Professional Challenges: Shaping our Professional Future Session - Organised by the ESR Sustainability Subcommittee

PC 10 - Sustainability in radiology: from theory to practice

Lectures

1
Chairperson's introduction

Chairperson's introduction

05:00Rachel Gerson, Seattle, WA / US

2
Transformation to a green imaging department

Transformation to a green imaging department

15:00Sarah Lucy Sheard, London / UK

3
Contrast and water pollution

Contrast and water pollution

15:00Heleen Dekker, Nijmegen / NL

4
Energy: switch it off. But automation or behaviour change? What can we do?

Energy: switch it off. But automation or behaviour change? What can we do?

15:00Michael Jackson, Edinburgh / UK

5
Life-cycle assessment

Life-cycle assessment

15:00Reed Omary, Nashville / US, Rachel Gerson, Seattle, WA / US

6
Panel discussion: First steps: where do we begin?

Panel discussion: First steps: where do we begin?

25:00Panel discussion: First steps: where do we begin?

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Rachel Gerson, Seattle, WA / United States
15 min
Transformation to a green imaging department
Sarah Lucy Sheard, London / United Kingdom
  1. To learn about the ESR Green ID framework for sustainable radiology.
  2. To appreciate the foundations required to make sustainable transformations in your practice.
  3. To understand how to take the first steps.
15 min
Contrast and water pollution
Heleen Dekker, Nijmegen / Netherlands
  1. To understand the impact of contrast media use on the environment.
  2. To learn about potential methods to reduce the discharge of contrast agents.
  3. To learn about the first practical steps to extract contrast media from wastewater.
15 min
Energy: switch it off. But automation or behaviour change? What can we do?
Michael Jackson, Edinburgh / United Kingdom
  1. To learn practical solutions to deliver energy savings within and beyond the radiology department.
  2. To appreciate that, whilst tackling the climate crisis as an individual can feel insurmountable, meaningful change is achievable as a coordinated effort.
  3. To understand that psychological barriers, as well as organisational inertia, can impede such efforts, but can be overcome.
15 min
Life-cycle assessment
Reed Omary, Nashville / United States
Rachel Gerson, Seattle, WA / United States
  1. To name one outcome measure for an environmental life cycle assessment.
  2. To list the imaging modality which produces the most carbon pollution within a diagnostic radiology department.
  3. To propose one approach to reduce carbon pollution within diagnostic radiology.
25 min
Panel discussion: First steps: where do we begin?

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