HOW MANY CE CREDITS DO I NEED TO COMPLETE? As an R.T., you'll have to complete and report a certain number of CE activities every two years. This two-year period is called a biennium.
What is Category A credit? Category A activities are those evaluated and approved by a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM). Because the ASRT is a RCEEM, any activity approved by the ASRT is awarded Category A or A+ credit.
The main difference between the two groups is that the ARRT is more focused on preparing individuals for working in the field through testing and certification, whereas the ASRT is more focused on fostering community and furthering education.
CQR applies to any credentials that you've earned after January 1, 2011, or if you are an R.R.A. You'll complete CQR every ten years for each eligible discipline, and will have three years to complete the process.
Category 2 credits are credits that you can document on your own. These credits are earned for activities that are not certified for Category 1 Credit. Although these credits may be of value to some licensing, credentialing or professional organizations, earning them is not typically required.
Who Needs CME? If your job requires any type of license or certification, most likely you must complete CME each year in order to renew your license or certification. Nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals are all required to complete CME credits yearly.
The American Registry of Radiologic TechnologistsThe American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) is the world's largest organization offering credentials in medical imaging, interventional procedures, and radiation therapy.
registered radiologic technologistThe RT(R) stands for registered radiologic technologist. This title is awarded by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) when a healthcare professional completes classroom and clinical education requirements, passes the national ARRT examination, and meets all ethical requirements stated by the ARRT.
The mission of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists is to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care.
IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Our process is called Continuing Qualifications Requirements (CQR). CQR helps you identify gaps in your knowledge and skills that could cause you to fall behind today's entry-level qualifications. It then helps you develop a plan for refreshing your understanding and abilities.
Prepare for ARRT® Continuing Qualifications Requirements — CQR. Get the Study Tools and CE Credits You Need. ASRT membership provides the resources you need to navigate ARRT®'s CQR process, prepare for the Structured Self-Assessment (SSA) and earn credits to fulfill your continuing education prescription.
Your CQR compliance period starts on the first day of your birth month in year eight of your 10-year CQR period. At that time, we'll send an alert to your dashboard and provide a link through which you can begin the CQR process. You'll have three years to complete your CQR activities once your compliance period starts.
Accepter for the ARRT®: X-ray, CT, MRI, Mammography, NM, QM, Densitometry, Radiation Therapy, Cardiac/Vascular IR, Ultrasound (For US only 8 hours would apply, other 16 hours must be US specific.)
You will receive a link and login to access the online test for this course. If you do not, please check your SPAM folder and add cheryl@GetYourCeu.com to your contacts. Once you pass you will receive your certificate.
As advanced practice clinicians, you need continuing education that is geared toward higher-level thinking and continued competence in the patient setting. With pertinent and carefully crafted sessions and expert faculty teaching our Primary Care CE, you’ll get just that.
Purchase this clinical essentials package to help ensure your NP career is on a strong path. This package is important not just for new NPs, but any NP looking to refresh and update key knowledge. This 11-course series includes basic lab interpretation, utilizing algorithms to select medications in chronic illness, imaging selection, radiology interpretation in the extremities, chest, and abdomen, key information on malpractice, contract negotiations, and documenting and coding, as well as assessment of murmurs, performing a gynecological exam, and management of top diagnoses in HEENT. Click on each course for more details.
This presentation teaches the nurse practitioner in primary care that the skin can be a wealth of information as to the patient’s diagnosis when the pertinent clues are identified. Reactions of the skin to disease and medications and even internal malignancies can provide clues to diagnosis when you know what to look for.
The purpose of this module is to educate nurses on the various types of diagnostic radiology imaging tests, ensuring a satisfactory understanding of the risks, benefits, and important clinical considerations of each type of test, the use of contrast media, management of contrast allergic reactions, and radiation safety.
Diagnostic radiology refers to a sector of medicine that includes various kinds of medical imaging technologies widely utilized throughout the US healthcare system, with millions of patients undergoing imaging evaluations on a daily basis.
MRIs are distinct from other forms of diagnostic imaging as they do not use x-rays or pose radiation exposure to patients and are considered a very safe imaging test. MRIs utilize strong electromagnetic fields (EM) and radio waves to measure how much water is contained in different tissues within the body as a means to generate detailed images of internal organs and tissues (FDA, 2018). The signal in an MRI image comes mainly from the protons in fat and water molecules within the body. MRI is superior to CT scan at identifying the difference between normal and abnormal soft tissue. MRIs can be performed to image nearly any body part; each scan follows a specific protocol depending upon the clinical concern and may be performed without or without GBCAs (Ibrahim et al., 2020).
55). The overall objective of medical imaging is to make a particular area within the patient's body visible.
Ultrasound images are obtained by placing a small probe (transducer) and gel on the skin. The transducer produces soundwaves at very high frequencies, which exceed the threshold of human hearing. These high-frequency soundwaves travel from the transducer through the gel and into the body, and then the soundwaves are used to generate images on a computer. Images are captured in real-time, which allows for the evaluation of the structures and movement of the body's internal organs, including blood flow through vessels. Transducers may be placed external to the body on the skin, such as with a fetal ultrasound, which is demonstrated in Figure 12. To optimize image quality, some transducers can also be placed directly inside the body via the vagina, GI tract, or blood vessels. As shown in Figure 13, a transducer is placed inside the vaginal canal of a nonpregnant female to enhance the visualization of the uterus and ovaries (NIBIB, 2016).
Radiology is considered one of the most technologically advanced fields in medicine, dating back to 1895 when Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen first discovered the x-ray, using his wife as his patient. Subsequently, Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896, followed by the discovery of radium in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie. The field has expanded exponentially over the last few centuries and continues to rely on the collaboration of scientists, medical physicists, radiologists, and imaging technologists. Medical physicists ensure the safe and optimal use of radiological imaging modalities in patients. Diagnostic radiologists are physicians who undergo specialized training in the analysis and interpretation of medical imaging to draw conclusions useful for the diagnosing, treating, and managing of acute and chronic medical conditions and injuries. Interventional radiologists are physicians who undergo specialized training in the use of medical imaging to guide minimally invasive surgical procedures that diagnose, treat, and cure many kinds of conditions. Radiology technologists, also referred to as radiographers, have specialized training in performing digital imaging procedures under the direct supervision of a nurse or physician (Elsayes & Oldham, 2014).
Compression of the breast tissue is essential to ensure that all of the breast tissue can be visualized, and to allow the x-ray beam to penetrate through the breast tissue. Further, compressing the breast tissue also allows for the use of lower doses of radiation when a thinner amount of breast tissue is imaged.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of CME Outfitters, LLC and CME Seminars.
This course is intended for Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other Health Care Professionals.
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