Michael Hartung, MD collaborated with Radiopaedia to launch a continuing medical education course, Abdominal CT Essentials, which covers abdominal CT protocols, search pattern, acute abdomen and cancer imaging. Through interactive cases and video lessons, Dr. Hartung addresses common diagnoses ranging from appendicitis and pancreatitis to liver tumors and cancer mimics.
The course features two and a half hours of video lessons and over 150 teaching cases for participants to hone and test their skills as they progress at their own pace. Dr. Hartung is no stranger to delivering radiology lectures and embraced the challenge of producing a video course as an exciting way to reach radiology trainees worldwide.
“It was a tremendous amount of work and organization to pull it all together with a complex organization process, and producing the video content at a high level was challenging compared to the more informal nature of in-person teaching.” He also noted that he focused on ways he could make the content lively and engaging for viewers.
Available on-demand, Radiopaedia offers the course free of charge to practitioners in 125 low- and middle-income countries. This accessibility is one of the key factors that motivated Dr. Hartung to partner with Radiopaedia as it aligns with his passion for enhancing global health and radiology education.
Through his global health volunteer work, Dr. Hartung helped establish partnerships with Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya and Diospi-Suyana Hospital in Curahausi, Peru, creating a global health elective for radiology residents at UW Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Hartung has also served as a mentor for international residents to prepare and submit cases to the Penn Radiology Global Health Imaging Case Competition.
In addition to the course on Radiopaedia, Dr. Hartung provides free educational materials on his Learning Abdominal Radiology website.