Source: www.CBNC.org website on September 6, 2010
CME Documentation
Guidance on what can and cannot be used in counting CME credit hours Certification (Candidates whose training was completed 7 or more years at time of application or Pathway 2 candidates who did not successfully pass the exam in the past) or for Recertification (All three groups require documentation of 25 Hours of CME in the last 36 months at time of applications. CME Courses completed after the final application deadline cannot be accepted):
What Can Be Used:
- Any program specific to nuclear cardiology which carries AMA PRA category I CME credit, including (but not limited to):
- Meetings and Conferences
- Grand Rounds
- Online Tutorials
- Educational Products
- Nuclear Cardiology Working Group meetings, if they carry CME credit
- Nuclear cardiology specific sessions at conferences such as ACC, AHA, SNM etc, may be counted, particularly the satellite sessions.
What Might Be Used, depending:
- Courses that are on mixed topics, such as CT and Nuclear Cardiology or Overviews of Diagnostic Imaging can count only the sessions where nuclear cardiology was a principle part of the session.
- Dual Modality (e.g., Nuclear AND CT) – may count all hours
- Multi Modality (more than 2 types – e.g., CT/Echo/MRI/Nuclear) may count ONLY the nuclear hours
Examples:
- Nuclear Cardiology v Echo - What to use when — YES
- Getting the most out of your CT data — NO
- Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT Featuring Case Review With the Experts — DEPENDS.
- Nuclear sessions — YES
- Nuclear/CT sessions — YES
- Sessions exclusively on CT — NO
What Cannot Be Used:
- Courses specific to CT only, or other modalities
- Sessions not specifically on Nuclear cardiology
- Industry sponsored sessions with no CME credit
- Case reviews with no CME credit
- CNC, for those applying from the U.S. (ICNC sessions do not carry CME credit)
Nota Bene: Basic Radioisotope Handling courses (CLT) that carry CME credit can be counted toward this requirement.
Nota Bene: If the CME certificate does not state specifically that the course was nuclear cardiology related, CBNC staff may require a copy of the syllabus or program to review. CBNC shall have the final word on whether or not the activity meets the requirements.
For those applying from outside the US, nuclear cardiology-specific courses without Cat I CME may be counted. Examples:
- Programs or products offered by the ESC or EANM specific to nuclear cardiology
- Conferences of national nuclear cardiology organizations
- Conferences of local working groups
- Nuclear Cardiology specific sessions from conferences of national Cardiology or Nuclear Medicine associations
For other questions, please contact the CBNC office at +240.631.8151 or administration@cbnc.org.