What are the CME and SAM requirements related to the second component, Lifelong Learning and Self-assessment?
A minimum of 250 ACCME-approved Category 1 CME credits is required over the 10-year cycle. A minimum of 70% of the 250 hours must be in specialty-specific (i.e., diagnostic radiology) or related areas (e.g., pediatrics for a pediatric radiologist, urology for a genitourinary radiologist, etc). The remaining 30% may be in additional credits in these clinically related areas, or in relevant topics such as risk assessment, ethics, statistics, the processes of continuous quality improvement, methodologies of outcomes measurement, etc. Self-assessment is accomplished through a series of 20 self-assessment modules ( SAMs) over the 10-year cycle. SAMs carry Category 1 CME credit as well as “SAM credit”, and may be counted to meet both the lifelong learning credit hours and the self-assessment requirement. To count toward MOC, the SAM must be qualified by the ABR.
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