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SIR 2023 hands-on workshops

(non-CME)

Information for exhibitors

SIR’s corporate partners play an integral role in delivering the hands-on workshops to attendees. A complement to the powerhouse education for which the meeting is known, SIR’s hands-on workshops allow attendees to explore technologies powering the specialty in a uniquely interactive learning format, guided by physician KOLs and industry experts.

Note: Please note that hands-on workshops are not CME-accredited and are presented in large part by SIR’s corporate partners.

How to participate

Corporate participation in the workshops is complimentary. To join, please submit an application for participation by clicking the button below.

Please note that participating companies must be registered meeting exhibitors. Click here to begin learning about exhibiting or contact Christian Lopez if you have any questions.

Your company may participate with your investigational medical device even if it is not FDA-approved, however, please notify us in advance if this will be the case.

Click the following link to submit an application for your company to support the hands-on workshops.

You must resubmit the application for each individual session your company wishes to join. Just reopen the link to start the next application.

Important note about the Skills Workshop for APPs (nurse practitioners and physician assistants):

This workshop session will comprise the following unique design, based around co-presentations between an SIR clinician-proctor and a vendor representative:
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Overall breakdown of all hands-on stations (APP workshop only)

• 2 US-guided vascular access clinical, hands-on demos
• 2 US-guided biopsy aspiration clinical, hands-on demos
• 2 drain/catheter/tube care clinical, hands-on demos
• 1 ports station
• 1 suturing station
• 1 paracentesis station
• Various additional, didactic (non-hands-on) stations

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Composition of each station (APP workshop only)

• A volunteer clinician (such as nurse practitioner or physician assistant, appointed/vetted by SIR) as the proctor for presenting on the stated clinical skill
• One to two industry representatives assigned by your company to co-present with the SIR proctor on the various skills and devices
• Sufficient quantities of non-sterile, functioning samples of your clinical devices and products
• A model, phantom, or other learning aid, plus any other ancillary materials, that would help ensure a truly thorough/detailed hands-on demo is complete
• The above elements are required.  Your application to join this session will be evaluated for completeness and quality and accepted only if the SIR committee deems it to meet their expectations.

* Exhibitor applications to ALL hands-on workshops are highly encouraged to be designed for thoroughness and completeness, such as including vascular models or other learning aids. For the APP workshop, applications will be evaluated critically for thoroughness in presenting a detailed hands-on experience; applications that do not promise to provide a complete learning experience will be rejected.
** Please remember that the APP workshop (and this workshop only) will entail assignment of an SIR-vetted proctor to your station.  The hands-on demo you produce will require acceptance of this proctor to co-present with your corporate representatives.  All other SIR hands-on workshops will not feature this proctor component (your hands-station will be staffed only by your representatives).

Workshop schedule

Workshop title	Day and time
IRs-In-Training Hands-On Lab (residents and medical students)    particle embolization for UFE/PAE, aneurysm coiling, angioplasty and stenting    – arterial & venous, thrombectomy – DVT & PE, vertebral compression    fractures, ultrasound-guided biopsy, ultrasound-guided ablation, Y-90    radioembolization	Sunday, March 5     3:00-4:30 pm
Advanced Skills Workshop for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)    Ultrasound-guided vascular access, ultrasound-guided biopsy and aspiration,    drain/catheter/tube care, ports, suturing, paracentesis    * Please read important note above on the way this workshop will be    conducted.	Sunday, March 5     3:00-4:30 pm
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)	Monday, March 6     8:30-10:00 am
Interventional Oncology: Embolization	Monday, March 6     8:30-10:00 am
Superficial & Deep Venous Therapies    Stenting, ablation, lymphedema management, etc.	Monday, March 6     3:00-4:30 pm
Advanced MSK & Pain Management Interventions	Monday, March 6     3:00-4:30 pm
Venous Thromboembolic Interventions & Management    IVC filters, thrombectomy and lysis, PE, etc.	Tuesday, March 7     8:30-10:00 am
Interventional Oncology: Ablation	Tuesday, March 7     8:30-10:00 am
Women's & Men’s Health    UFE, UAE, PeVD, etc.	Tuesday, March 7     3:00-4:30 pm
Renal & GU Interventions	Tuesday, March 7     3:00-4:30 pm
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Revascularization	Wednesday, March 8     8:30-10:00 am
Biliary Interventions    Cholangioscopy, stenting, drainage, biopsy	Wednesday, March 8     8:30-10:00 am

Logistics

Please proceed to the next page to review the logistics for taking part in the program.

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Questions

Please reach out to Christian Lopez at clopez@sirweb.org or (703) 460-5575.