What CME/CE credit can be used to meet the ICANL continuing education requirements?
The CME/CE hours for physicians and technologists must be directly related to the performance and interpretation of nuclear medicine studies or directly related to one of the ICANL Standards. In addition, courses for physicians must be approved for AMA Category I credit and courses for technologist must be approved by a RCEEM (Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism) organization. CME/CE courses related to MR/MRA, ECHO, CT/CTA, x-ray or general cardiology, etc., are not considered relevant. However, a course related to SPECT and PET imaging techniques is considered relevant. A radiation safety/physics course may be used to meet the CME/CE credit requirement if the course has been approved for AMA Category I credit or approved by RCEEM organization for technologist credit. ACLS or BLS courses may not be used to fulfill the continuing education because as they are not approved for AMA Category I credit or RCEEM credit. The ICANL website has a list of courses which have been
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