Non-ACGME Accredited Program Training & Experience

All physicians must meet the training and experience required by the NRC in basic radionuclide handling techniques and radiation safety applicable to the medical use of unsealed byproduct material, and successfully complete residency training in a radiation therapy or nuclear medicine training program or a program in a related medical specialty approved by the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the Council on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association. For more information on the training and experience required visit Training Requirements – ABNM.

Supporting letters and documentation must come from the Program Director of the Diagnostic Radiology residency program, not from the candidate. Documentation must include:

1. ABNM or ABR-NR certified supervising faculty members (names and dates of most recent certification)

2. Hybrid imaging services available (PET/CT and SPECT/CT)

3. Therapies available (types/agents delivered)

 

Supporting letters and documentation must come from the Program Director of the Diagnostic Radiology residency program, not from the candidate. Documentation must include:

1.    Letter of recommendation from the Authorized User of Radioactive Materials who was primarily responsible for resident supervision in meeting 10 CFR 35.190 / 290 / and 390 requirements.

2.     ACGME Case Log, or equivalent, demonstrating fulfillment of the ABNM requirements:

·         Cardiovascular stress test (exercise or pharmacologic) supervision – 100 studies (note: the training must include the supervision of stress tests, not just the review and interpretation of nuclear cardiac images)

·         Pediatric nuclear medicine – 100 studies

·         Radiotherapy – minimum 35 total cases (excluding Y-90 microspheres):

                                                               i.       I-131 NaI – minimum 10 cases total.  At least 5 for malignant and 5 for benign diseases. Of these, at least 3 cases of ≤ 33 mCi (1.22 GBq) and at least 3 cases of > 33 mCi dosage

                                                             ii.      Parenteral therapies requiring a written directive – minimum 10 cases involving at least 2 different radiopharmaceuticals

3.      Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

4.      Permanent/unrestricted US or Canadian medical license

5.     Chronological list of all rotations during Diagnostic Radiology/Nuclear Medicine training totaling at least 16 months (one month = one four-week rotation) of NM-eligible rotations with dates, location, and brief description (see example). The rotations may include up to one month (4 weeks) of electives.

6.    Year(s) of participation in ABNM In-Training Examination    

7.  Any additional information pertinent to Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) education and experience, such as:

·           Presentations of NMMI data in tumor boards

·           Participation in journal clubs with discussion of NMMI topics

·           Participation in QA/QC NMMI project(s)

·           NMMI research activity

·           NMMI presentations at regional or national meetings

·           Peer-reviewed NMMI publications or conference proceedings

For a printable version of these requirements, click here: ABNM Required documents for Non-ACGME Training.