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New AMA CME Requirements
Effective July 1, 2011 — In accordance with the new AMA requirements, the ACR has set a minimum performance level of 80% to qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for its enduring* and journal-based** CME activities. Each of these activities will now include a posttest that must be passed with an 80% score or higher within three (3) attempts in order for participants to claim CME.
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* Enduring materials include any certified CME activity that is valid over a specified amount of time. This can include online, print, CD-ROM and video activities.
** Journal-based activities include any peer-reviewed article that is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ before journal publication.
Click here first to LEARN about the NEW FEATURES
Open YOUR NEW "My Education" page to access the online activities you purchased. Log in, and when your "My Education" page opens, click My Activities, find and Launch your activity. When you’re finished with all the steps in the claim process, click the Completed tab to view and print your credit certificates for the online products and for various ACR products that feature online claiming. Follow the directions included on each of the activity pages. If you experience any difficulties, please call Judy McCloud, our Customer Support Specialist, at 800-227-5463, ext. 4040.
Online Modules on Ethics and Professionalism
The online modules on ethics and professionalism are designed to educate physicians and physicists about attributes and nuances of ethics and professionalism essential to the practice of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology and medical physics. Sponsored by the American Board of Radiology Foundation (ABRF) with support from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American Board of Radiology (ABR), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Radium Society (ARS), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Advanced Cardiac ACR-NASCI Web Lectures
Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ with the ACR-NASCI Advanced Cardiac Lecture Series. In this series of 9 short lectures, Patricia J. Mergo, MD gives an informative lecture discussing the Stress CMRI and CT. Andrew J. Powell, MD lectures on the Post-operative Surveillance of Congenital Heart Disease. In his lecture, David A. Bluemke, PhD, MD, FACR discusses the Results of MR Trials for Ischemic Disease. Jack A. Ziffer, PhD, MD gives two informative lectures discussing PET and SPECT: New Developments and Form vs. Function. James P. Earls, MD delivers two informative lectures on Radiation Minimization Methods and Success in Cardiac CT. João A. C. Lima, MD gives an informative lecture discussing the Future of Cardiovascular Imaging and the Next Medicine. Karen G. Ordovas, MD discusses MR Contrast: NSF, Guidelines, and Alternatives. Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH concludes this series with his lecture, Results of ED Coronary CTA Trials.
Vascular Ultrasound Web Lecture Series
Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 6 SAM credits with the ACR - SRU Vascular Ultrasound Web Lecture Series, featuring 23 lectures. This lecture series is lead by John S. Pellerito, MD and includes talks by Edward I. Bluth, Leslie M. Scoutt, John J. Cronan, Joseph F. Polak, Deborah J. Rubens, Edward G. Grant, Ulrike M. Hamper, Sharlene A. Teefy, Mark E. Lockhart, Dennis Foley, Christopher R.B. Merrit, William D. Middleton, Michelle L. Robbin, and Laurence Needleman. This challenging new ultrasound lecture series covers the topics of carotid arteries, deep vein thrombosis, the female pelvis, the scrotum, bypass grafts and stents, portal hyper tension, the kidneys, liver, femoral artery, spectral doppler, and hemodialysis.
New online format migrated from CD’s. Access more than 3,600 cases available through one-year subscriptions. Features include cases filtered for quality and accuracy and curriculum organized by 12 subspecialties, modality and diagnosis. Radiology resident training program subscriptions provide all designated members of the training program with access to the Learning File Online program. Special pricing for radiology resident training programs and individuals. Planned periodic updates to the repository. No CME.
Examine a challenging new case every weekday with this free, online learning experience. Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Nonmembers: $28 per CME credit. Free Resident Case Log for ACR Members-in-Training. Free CME for ACR Members.
Grand Rounds — Nine Video Lectures
Featuring two video lectures by Theresa C. McLoud, MD, FACR; two lectures by Ralph S. Lachman, MD, FACR; four lectures by Elliot K. Fishman, MD, FACR; and one lecture by Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, FACR, these lectures may be purchased in sets by presenter or individually. No CME.
Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR)
Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ online with the monthly Journal of the American College of Radiology. This educational activity is presented to encourage readers to think critically about issues in radiology and the broader field of medicine, to provide radiologists insight into improved practice and management techniques that will improve their practices, and to encourage radiologists' participation in practice management, organizational, and policy-related activities. Nonmembers: $28 per CME credit. Free CME for ACR Members.
Online Lectures
The ACR Radiology Knowledge Assessment Test
RADKAT™ is a self-assessment product that allows members to test their skills in 10 subspecialty areas with instant feedback, immediate scoring, and complete, in-depth rationales. RADKAT is a Members Only product offering Free AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Self-Assessment Modules Online
3 SAMs directed reading activities to satisfy non-clinical ABR MOC requirements. Quality Improvement, Communications, and IV Contrast Extravasations modules are now available. Read the materials, answer the post-test and survey questions, and print your certificates immediately. Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 1 non-clinical, general content SAM credit each.
