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Initial and Continuing Competency Criteria for Credentialing Physicians to Independently Practice Body PET/MRI*
Initial criteria Continuing criteria Certification type Supervised interpretations in past 36 mo Didactic education in past 36 mo Supervised interpretations in past 36 mo Didactic education in past 36 mo ABR-DR, ABR-DR-NR, ABNM, AOBR, RCPSC, or Collège des Médecins du Québec certification, or board eligibility within 2 y of completing residency or fellowship 150 body PET/CT; 300 body MRI PET/CT: 20 h; MRI: 100 h Direct participation in 200 body PET/MRI minimum, or 200 body PET/CT plus 200 body MRI 6 h CME minimum in body PET/MRI, PET/CT, or MRI DR or NM residency accredited by ACGME, RCPSC, Collège des Médecins du Québec, or AOA without board certification and more than 2 y since completing residency or fellowship 250 body PET/CT; 500 body MR PET/CT: 50 h; MRI: 250 h Direct participation in 300 body PET/MRI minimum, or 300 body PET/CT plus 300 body MRI 15 h CME minimum in body PET/MRI, PET/CT, or MRI ABMS or Canadian-equivalent board certification in another medical specialty 500 body PET/CT; 750 body MRI PET/CT: 500 h + 200 h in radiation physics, instrumentation, radiochemistry, radiopharmacology, radiation dosimetry, radiation biology, or radiation safety and in protection, quality control, or artifacts + 1,000 h in clinical NM, including dosages, image evaluation, correlation with other imaging, and interpretation; MR imaging: 500 h + 200 h in MRI physics, instrumentation, chemistry, contrast agents and use, imaging techniques, MR safety, quality control, artifacts, clinical application, or interpretation Direct participation in 500 body PET/MRI minimum, or 500 body PET/CT plus 500 body MRI 30 h CME minimum in body PET/MRI, PET/CT, or MRI ↵* The term body refers to head and neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, skeleton, and extremities.
ABR-DR = American Board of Radiology–Diagnostic Radiology; ABR-DR-NR = American Board of Radiology–Diagnostic Radiology + Nuclear Radiology; ABNM = American Board of Nuclear Medicine; AOBR = American Osteopathic Board of Radiology; RCPSC = Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; DR = diagnostic radiology; NM = nuclear medicine; ACGME = Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; AOA = American Osteopathic Association; ABMS = American Board of Medical Specialties; CME = continuing medical education.
