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wRVU values for radiology exams

Use this spreadsheet to simplify your analysis of work RVUs (wRVU)

Essential books for your first year as a resident physician in radiology

Welcome to radiology residency. Your most immediate existential crisis is to appear competent and productive on your first rotations. Your next existential crisis is to perform well on call starting end of your R1 year. Both of these require efficiently capturing the essential knowledge that attendings expect you to know.

DEA

New DEA 8-Hour Training Requirement: Everything You Need to Know for Compliance

In this blog post, we'll cover everything you need to know to ensure compliance with the new DEA training requirement.

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ARDMS sonographer certificate CME requirements

Overall, you need only need to earn 30 ADRMS-accepted CME credits even if you hold multiple ARDMS certificates. Most ARDMS certifications require credits related to any ultrasound topic, except for RMSKS.

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My fluoroscopy license expired. Can I renew it?

Even if your fluoro license is expired, painless renewal is possible

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Welcome to Warp Speed™ for Differential Diagnosis

The Warp Speed™ button for Orbit Discovery now lets users issue a one-click command to open new tabs with reference pages for every disease in the differential diagnosis of the primary disease topic they are viewing.

sonography

What is RDCS certification and how do I become certified?

How to determine if your eligible, schedule and prepare for the RDCS exam.

sonography

What is RMSKS certification and how do I become certified?

How to determine if you are eligible, schedule and prepare for your RMSKS exam.

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What is RDMS certification and how do I become certified?

Here is how you determine if you are eligible, schedule your RDMS exam, and prepare for your RDCS exam.

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How to easily earn ultrasound CME

Using Orbit ACPA to earn all your required CME is as easy as reading eligible articles on your computer, iPad, or iPhone and filling out a short survey tagging your articles as ultrasound credit.

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What is RVT certification and how do I become certified?

How to determine if you're eligible, schedule and prepare for the RVT exam.

pathology

Scheduling and preparing the for pathology board

Here is how you schedule and prepare for you ABPath primary examination. Before you can take an ABPath examination you need to become board eligible. You can learn more about the requirements of becoming board eligible here.

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How to easily earn Pathology CME

Using Orbit Pathology to earn all your required CME is as easy as reading eligible articles and filling out a short survey for each article. Sites that pathologists find popular which are eligible for CME through Orbit include PathologyOutlines, PubMed, PubMed Central, and many more.

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Pathologist Certifications

Between the ABPath and ASCP, there are four types of primary pathology certifications, and a variety of subspecialty certifications. Here, we'll give you a quick view of all of them.

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How to easily earn sonographer CME for the ARDMS

Using Orbit ARDMS to earn all your required CME is as easy as reading eligible articles on your computer, iPad, or iPhone and filling out a short survey tagging your articles as sonographer credit.

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What you need to know about the recent ABR decision related to authorized user eligibility

The ABR announcement that they are removing the "AU Eligible" designation ultimately results in no change to residency program requirements related to the 80-hour NRC-specified curriculum. Programs should remain ready to present their curriculum for audit by either the ACGME or the NRC.

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How to become a board-certified pathologist

Follow these steps to earn your AP or CP certification with the American Board of Pathology.

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Can I get CME from PathologyOutlines?

It is now possible to earn CME for visiting PathologyOutlines. If you use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to surf the web at work, you can now earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for reading articles on PathologyOutlines.

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Does CertLink count as CME?

By following these steps, you can earn CME credit for completing your CertLink requirements for the ABPath.

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Do I need to complete SAM for ABPath?

As of 2021 you no longer need to complete self-assessment modules as part of your continuing certification program CME credit requirements for ABPath.

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What is CertLink?

CertLink is an online assessment given through your PATHway account and fulfills the assessment portion of your ABPath CC program requirements.

sonography

ARDMS Sonographer Certifications

You can obtain four different sonographer certifications with the ARDMS: RDCS, RDMS, RMSKS, RVT.

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Becoming board eligible for ABPath

Before you can take the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) primary examination to become a board certified pathologist, you must become board eligible.

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ACS Pediatric Trauma Center CME Requirements

TMD and TPMs at Level 1 and Level 2 pediatric trauma centers need to earn 36 trauma related CME credit every 3 years, where 9 of those 36 credits should be related specifically to pediatric trauma.

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ACS Trauma Center CME Requirements

TMD and TPMs at level 1 and level 2 trauma centers need to earn 36 credits of trauma related CME every 3 years.