superb! |
| 06/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Good interaction between cardiology and radiology. Good case discussions in a lively interactive environment. |
| 06/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course |
| 06/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | excellent!!! |
| 06/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Great course...I would highly recommend this training program |
| 06/06/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course from start to finish. The cases were fascinating and high yield. Drs. Bush and Shapiro are excellent course directors and teachers. |
| 06/06/2008 | |
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| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | An excellent course. The most helpful traning in CTA I have attended. Extremely knowledgeable faculty. Case demonstration is superb. The live scanning demonstration also is very useful. CT tech's are great and skillful. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent and very patient instructors that help you through the difficult process of workstation use and to help get you started on a new imaging tool that will bring value to patient care. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | Highly professional, intense and educational. I feel comfortable that I have enough education and tools to read CCTA by the fourth day. Both Drs. Shapiro and Bush and their team have perfected this course |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent experience. Would highly recomend this course to anyone interested in Cardiac CT. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Enjoyed the interactive sessions. Highly recommended course. A must for all new comers. Superb faculty . Some excellent didactic lectures. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | High marks for presentations, facility and individual instruction. Strongly recc. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | Comprehensive course geared to both novices in the field and those with CT experience. Material covered and cases reviewed were well planned and explained. Obviously there is a learning curve where practice will improve our ability to interpret with confidence. |
| 05/16/2008 | |
| Comment: | The is an excellent course on MSCT. It is thorough, detailed, scientific and highly clinical. I have found it extremely good and would be happy to recommend to everyone interested in learning MSCT. My sincere thanks to the Directors Dr Shapiro and Dr Bush for the great work they are doing in the field of educational cardiology |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | Absolutely the best course on imaging I've ever had the pleasure to attend. Extremely well organized, well executed, and taught by leaders in the field who know how to teach a very complex imaging modality by breaking it down into sections that are easy to understand and follow. Having your own individual workstation is key and the case compilation is amazing! I rate this course as superior, and I highly recommend it to anyone desiring a better handle on cardiovascular CT. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | this is an excellent traning course with great course directors and case library. I learned a lot. thank you very much. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent didactic sessions with intense one on one interaction between trainee and instructor. Exposure to several experts. Excellent workstation (individual). Very complete book provided. Plenty of time for discussion. Excellent location. Excellent food. I recommend this course highly. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | This course was EXCELLENT. Long days, but well worth it. Very good correlation of cases with clinical history and other diagnostic tests. Good balance of case reviews with didactic teaching. Would strongly recommend to anyone interested in cardiac imaging. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | This was the best educational course I'd ever had. Each student was assigned with a workstation. There were always 2-3 experts to help us how to use and how to interpret. The cases were also great from atherosclerotic diseases to tumors including some very rare cases, and reviewed with a great discussion by all the participants. The lectures cover everything you need to know about CCT as well as cutting-edge technology and upcoming research. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellently organized and run CCT course. They stated what the course would provide and provided everything and more than what they stated. I much appreciated the excellent individual work stations and the readily available instructors for 1 on 1 interaction. Their love of CT in the care of cardiac patients and love of teaching and sharing was quite evident and appreciated. Thank you. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | It is an excellent course. The lectures and the organization of the course were fantastic and it is one of the best courses that I had in the last years! The course combines frontal lectures and interactive CT readings in an optimal and a very interesting way. In addition joining the technician while scanning, and seeing on the desktop reomote cases was a great idea. In addition, I would commend the IT support and the active involvement of the directors of the course and their serious yet very pleasant and friendly attitude! The logistic part was perfect thanks to Mrs. Orr. In addition to learning a lot about coronary CT, I learned a lot about how to orgaqnize courses. I would recommend this course warmly to all my colleagues who are interested in coronary CT. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | The course was well-organized, and the course directors were knowledgeable and extremely open and accessible for questions. The availability of one workstation per person allowed for ample hands-on practice of the post-processing/analysis software. The duration of the course and volume of cases was perfect for Class II certification. I highly recommend this cardiac CT course. |
| 04/25/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course, great lectures and staff! |
| 04/05/2008 | |
| Comment: | Firstly, I have to say many thanks to all of the team in this course. This course have brought me into the new world of cardiac imaging. From the beginning of zero percent of how to figure the pircure of cardiac CT until nowadays I am able to have confidence in some extent to be an independent interpreter. I would say that truly this course should suit anyone who would like to commence the cardiac CT experience with world class experienced mentors. In addition, this course does provide you all variances of Cardiac CT image you might encounter with in your life. I would give 5 stars to the knowlodge I got from this course, and I would give 100% confident to the quality of all staff and all course materials. Kind regards, |
| 04/05/2008 | |
| Comment: | Very pratical, helps beginner not only technically but also clinically. |
| 04/05/2008 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent course as regards to the depth and material, with losts of cases to illustrate both every day encounters with CAD and also cases to illustrate rare one of a kind anomalies. The directors Drs. Bush & Shapiro are very talented, knowledgeable and very friendly which puts you at ease right away. As a bonus there is a refresher course that is offered for free for anybody who would like an update on the technology and more cases review. Overall one of the best if not the absolute best course in CTAs. |
| 04/05/2008 | |
| Comment: | I attended the cardiac CTA review course at Hopkins. It was a great opportunity for additional educational after the main five day Cardiac CT Practicum course. I strongly recommend both these courses. |
| 03/28/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with a very professional faculty. |
| 03/21/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. |
| 03/21/2008 | |
| Comment: | EXCELLENT course-lots of practical experience, you have your own work station, 3-4 teachers who are very nice and user friendly and appropriate lectures. I am a radiiologist with a lot of cardiac experience and the course was very good for me. I hope I will be able to implement all I have learned at home in my hospital. Food good, transportation excellent, long days, but worth it. I highly recommend this course |
| 03/21/2008 | |
| Comment: | Superb course taught by practicing Cardiologists with lots of real world experience. An intense 5 days. |
| 03/21/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course ' the best CTA course I have attended so far with excellent faculty and work station' |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Very intense well done course. I can't imagine doing more in 5 days. Excellent variety of CCTA cases and cath correlation. Dr's Bush and Shapiro, as well as all the other instructors, were approachable and very knowledgable. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Fantastic program - comprehensive and great cases. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent course!!!!!!! Every cardiologist interested in CTA should attend. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Great lectures, great faculty, great cases. One person per workstation is excellent, size of class ensures prompt interactions with instructors. Good speed (not too slow or too fast). In addition, I think the best facilities/equipment I have encountered for a course (temperature of room, computers without major (or minor) problems, ERGONOMIC chairs) - it's the little things that make a difference. Also nice social program. Registration process was easy. Great support staff. Also: excellent technologist providing hands on experience. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | The course was excellent. Drs. Bush and Shapiro and their assembled faculty were all wonderful, kind teachers and made learning Cardiac CTA a breeze. The case materail range form the basic to the rare and exotic. The apporach was very practical with plenty of hands-on time at the Vitrea workstations. The week is can be greuling at times, due to the required course material, but well worth it. Highly recomnended! |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | This course was invaluable to me as a radiologist trying to assimilate cardiac CTA and apply it in my hospital. We have a 64 slice scanner, and I need to understand its management, drawbacks, and benefits. This course had a diverse clientele and faculty with all types of cardiologists and radiology specialists. The feeling was very collegial between the various groups, both students and instructors. I was amazed at how universally available and accessible all the instructors were. I felt like I got plenty of attention, lots of hands on training, and I feel confident in going forward and reading these types of studies .... granted that I will be vigorous in getting good clinical input from the cardiologists and strive to review as much of the cardiac angiography correlation as possible. I cannot imagine any course like this that could be more thorough, useful, and enjoyable. Wow! |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | This was really a great experiance at Johns Hopkins. I am pleased with the quality of teaching and efforts put in by the faculty to make this course succcesful. There was lots of hands on experiance on the computer technology related to cardiac CT. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | This was a well organized, well managed high intensity course that provided a great learning experience |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Very comprehensive and intense review, very interesting and unique cases. Wonderful correlation with clinical and cath data. Drs. Bush, Shapiro, Hees, Shafique and all other faculty members are excellent, friendly and very helpful. Great experience. Highly recommended for everyone. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. The content is very usefull and practical and the course directors and co-directors all were on top of us to help in understanding the process and the meaning as well as the interpretation of the different images. They could not be better. The organiaation was also superb, nothing was left loose. Great Course, something complex made easy by the superb teaching habilities of the tutors. |
| 02/29/2008 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course! one of the best I have taken |
| 02/02/2008 | |
| Comment: | It was amazing and comprehensive. I recommend it highly! |
| 01/17/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with nice balance between cases and lectures. I learned and assimilated a great deal in the time available. Instructors were very approachable and interested in ensuring attendees understood the key elements. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | Very educational from cardiac standpoint. Dave and Ed go out of their way to make you understand the process. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | VERY, VERY GOOD IN ALL ASPECTS |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | Very good course, highly recommendable. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | Excellent Course ! Kept me enthrailled through 5 very long days. I feel confident in my abilities to interpret a study after this course. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | Amazing course!! Excellent, patient, painstaking workststion training and great lectures! I am grateful and exhausted. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | I've completed this excellent course in January 2008. Very organized, with lots of cases, excellent didatic material and very helpful lectures. Dr. Shapiro, Dr. Bush, and his colleagues are doing a wonderful job. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent course for cardiologists and radiologists. The course is intense and very much worth it. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | This course is really great! The directors and co-directors are extremely organized and interested on teaching. There are many interesting cases that demonstrate coronary pathology with cath correlation. |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| Comment: | OUTSTANDING course! Superb instructors and extensive case selection for review. The on-site teaching laboratory is well equipped with excellent technical and administrative support. Instructors are highly respected leaders in their field. Course schedule is very rigorous with 10-11 hours per day of lectures combined with CTA case interpretations. |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Case mix is outstanding -- it condenses and distills years of interesting cases. Typically, cath or other imaging modalities correlations are available. |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | A well organized, comprehensive CT angiography course focused on hands-on case reading. The ratio of experienced instructors to students was about 1:3, and having them over my shoulder while I read really improved my facility with the workstation. Even the coffee was good! |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | Great course, very well organized. Excellent faculty. |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | Great Faculty who understand private practice, excellent lectures. Classes are long but worth every minute with perfect accomodations and now the coffe is second to none. I am glad I came and learned.... |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. A must for radiologists who want to do cardiac CTA. Drs. Bush and Shapiro effectively teach cardiac CTA from every aspect. They and their speakers cover how to use the 3d workstation, cardiac anatomy, and how to read cardiac CTA. They also go into the epidemiological studies for the appropriateness or inappropirateness of cardiac CTA. As a non cardiologist, I felt very welcomed by the staff and the group. The environment was non threatening and friendly. One of the biggest things that you will learn is the cardiology lingo. You don't want to be a radiologist who just says there is CAD. The course teaches you the way cardiologists think as well as cardiology terminology. |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | This course provides an excellent learning experience for cardiac CT and CTA through a good balance between lectures and hands-on experience. There are ample of illustrative cases covering a broad spectrum of pathologies. The faculty members are very experienced and encourage discussion and are very supportive and available throughout the course. Highly recommended experience. |
| 12/07/2007 | |
| Comment: | World-class faculty, outstanding teaching, great cases. Enjoyable and educational. Highly recommended. |
| 11/25/2007 | |
| Comment: | excellent |
| 10/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | The course is superb with very cooperative faculty and excellent environment for learning. |
| 10/21/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course. Top 10% of CME courses I've taken over the past 21 years. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | First class; excellent workstations; excellent continuous support from experienced faculty; high volume case load. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | This course was outstanding in every way and taught by true experts in the field. I can't recommend it highly enough. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding didactic course with excellent practical training and real clinical vignettes. Highly recommended for every cardiologist and radiologist. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | The Johns Hopkins Cardiac CT Practicum is an excellent course with lots of hands on experience in a fun, supportive learning environment. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | Fantastic course. Plenty of "hands-on" experience from renowned experts in the field and generous angiographic correlations. Great personal attention from the instructors. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | Extensive case file with cath correlation. Great teaching; 2 physicians in room throughout course. Plenty of hands-on experience as well as lecture material I researched many courses before selecting the Hopkins course and this is definitely one of the best. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | Very intensive courses with extensive workstation instruction and practice. Case variety is excellent as expected for a referral center. Opportunity to personal discussions and questions are extensive. The course is very expensive but leaves one feeling immersed in this infant field. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | This 5 day practicum was truly amazing. Very well organized, with excellent combination of didactic material followed by correlated cases. Each person gets their own workstation and individual attention from multiple distinguished CCTangiographers. Dr.'s Bush and Shapiro, the course directors, share their extensive CT experience and library of cases in a relaxed and collegial fashion, without rushing participants through the cases. I have done 2 other short courses, but did not feel confident to accurately read CCTA until this course. I would recommend it without reservation to anyone interested in a quality, evidence based approach to CCTA. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | Very professional team. CTA technology and application from both radiology and cardiology perspectives. Might sound expensive, however, the amount and quality of information given during the course make it worth the cost. Compared to a previous course I've been to, this one is one of the best. Doubt other programs can even get close (facility, time dedicated to visitors, quality of cases, lectures, ...). Weakness: No peripheral studies. |
| 10/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | The Johns Hopkins Cardiac CT course is a remarkable learning experience. In the week long course, we saw 100 cases. More importantly, a very large percent of the cases had clinical, cath, or echo correlations that put in perspective how well CT can diagnose a wide range of pathologies. The faculty is energetic, friendly, and incredibly knowledgable. This course is outstanding. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent training in cardiac CT. Ample hands-on with work stations. Attentive faculty who are experts in the field. Ample case volume. Intensive schedule is appropriate for depth of knowledge required in the field. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent experience. One on one training. Extensive material. Very well organized. Lectures are given by various Hopkins faculty with different perspectives. Coffee is bad! |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Great mix of didactic lectures and interactive cases. Will become quickly comfortable with using workstation in analyzing and interpreting CTA and calcium score. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with a wide variety of cardiac cases with an emphasis on coronary and graft evaluation. Multiple cases were demonstrated in the CT lab (it is mandatory) to make me well versed with the technique. Individual workstations in the classroom give students a good and ample experience to analyze cases hands on without sharing. The faculty members are very experienced and encourage discussion and are very supportive. Conclusion: Great course. Thoroughly enjoyed. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Multiple excellant faculty that were available at all times and gave a very well rounded course. We oberved different opinion and approach toward CTA |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent CME course with the best of instructors for both radiologists and cardiologists. Will send more of my group to this. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | This is an excellent course offering great hands on experience in addition to lectures. The course goes through an extensive number of cases covering a wide range of findings. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Execellent review of CTA practical applications. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course with very good didactic presentations and extensive hands-on image manipulation and instruction in interpretation of a broad range of cardiac images including normal and abnormal anatomy. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Great course. Dr. Bush and Dr. Shapiro work very hard during to course to give a complete overview of CT of the heart. They do an excellent job in reviewing the latest didactic material. There is extensive case list with a diverse set of diagnoses and problems. The setting is excellent with one Vitrea workstation per person. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | The most comprehensive and practically most useful teaching program I have attended as CME. Both faculty members were present througout the day to assist and answer questions. Interaction between the attendees and faculty was very informal and educational. All questions were answered and explanations given in detail; audiovisual equipment and help using the workstation was excellent. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | Outstanding course! Really liked hands-on, interactive cases. |
| 09/28/2007 | |
| Comment: | The most informative course I have taken. Excellent cases and great didactic lectures. I believe I have acquired the knowledge to start a Cardiac Ct program. |
| 09/19/2007 | |
| Comment: | This is a thorough course, with great one -on-one teaching with a dedicated staff. You will be able to take charge of a CT-Cardiac Lab when you have finished this course. |
| 09/17/2007 | |
| Comment: | I attended this course in March 2007 and got a adequate platform for starting Cardiovascular CT studies in my home hospital. I found the workstation easy to learn and a good tool for interactive teaching. World class, well motivated faculty and well planned lectures and more importantly serious hands on training. Highly recomended for both Cardiologists and Radiologists. |
| 09/16/2007 | |
| Comment: | I took this course in March 2007 and I found this to be the best course I've taken in the last 21 years of active practice as a cardiologist. Dr. Shapiro and Bush's course was superb. Both physicians are not only very bright, but very down to earth, both open to all questions, etc. Both of them spent from 7 AM to 7 PM Monday through Friday for the course. I was very happy with the one on one teaching. |
| 09/14/2007 | |
| Comment: | Facilities: The best. Attention: Super. Teachings skills: Incredibly swift, smooth, easily understandable, friendly ambience, coherent, organized and very updated material. Equipment: Toshiba 64 scanner. The same at my place in PR! Undoubtedly an exellent course. Recomended fully. |
| 09/13/2007 | |
| Comment: | It was a great experience. There is a very close tutoring. |
| 09/13/2007 | |
| Comment: | The Hopkins course taught by Drs. Shapiro and Bush, et al, was outstanding. I left the course confident in my abilities to perform and interpret cardiac CT well. The support staff kept things well organized and the structure and pace of the instruction was perfect. |
| 09/13/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent coverage of all aspects of cardiac CT - highly recommended. |
| 08/31/2007 | |
| Comment: | outstanding. |
| 08/02/2007 | |
| Comment: | This was an excellent course and now I feel competent to determine which patients have good indications for the study, who is contraindicated, and how to evaluate coronary arteries. The instructors are constantly available and do an excellent job of making sure everyone in the class is up to speed. |
| 07/30/2007 | |
| Comment: | Best course around. Very well organized. Individual workstations. Plenty of help with workstation. Excellent lectures and of course good food. Wonderful job by Suzie, David, ED and Paul. |
| 07/20/2007 | |
| Comment: | Excellent course, well-organized, quite informative, one to one work station, hands-on training and detailed live acquistion cases. |