Medical professionals are required to earn a certain amount of continuing education (CE) or continuing medical education (CME) credits each year in order to maintain their certifications and their licenses. The exact number of hours that is required of a professional depends on a number of different things, including the requirements of the state where they practice, and the requirements of the professional organizations from whom they received their certifications. This is true when it comes to the Radiology CME that is required of professionals who work in radiology.

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) requires that radiologists with a 10 year certificate must complete at least 250 hours of radiology CME as well as 20 SAMs. Radiation oncologists must complete at least 200 hours of CME and eight hours of SAMs. Radiologic physicists need to complete 500 hours of CME in order to maintain their certification. This means that each year these professionals need to complete around 20 to 50 hours of continuing education coursework. Where do they find the courses?

The internet is a wonderful tool for finding radiology CME courses. The RSNA website includes a number of links as well as information on how to find these courses. One way to get your courses in is to attend the annual meeting of the organization and participate in courses while you are there. However, there are also a lot of websites that are dedicated to helping people find this type of coursework.

The RSNA has an InteractED section on its website where you can gain access to educational content to earn radiology CME credit for free if you are a member. There is also a website called RADLIST.com that will allow you to search for CME courses in a variety of different topics from 121 different sponsors. You can search by location, by subject, by date, by keyword, by instructor, or by number. You can also go to the websites of various radiology organizations to get more information on the CME courses that they offer, and to find out whether you will be able to get credit for going to their annual meetings.

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