About this Program

Information on this page is an example of the Mammography Positioning Workshop program that MTMI can provide. A customized program can be created to meet the needs of your facility.

MTMI is now offering a new, one day mammography positioning workshop at your facility. This course, taught by our expert instructors,  is geared towards the needs of your technologists. With a maximum of 5 mammographers participating, it is an ideal learning environment where attendees will learn the essential tips and secrets of the trade to improve positioning skills and image evaluation.

Institutional Requirements

  • A meeting room or class room
  • Promotion of the event to internal staff
  • An on-site meeting coordinator
  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Laser pointer
    • Screen
    • Microphone
  • Mammography equipment and model
  • Depending on program content, institutional requirements may change

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss performance of the CC and MLO views and the variances in positioning techniques among technologists.
  • Evaluate CC and MLO clinical images for radiographic landmarks.
  • To position (but not image) volunteers in a controlled setting and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the mammography technologists.
  • To image actual patients presenting with wide range of body builds, breast tissue composition and diagnostic problems.

Schedule

What this course will cover

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

8 to 11 am
Accreditation and Image Selection

Clinical Image Evaluation

  • ACR Mammography Accreditation Program
  • Category Scoring
  • Positioning
  • Compression
  • Exposure Level Criteria
  • Contrast Criteria
  • Sharpness Criteria
  • Noise Criteria
  • Artifact Criteria
  • Exam Identification Criteria

Critique of Images submitted to ACR

  • Corrective Action

11am to Noon
Live positioning of a volunteer/model

12 to 1 pm
Lunch

1 to 5 pm
Clinical Competency Testing

  • Craniocaudal View
  • Positioning Dilemmas
  • How to Correct

Positioning Techniques 1

Clinical Competency Testing - Mediolateral Oblique View

  • Positioning Dilemmas
  • How to Correct

Positioning Techniques 2

5 pm
Adjourn 

Program Faculty

Meet your presenter(s)

Miranda Melton

Miranda Melton

RT(R)(M)

Miranda became registered with the ARRT as a Radiologic Technologist in 1998 and specialized in Mammography in 1999. She spent the first 8 years working her way up from staff technologist to lead technologist before accepting a Clinic Manager Role with Diagnostic Imaging Centers, P.A. in Lee’s Summit, Missouri in 2006. After 10 years in that role, Miranda took a leap of faith in 2017 and began working as an Independent Mammography Positioning Specialist and Educator. Most of her time was spent teaching for Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) on the Initial Mammography Training team as well as traveling the US to provide hands-on positioning workshops. Miranda also worked part-time as Corporate Supervisor in the Mammography Department at University Health, Kansas City, Mo where she collaborated with the Lead Interpreting Physician to ensure all breast imaging protocols, workflows, quality control, and quality assurance issues/concerns were addressed and managed per MQSA/ACR guidelines. In February of 2023, Miranda accepted the position of Director of Women’s Imaging Education at MTMI. In this role, Miranda oversees and manages the Women’s Imaging portfolio of courses and events. Miranda is passionate about women’s health education and continues to provide hands-on positioning workshops as well as teaches several MTMI programs such as Initial Mammography Training, Essential Skills for Quality Mammography, Conquering MQSA and ACR and many more CEU webinars.   

Michele Sisell

Michele Sisell

RT(R)(M)(BS)

Michele has been a registered radiologic technologist since 1998, specializing in mammography since 2005, and breast sonography since 2011.  Michele worked at a facility in her hometown for over 22 years where she was the lead breast sonographer for the Women’s Health Pavilion breast imaging department.  In 2020, she started working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in the breast Imaging department where she currently works.  Michele has also been a mammography and breast sonography clinical instructor for a local college.  Michele’s passion for breast imaging led her to MTMI in 2018, where she became an independent breast imaging consultant for facilities all over the United States helping with ACR failures, continuing education and specialized training in mammography and ultrasound.  She enjoys teaching and mentoring others and feels blessed to be able to share her knowledge and experiences with others!

Credits

Accredited training programs

This workshop provides 8 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. ASRT Category A credit is also recognized by CAMRT’s Continuing Education Credit Approval Program for CE credit in Canada. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the workshop.