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Johns Hopkins Training Program in Image Guided Procedures (JHIP)
Few fields in medicine have seen more exciting advances in recent years than interventional radiology: the use of imaging techniques to guide catheters and wires inside the body to open obstructed vessels, treat various forms of cancers or stop internal bleeding.
With these techniques, medical professionals are revolutionizing treatment of arterial occlusive disease, aortic aneurysms, vascular malformations, liver cancer, portal hypertension, uterine fibroids and gastro-intestinal bleeding, among other conditions. The small incisions in these and other minimally invasive procedures translate into shorter hospital stays, faster recovery and less pain for the patient. These advances also yield greater efficiencies and a higher standard of care for the institution providing the services.
The Johns Hopkins Division of Interventional Radiology has created the Johns Hopkins Training Program in Image-Guided Procedures (JHIP). This colleague-to-colleague training program provides high-quality, on-site training for all members of the healthcare team, thus facilitating the development of minimally invasive treatment centers worldwide.
Through the Johns Hopkins program, trainees perform procedures under the direct supervision and guidance of a highly trained team, in the trainees' environment, with their equipment, their staff, their resources, and their patients.
The two- to five-day program, which includes multimedia lectures and hands-on training, covers the entire range of image-guided procedures, pre- and post-procedural care, the products available to perform these procedures, and equipment and inventory optimization guidelines.
The content and structure of the lectures and hands-on training are tailored to meet the needs of the host institution. All lectures, protocols and inventory suggestions are provided on CD-ROM to the hosting institution for reference. New minimally invasive image-guided techniques and products are introduced under the supervision of the JHIP team.
Procedural Training may include: Treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease with angioplasty and stent placement; endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections; image-guided surgery for liver cancer; treatment of vascular malformations; tunneled central venous access catheter placement; percutaneous biopsy techniques; treatment of portal hypertension; embolization techniques.
Lecture Topics may include: Procedural protocols, patient management, patient monitoring/sedation, imaging equipment optimization, inventory management, product selection, billing, use of physician extenders, importance of having admitting privileges, importance of outpatient clinic.
The JHIP Training Team is composed of two interventional radiologists, a nurse, and a technician who deliver the program on-site via multimedia lectures, hands-on training, and operations assessment. The JHIP Team is also available for follow-up visits and for consultation after completion of the training program.
On-site, peer-to-peer training with a team of doctors, nurses and technologists is the most efficient means of education.
Basic imaging equipment (e.g. C-arm), an operating theatre and anesthesiology with intensive care background are required at the host institution to administer the program.
Prior to the site visit, the host institution will be asked to provide the following information to the JHIP Team:
Selected topics for training from course selection manual
Population demographics within their healthcare delivery area
Qualifications and degrees of the on-site healthcare team
Equipment specifications
On-site product inventory
To learn more about the Johns Hopkins Training Program in Image-Guided Procedures, please contact us at projects@jhmi.edu.
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