AEIRS invites you to our annual meeting for educators. The Association of Educators in Imaging and

Radiologic Sciences is the preeminent organizationfor educators in imaging and radiologic sciences,serving hospital, community and technical collegeand university educators alike. The AEIRS annual

meeting, now in its 48th year, is recognizedas one of the top educational opportunities

for individuals involved in educatingstudents in all modalities in theradiologic and imaging sciences.

Join us!

Pre-conference JRCERT Accreditation & Workshop

(no extra charge for AEIRS attendees)

On Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the JRCERT isoffering accreditation seminars and workshops. Attendees to theseactivities will incur NO extra charges but must register for the AEIRSconference and with JRCERT separately as space is limited. To registerfor the workshops/seminars, go to: http://www.jrcert.org/calendar/

Tuesday, July 14, 2015:8:00 AM – 4:00 PM JRCERT Accreditation Seminar (Max. 40)

Wednesday, July 15, 2015:8:00 AM – 4:00 PM JRCERT Site Visitor Workshop (Max. 25)

Accreditation SeminarThe Accreditation Seminar is appropriate for program officials and otherswho participate in the accreditation process and is particularly helpful forthose who are in the process of preparing a self-study report. Participationin the seminar facilitates understanding of the JRCERT accreditationprocess and the JRCERT accreditation standards. Registration is limited tono more than 3 officials from any single JRCERT accredited program.

JRCERT Site Visitor WorkshopThe Site Visitor Workshop is a comprehensive workshop provided toqualifying JRCERT site visitors and apprentices. The workshop assists sitevisitors and apprentices in developing/refining the knowledge and skillsrequired to perform JRCERT site visits utilizing the relevant JRCERTaccreditation standards and the Report of Site Visit Team Findings.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception (Please select in optionsfor adequate space to accommodate.)

Thursday, July 16, 2015 (6 CE’s)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome & First Speaker Jamie Baker, MEd, CMD & Mahsa Dehghanpour, EdD, MS, CMDIt’s Not Personal: Instructing Students toGive/Receive Constructive Criticism (1 CE)Medical dosimetrists receive feedback frommultiple individuals, and many new graduatesexpress difficulty accepting or offeringconstructive criticism. To better assist futurehealth care practitioners with receiving andvoicing feedback, SHP faculty instituted peerreview modules in the radiation treatmentplanning laboratory. In the online environment,class participants felt free to offer constructivecriticism, and recipients welcomed adviceintended to improve their clinical skills. Theinstructor followed up the technology-mediatedpeer review exercises with discussions anddebriefing sessions. Through their participationin peer review exercises, graduates from theSHP enter the workforce prepared with thetechnical and professional skills needed tocontribute to excellence in patient care andinteract with others in an effective manner.

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM Susan Gregorie, MM, CIIP, RT(R)(M)(MR)(CT)(QM)RT to CIIP: How to Prepare Students for the Journey (1 CE)Radiography students may choose to becomeCertified Imaging Informatics Professionals(CIIP), upon graduating from our programs. Thisseminar describes the profession of certifiedimaging informatics and the organizations thathave an effect on that profession. There arespecific areas in the Radiography programcurricula that could be emphasized to helpprepare radiography students who may choosethis career path such as identifying images andstudies from other imaging modalities. Thispresentation is geared towards educators whoare interested in supporting their studentsdevelop for additional career opportunities.

AEIRS 2015 Annual Meeting Speakers & Course Descriptions

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9:50 AM – 10:10 AM Refreshment Break with Conference Partners

10:10 AM – 11:00 AM Lori Nugent, BS, MEd, RT(R)(MR)Care-Provider Skills Through Service Learning (1 CE)This presentation will demonstrate how servicelearning may be used as a “hands on”approach to introduce care-provider skillsutilized by health care professionals through“directed” volunteer work at a student assignedvolunteer site. Service-learning is a method ofinstruction that allows students to observe andutilize the essential skills and traits needed bytechnologists in medical imaging andtherapeutics. Through “directed” servicelearning the student is able to observe andpractice skills such as communication, personalinteractions, compassion, empathy, andprofessional responsibility outside of theclassroom or clinical rotation.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Fellow, Life & Honorary Member Elevation and Paula Pate-Schloder, Honors Lecture (1 CE)

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Luncheon and Business Meeting(Please select under options for proper meal count and space.)

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Shirley Ann Johnston, MS, RT(R)(T), CMD &Matthew Marquess, MBA, RT(T) Innovative Instruction: Using “Boot Camp”for Accelerated Clinical Programs (1 CE)Initiated in 2007, “Boot Camp” has beenincorporated into the orientation portion of theacademic year, before the students are sent tothe clinical education setting. The purpose of thisfirst month is to introduce the new learners to thebasics of Radiation Oncology. Some of the topicsincluded are: professional behavior; terminologyused in Radiation Oncology; the sequence of thepatients’ experiences; patient positioning;descriptions and purposes of treatment aids;radiation beam directions and radiationtreatment machine components. Additionally,the Radiation Therapy and Medical Dosimetrystudents gain perspective of the coordinatedefforts between these two groups of healthcareprofessionals. Lab sessions, role playing; use ofstandardized patients, virtual simulation (VERT)and discussions after lectures attempt to enhanceunderstanding of the new careers on which thesestudents are about to embark.

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2:50 PM – 3:20 PM Refreshment Break with Conference Partners

3:30 PM – 4:20 PM Carmen George, MSRS, RT(R)Don’t Kick Technology Out! (1 CE)Web 2.0 requires the student themselves tointeract and participate on the computer. Itincludes blogs, online discussion boards,multimedia and virtual environments just toname a few. It allows students to accessinformation anytime at their convenience andalso provides an environment where studentscan share with one another, feed off one anotherand reuse digital material again and again.There are different Web 2.0 methods that youcan implement in your classroom to helpachieve your objectives for the class as well ashelp the students to succeed.

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Closing Remarks, Poster Presentations and Refreshments (Please select in optionsfor adequate space to accommodate.)

Friday, July 17, 2015 (6 CE’s)

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM Jaclyn Verret Peters, MSRS, RT(R)Does your Leadership Style Influence yourStudents’ Motivation and Performance? (1 CE)Program Directors, Faculty, and ClinicalInstructors alike will learn how the relationshipsthat exist in each of their roles as educators caninfluence the student’s motivation to completetask and their performance of those tasks. Theability of the student to perform, or the group asa whole, may be directly influenced by the typeof leadership style that the educator presents tothem in any given situation. The didactic andclinical environments bring about a wide varietyof factors that may be directly effecting theperformance of the program or group or evenindividual student as they progress through anyof the Imaging Sciences with these individualsserving as Administration or ProgramLeadership. This presentation will exploreSituational or Contingency Leadership Modelsknown as Fielder’s Contingency Model andHersey and Blanchard’s Situational LeadershipTheory and helps the participant discovermethods used to positively impact studentperformance. Understanding these influencepoints may help the leader determine the typeof leadership style needed, amount ofsupervision appropriate given the situationaldynamics, and factors that directly relate to thestudent’s level of commitment, competence,and maturity.

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9:00 AM – 9:50 AM Tanya Custer, MS, RT(R)(T) & Tammy Jones, MPA, RT(R)(M)Using the Flipped Classroom in theEducation of Radiation Science Students(1 CE)Flipping the classroom focus to learner-centeredactivities from instructor-focused presentationscan be challenging to teachers and students.This session will focus on the presentersexperiences in the integration of the flippedclassroom approach in a radiation scienceclassroom including, content presentation,learning activities, assessment considerationand formative feedback. Both student andinstructor perspectives will be discussed.

9:50 AM – 10:20 AM Refreshment Break with Conference Partners

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM Jeannean Rollins, MRC, BSRT, (R)(CV)Is This Normal? A look at Burnout Syndrome (1 CE)This presentation is designed to provideeducators in radiologic and imaging sciences amore comprehensive definition andunderstanding of the warning signs andsymptoms of burnout syndrome. The publishedresearch on this topic is extensive, conducted ina variety of careers and crossing the globe. Thevalidity of the various burnout measurementtools will be discussed, as well as information onself-assessment for burnout risk. Finally, themethods to combat burnout will be detailed.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch on your own

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM Terri L. Fauber, EdD, RT(R)(M)Pelvic Shielding and Gonadal Dose (1 CE)Educators have the responsibility of instructingstudents on radiographic imaging and its bestpractices. Unfortunately, there is a real disparitybetween best practices taught and clinicalpractice. Patient shielding is one fundamentalmethod to minimize patient exposure duringroutine imaging, yet it has long been suggestedthat the practice of shielding patientradiosensitive organs is inconsistent.

This presentation reports on an experimentalresearch study that investigated shielding andgonadal dose during routine pelvic imaging.Empowering educators, students, andradiographers with the knowledge of howgonadal shielding impacts patient radiationdose will result in improved patient radiationsafety practices.

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2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Debra Poelhuis, MS, RT(R)(M)Clinical Instructor Relationships: Why Am I Always in the Middle? (1 CE)This presentation is designed to help clinicalinstructors, especially those new to these roles,prepare for the experiences they will encounteras a clinical instructor. Frequently clinicalinstructors have great clinical expertise inradiography, but little or no actual teachingskills. Navigating the relationships involved inthese roles requires patience, professionalismand communication skills. Emphasis is placedon increasing faculty members' knowledge, skilland comfort in infusing these conceptsthroughout their teaching activities. During thispresentation, faculty member will assess theirexperiences and skill in clinical supervision andwill examine how bias and stereotyping canimpact clinical outcomes of students.

2:50 PM – 3:20 PM AEIRS Annual Ice Cream Break

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Leslie Winter, MS, RT(R) & Jay Hicks, MSRS, RT(R)Assessment of Student Learning: WhereWe’ve Been and Where We’re Going (1 CE)This session will provide participants with thehistorical knowledge and stimuli that lead to thecurrent day assessment processes. We willstudy the pressures of external legislative andregulatory bodies and the general public overthe past 25-30 years that have lead us to a moreaccountable and transparent assessmentprocess. Participants will gain a betterunderstanding of curriculum maps, portfolios,and capstones and how they may be utilized todevelop assessment “best practices.”Incorporation of the principles found in the New

Leadership Alliance for Student Learning andAccountability’s Committing to Quality andAssuring Quality publications will be discussedin attempts to build a comprehensiveassessment ‘tool box’ for all participants.

How to RegisterAEIRS has gone paperless! Mostly for environmental reasons, but alsodue to aging eyes, poor handwriting, and an updated database, wewill offer the 2015 registration online at www.aeirs.org. You mayeither register online or print the online registration form and mail to:AEIRS, PO Box 90204, Albuquerque, NM 87199-0204. Questions?Call AEIRS at 505.823.4740 or email office@aeirs.org

12 ARRT Category A CE credits are pending approval by the ASRT.

If your company would like to become a conference partner orsponsor an event at the AEIRS 48th Annual Meeting, please contactCarole South-Winter at csouthwinter@aeirs.org. Don’t forget thesilent auction!

Registration Fees (select only one)• AEIRS 2015 Annual Meeting July 16-17, 2015

Includes all educational sessions, business luncheon (only if selected), Welcome Reception (only if selected), all refreshment breaksRegistration received prior to March 31, 2015.

• AEIRS Members: $275 • Non-Members: $375 • Vendors: $250

Registration received after April 1, 2015.• AEIRS Members: $300 • Non-Members: $400 • Vendors: $275On-site registration will be available. The cost for onsite registration is the same as the single day rate shown below.

• On-Site Registration Per Day and Single Day RatesIndicate day:

• Thurs., July 16, 2015 (Includes all conference events on that day based on availability)

• Fri., July 17, 2015 (Includes all conference events on that day based on availability)

Select one:• AEIRS Members: $175 • Non-Members: $225• Vendors: $150

• New AEIRS Membership & 2015 Annual Meeting Registration — Only $375! Non-members can save $100 by joining TODAY!Receive a full year of AEIRS membership benefits and reduced conference registration. Your registration will serve as your membership application.

Please remember to select your “Extras!”

48th ANNUAL AEIRS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION

St. Anthony • San Antonio, TXJuly 16 & 17, 2015

Pre-registration must be received prior to July 1, 2015.On-site registration will be available.

The St. Anthony Hotel

The “Extras”Be sure to select from these options when you register. It willsave your spot!• Yes, I will be attending the Welcome Reception, July 15, 2015,

5:00-7:00 PM at no extra charge.• Yes, I will be attending the Business Luncheon on Thursday,

July 16, 2015, 12:30-2:00 PM at no extra charge.• Yes, I will be attending the Poster Presentations/ Refreshments

on Thursday, July 16, 2015, 4:30-6:30 PM at no extra charge.

Cancellation PolicyTo receive a refund, we must receive your letter 30 days prior to thefirst day of the conference. Refunds will be issued based on youroriginal method of payment, and a $75 cancellation fee will bededucted. No refund, full or partial, will be made after that date. Ifyou cannot attend, you may send a substitute, but please notifyAEIRS of the substitute’s name. All cancellation and substitutionrequests should be faxed to the executive secretary at 505-823-4740or emailed to the office at office@aeirs.org. Non-AEIRS membersubstitutes replacing AEIRS members must pay the differencebetween the member and non-member rate.

Hotel InformationThe 48th annual AEIRS Annual Meeting will be held at TheSt. Anthony Hotel located at 300 East Travis Street, San Antonio,Texas. Contact the hotel directly at 210.354.9230 or toll free 1.800.Wyndham and request a reservation at the discount rate for theAEIRS meeting ($159 per night single/double plus tax) through May1, 2015. After this date, rates are at the hotel’s discretion.

Join AEIRS in San Antonio, TX!San Antonio offers a wide variety of unique venues and thrillingentertainment.

The San Antonio River Walk, known as the “world’s largest hotellobby,” offers a beautiful and historic setting for networking,exploring and entertaining. It also serves as the city’s main hub, wherelocals and visitors alike get together to eat, shop and catch up. Itsshaded stone pathways wind along the gently flowing San AntonioRiver through the city center, linking convention facilities, hotels,restaurants, shops, theaters, museums and other attractions. And thenew Museum Reach and Mission Reach sections extend north andsouth of downtown, allowing visitors to further explore the city byfoot, bike or canoe.

Mexican, German and Old West cultures combine to create an “onlyin San Antonio” experience. At the top of the list is the most visitedsite in Texas—the Alamo. This enduring symbol of courage andfreedom is recognized around the world, but it’s only one of fivehistoric Spanish missions in the city. Only a few blocks from the Alamosits the San Fernando Cathedral, the oldest operating cathedral inthe nation. And if you’re looking for even more history, take a walkingtour of the King William Historic District or explore the thriving artscommunity in Southtown. Then stop by one of our many museums toperuse collections of Latin American and Western art.

When the sun goes down, the River Walk really comes alive. So ifyou’re looking for something to do, simply walk out of your hotel anddown its bustling pathways. Quiet wine bars, well-known wateringholes, lively dance halls and a dueling piano sing-along are just a fewof the many popular stops. And if you’re really feeling adventurous,try a little salsa dancing or learn to two-step with the locals.

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