AAPM On-Line Continuing Education

On-Line Continuing Education

Message from the Chair

This site has been developed for you. It has evolved over several years to its current diverse content.

Our goal is to provide the membership with a site that can help you keep abreast of new technology, new procedures, or methods while providing a venue to earn professional credits.

Constructive comments are always appreciated.

Do visit us often.

Jeffrey P. Limmer
Chair On-Line Continuing Education subcommittee

Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC)
Members have the opportunity to earn CAMPEP approved Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for successfully passing quizzes associated with informational sources such as journal articles, AAPM Virtual Library presentations, task group reports, and other publications. This is a CAMPEP approved program. For each quiz successfully taken, a member will earn 1 MPCEC. Each MPCEC is equivalent to a Category 1 credit. To view your Category 1 credits, sign onto CAMPEP at: http://cec.campep.org/ To successfully earn the credit, a participant: Must correctly answer 8 out of the 10 questions. Cannot attempt the same quiz in the same 24-hour block; you must wait a day before attempting the same quiz. Upon completion: AAPM transfers the credits earned by you to CAMPEP on a daily basis. View quiz categories and quiz sets

Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC)

Members have the opportunity to earn CAMPEP approved Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for successfully passing quizzes associated with informational sources such as journal articles, AAPM Virtual Library presentations, task group reports, and other publications.

This is a CAMPEP approved program. For each quiz successfully taken, a member will earn 1 MPCEC. Each MPCEC is equivalent to a Category 1 credit. To view your Category 1 credits, sign onto CAMPEP at: http://cec.campep.org/

To successfully earn the credit, a participant:

Must correctly answer 8 out of the 10 questions.
Cannot attempt the same quiz in the same 24-hour block; you must wait a day before attempting the same quiz.

Upon completion:

AAPM transfers the credits earned by you to CAMPEP on a daily basis.

View quiz categories and quiz sets

NEW OFFERING Maintenance of Certification - Self Assessment Modules
Many AAPM members now require Maintenance of Certification (MOC) as defined by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). One component of MOC is the completion of Self-Assessment Module (SAM). Twenty (20) SAMs are required for completion over the ten-year cycle. This is an average of two per year, starting in 2007. In any calendar year, a maximum of 4 SAM credits may be claimed. The SAMs carry CAMPEP MPCEC/Category 1 CME credit, as well as SAM credit. To view your Category 1 credits, sign onto CAMPEP at: http://cec.campep.org/. To successfully complete the SAM, a participant: Must assess each presentation in the SAM. There is no pass/fail. Upon completion, print and retain the verification of completion document. Participants must self report self-assessment activity data to the ABR via the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Personal Data Base: https://www.abronline.org/ For each quiz successfully taken, a participant will earn 1 MPCEC. Each MPCEC is equivalent to a Category 1 credit. AAPM transfers MPCEC earned by you to CAMPEP on a monthly basis. Access the available SAM offerings:

NEW OFFERING

Maintenance of Certification - Self Assessment Modules

Many AAPM members now require Maintenance of Certification (MOC) as defined by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). One component of MOC is the completion of Self-Assessment Module (SAM).

Twenty (20) SAMs are required for completion over the ten-year cycle. This is an average of two per year, starting in 2007. In any calendar year, a maximum of 4 SAM credits may be claimed. The SAMs carry CAMPEP MPCEC/Category 1 CME credit, as well as SAM credit. To view your Category 1 credits, sign onto CAMPEP at: http://cec.campep.org/.

To successfully complete the SAM, a participant:

Must assess each presentation in the SAM. There is no pass/fail.
Upon completion, print and retain the verification of completion document.
Participants must self report self-assessment activity data to the ABR via the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Personal Data Base: https://www.abronline.org/
For each quiz successfully taken, a participant will earn 1 MPCEC. Each MPCEC is equivalent to a Category 1 credit. AAPM transfers MPCEC earned by you to CAMPEP on a monthly basis.

Access the available SAM offerings:

*If you have any questions or suggestions on how the On-Line Continuing Education program can be improved, please send them to Jeffrey P. Limmer . Every attempt will be made to incorporate improvements as quickly as possible. Problems encountered with the website should be directed to webmaster@aapm.org for quicker response.

On-Line Continuing Education needs Question Assignors, Writers and Reviewers.
Want to get involved? Email Jeffrey P. Limmer.