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RSNA.org
InteractEd
contains several types of CME instruction, primarily oriented to
radiologists, organized into 3 sections: Refresher Courses,
RadioGraphics CME tests, and Cases of the Day.
There are “over 300 peer-reviewed programs” available for
study. Beginning in 2010, RSNA will also offer Point of Care Learning (PoC), a structured, self-directed, online learning activity designed for physicians on topics relevant to their clinical practice (not yet available on visit of 2/2/10).
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RSNA
Refresher Courses
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Available to members only. About 170 courses offering 0.5 to 1.5
hours per course (most are 1.0 hour).
Awarded by....RSNA.
Cost for Credit....See Above.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience ...RAD.
Educational material last updated.......2009.
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About 170 Refresher Courses in 27 areas of
study. You
have your choice of Continuous Play Mode, which "provides a full-length
playback of the presentation utilizing streaming RealAudio and images,"
or Manual Mode, which offers "user-controlled, interactive self-paced
learning features."
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Radiographics
CME Tests
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 200 articles (not counted), 1.0 hour per article.
Awarded by....RSNA.
Cost...........See Above.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience ...RAD.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
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Some recent (January 2010) articles include: When to Suspect Pulmonary Vasculitis: Radiologic and Clinical Clues; Current Concepts in the Evaluation of Multiple Myeloma with MR Imaging and FDG PET/CT;
Epicondylitis: Pathogenesis, Imaging, and Treatment; Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Surgery: Imaging and Intervention for Post-operative Complications; Helminthic Diseases in the Abdomen: An Epidemiologic and Radiologic Overview; FDG-PET/CT of Extranodal Involvement in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Hodgkin Disease;
and Quantitative CT Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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Cases
of the Day from RSNA Meetings
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....About 25 courses, 1.0 hour per course
Awarded by....RSNA.
Cost for Credit....See Above.
Instruct. Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience ...RAD.
Educational material last updated.....2008
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Each
set of 5 cases represents one credit. There are cases in the following
areas: Breast, Cardiac, Chest, Emergency Radiology, Gastrointestinal,
Genitourinary, Musculoskeletal, Nuclear Medicine, Neuroradiology,
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatric Radiology, Physics and Basic Science,
and Ultrasound.
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SNM
Journal CE for Physicians
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...11 courses offering 11 hours.
Awarded by.....Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Cost ................Free to members, $15 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....RAD.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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Some titles are: Innovations in Radiotherapy Planning of Head and Neck Cancers: Role of PET; SPECT in Acute Pulmonary Embolism; 18F-FDG Uptake in Lung, Breast, and Colon Cancers: Molecular Biology Correlates and Disease Characterization;18F-FDG PET/CT for Image-Guided and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Dosimetry of Pediatric PET/CT; and Risk Assessment
and Predictive Value of Coronary Artery Disease Testing.
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SNM
Learning Center Online Lectures and Workshops
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...7 sets of activities totaling about 140 hours.
Awarded by....Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Cost...........$24 per hour for members; $40 per hour for non-members.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audience ...RAD.
Educational material last updated.....2009.
Financial Support...Various commercial supporters.
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Courses and (hours) offered:
Oncology PET and PET/CT Lectures (6); Cardiac PET and PET/CT Series (7.5); Molecular Imaging Series (9); Clinical and Molecular Imaging of the Brain Series (3); Basic Science Series (21); 53rd Annual Meeting Webcast (28); 2008 Annual Meeting Webcast (32.5);
and 2006 Annual Meeting Webcast (30).
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