APCA Ultrasound Certification CME requirements
Overall, you need to earn 30 CME credits per APCA ultrasound certification you hold. Each certificate may require a specific topic area that the CME credits you earn must be in.
If you hold one or more APCA certifications in ultrasound certification, this article will help you understand your CME credit requirements.
Overall, you need to earn 30 credits per certification you hold. Each certificate may require a specific topic area that needs to be printed on your CME certificates.
RMSK
If you hold a Physician's musculoskeletal sonography certification, you must earn 30 credits in musculoskeletal ultrasound.
RPVI
If you hold a Physician's vascular interpretation certification, you must earn 30 CME credits in vascular ultrasound.
RMSK + RPVI
If you hold both a Physician's musculoskeletal sonography certification and a Physician's vascular interpretation certification, you must earn a total of 60 credits.
30 credits must be in musculoskeletal ultrasound and the other 30 credits must be in vascular ultrasound.
Combination certificates with ARDMS certificates
If you hold a physician certificate with the APCA and a sonographer-level certificate with the ARDMS read on below to find out the CME requirements for your specific combination of certificates.
RPVI + RDMS and/or RDCS and/or RVT
If you hold a physician's vascular interpretation certification and one or more ARDMS certificates (RDMS, RDCS, RVT) you only need to earn 30 credits in vascular ultrasound.
RMSK + RDMS and/or RDCS and/or RVT
If you hold a physician's musculoskeletal sonography certification and one or more ARDMS certificates (RDMS, RDCS, RVT) you need to earn 10 credits in musculoskeletal ultrasound and 20 more credits in any specialty area.
RPVI + RMSK + RDMS and/or RDCS and/or RVT
If you hold both a physician's musculoskeletal sonography certification and physician's vascular interpretation certification with any ARDMS certificates (RDMS, RDCS, RVT) you only need to earn the 60 CME credits for RPVI and RMSK with 30 credits in musculoskeletal ultrasound and the other 30 in vascular ultrasound.
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