Radiology CME

After registering, log on and navigate to JUM Tests. The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) provides 2 or 3 CME self-study tests in every issue. Areas of interest are: Breast, Basic Science, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Gynecology, Musculoskeletal, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Radiology/General and Vascular.

Some recent activities are:
• Is Sonothrombolysis an Effective Stroke Treatment?
• Use of Pelvic Computed Tomography and Sonography in Women of Reproductive Age in the Emergency Department
• Accuracy of 3-Dimensional Sonography for Diagnosis and Classification of Congenital Uterine Anomalies
You will also find 6 webinars in various aspects of ultrasound. Some recent titles are:
• Basic Guidelines for Performing the Obstetrical Ultrasound Exam
• Scanning the Post Thyroidectomy Neck Overview of Thyroid Cancer
• Conducting Ultrasound Research and Getting It Published

Target Audience:
Radiologists and all other specialties utilizing ultrasound.

This site consists of over 595 brief (20 minute) case-based interactive exercises. For each exercise, the objectives are:
• Explain why the featured patient presented with the stated history.
• Describe the radiographic findings for the diagnosis.
• Give a differential diagnosis for the radiographic findings.
• Discuss key points of the diagnosis.
• Enumerate other clinical manifestations of the diagnosis.
• Describe the clinical significance of the diagnosis in the context of the patient’s presentation.
• Describe the natural course of the diagnosis.
• Correlate the multimodality findings that are associated with the diagnosis for this exercise.

Areas discussed include Breast Imaging, Skull & Brain, Face & Neck, Spine, Musculoskeletal, Heart & Great Vessels, Pulmonary, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Vascular & Lymphatics and more.

Target Audience: Radiologists

Some examples of topics covered by CME activities on the site include:
• Adult Echocardiography
• Anesthesiology
• Critical Care Ultrasound
• Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
• Family Medicine/Primary Care
• Fetal Echocardiography

Target Audience: Radiologists

All courses are about new and current imaging modalities, with a primary focus on breast imaging.

Courses fall into these groups:
• Advanced MRI Tutorials
• Automated Breast Ultrasound
• Breast MRI
• Breast Stereotactic Biopsy
• Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)
• Breast Ultrasound
• DXA
• Liver LI-RADS
• Prostate MRI

Target Audience: Radiologists

The site contains over 50 courses in medical imaging. The majority of offerings are in obstetrical ultrasound. Some nice pictures of black-and-white and color Doppler images.

Some new courses include:
• Vascular Laboratory Markers of Cardiovascular Risk
• Principles of OB/GYN Sonography
• Buzzwords in Sonography
• Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in OB-GYN, Radiology

CME activities of special interest to radiologists and other imaging specialists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:

CONFERENCE COVERAGE – Reports of advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

CME-LIVE – Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.

CLINICAL BRIEFS – Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each

JOURNAL CME – Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals.
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.

INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format.

CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

Target Audience: Radiologists

RSNA’s Online Education contains several types of CME instruction, primarily oriented to radiologists, organized into sections including: Refresher Courses, RadioGraphics & Radiology CME tests, Cases of the Day, Radiology Select and Supplemental Online Education.

RSNA also offers Point of Care Learning (PoC), a structured, self-directed, online learning activity designed for physicians on topics relevant to their clinical practice. This activity is available only to RSNA members.

Target Audience: Radiologists

SonoWorld is devoted entirely to diagnostic ultrasound:
Emergency and Urgent Care Ultrasound (1.75 hours; $35); and
Infection Control in Ultrasound: Barrier Protection for Transducers in General and Endocavitary Scanning (0.5 hour; Free).

Target Audience: Radiologists

This site features “updates on new issues in cross-sectional imaging and…interactive reviews of illustrative cases of important findings commonly encountered in everyday radiology practice.”

Examples of courses include:
• MRI and CT Imaging of Brain Trauma
• 8 Years of QA: A Compilation of Frequent Misses and Misinterpretations in Cross-sectional Imaging
• Pelvic Trauma: Bone and Soft Tissue Imaging
• Radiology of the Post-Breast Cancer Patient
• MRI Evaluation of Osteochondral Lesions and Osteomyelitis
• Landmarks of Cortical Neuroanatomy

Target Audience: Radiologists

This site covers many topics related to Radiology.

Topics covered include:
• Ultrasound of Carotid Arteries
• Evaluation of Acute Scrotum
• CTC for Population Screening
• High-Resolution CT: Sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Management of the Small Solid Renal Masses: Basis for the ACR White Paper
• Ankle Trauma: Advanced Anatomy, Imaging & Classification

Target Audience: Radiologists