Ultrasound Quarterly

Four individual CME activities are available through the journal each year.

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Wolters Kluwer Health designates each educational activity for a maximum of 4 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

An annual total of 16 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award are available through the six annual issues of Ultrasound Quarterly.

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This CME activity is intended for medical care providers with an interest in the specialized techniques, advances, and applications of ultrasound imaging.

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The increased use of imaging modalities for detecting disease states has resulted in a need for radiological information specific to ultrasound imaging.

Ultrasound Quarterly is a publication designed to meet the informational needs of medical care providers who utilize ultrasound imaging in their practice, and who must ensure that ultrasound imaging in patients is done for the right clinical reasons in an appropriate and optimum manner, that their diagnostic conclusions are correct, and that the information they relay to the clinician is useful and clear.

The Editor-in-Chief of Ultrasound Quarterly, Dr. Matthew Rifkin, is a world-renowned expert in ultrasound imaging. Dr. Rifkin has assembled a large nationally and internationally recognized Editorial Board. Participants in previous issues of the journal have been requested to provide topic suggestions for future journal articles. Dr. Rifkin has reviewed those topic suggestions and will utilize them as he invites articles and reviews unsolicited manuscripts.

The format and design of Ultrasound Quarterly allows it to serve as a creditable and effective distance learning tool for medical care providers with an interest in the specialized techniques, advances, and applications of ultrasound imaging.

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Faculty and author affiliations and financial disclosure information are procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

Other LCMEI/WKH/Other staff financial disclosure information is procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

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Learning objectives for each CME activity are procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

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Accreditation

The Lippincott CME Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Method of Participation

The Ultrasound Quarterly CME Program enables current readers to earn up to 18 hours in Category 1 credit per year. The review articles published in every quarterly issue throughout the year are designated course reading. Those who are interested in earning CME credit hours should read the articles and then take the exam included in each monthly issue.

To become eligible for up to 16 hours in Category 1 credit annually, readers will need to correctly answer 70 percent or higher of the questions on each of the multiple choice examinations presented quarterly. A CME examination will be included in each quarterly issue and will cover the four review articles contained within that issue. Participants may choose to complete the quiz for all of the articles or may select one or more of the articles from each issue. To earn CME credit, mail a photocopy of the completed quiz with a check for $10 per credit hour/article ($5 if you are a member of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound) to Lippincott CME Institute, Inc., 770 Township Line Road, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067. Only the first entry will be considered for credit and must be received by LWW by the expiration date noted in each issue. Certificates will be mailed to each participant within six to eight weeks after receipt.

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Evaluation Methods

Eight evaluation assessment questions will be included as part of the CME Quiz. These questions ensure that we determine that each activity's learning objectives have been met, that the activity was of educational value to the target audience and was unbiased, and offer participants a method of feedback.

Participation Expiration Date

Each individual CME activity will expire within one year of the activity’s release date.

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