Educational Efforts
Self-assessment modules (SAMs) are educational activities that utilize instruction and self-administered examination to improve skills, knowledge, patient care, and/or practice performance. (By definition for ABR-MOC, ABR roughly equates a SAM-related educational event to one ASTRO-type refresher course.) The sponsoring body provides feedback to the participant in confirming scoring, indicating where the participant stands in relation to his/her peers in test performance, and, when appropriate, where additional educational materials are located relative to the overall body of information, or specifically, to those areas not answered correctly by the diplomate. The diplomate receives CME credit for attending the educational session; credit for the SAM is accorded only when the participant submits the multiple choice exam.Meeting registrants are encouraged to participate in the ARS sponsored SAMs.
FEES
All SAM registrants must register for the ARS Annual Meeting Scientific Session in order to participate in the SAM modules:
- ARS Members: No charge
- ARS Non-Members: $60
- Residents: No charge with proof of residency
Self Assessment Modules (SAMs) are now available online.
Please select the SAM that you would like to complete, view the Powerpoint with audio, complete the quiz and submit your answers with payment either via fax (310-437-0585) or via email diana@americanradiumsociety.org. Your quiz will be scored and results and an answer sheet will be returned to you via email. You will be responsible for submitting your score to the American Board of Radiology for Maintenance of Certification.
MEMBERS - $50
NONMEMBERS - $100
Payment must accompany your quiz.
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The American Board of Radiology Foundation (ABRF), with the support of the American Association for Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American Board of Radiology (ABR), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Radium Society (ARS), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and the Radiological Society of North American (RSNA), announces the launch of 10 web-based instructional modules: Online Modules on Ethics and Professionalism.
The Online Modules on Ethics and Professionalism are designed to educate physicians and physicists about the attributes and nuances of ethics and professionalism that are essential to the practice of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics. Each module is self-guided and includes self-testing features to help the reader assess his or her comprehension and application of the principles and practices described in the module. This activity has been approved for AMA Part 1 CME credit and has been qualified by the ABR for SAM credit in fulfillment of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements.