SVU Continuing Medical Education Credits

A total of up to ??.?? SVU CME, (total includes 1 optional CME for Rise & Shine Breakfast session), SVU-Continuing Medical Education (SVU-CME) credit hours are available on an hour-for-hour basis. The credits may be used to fulfill the continuing education requirements necessary to retain your RVT® credential with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography® (ARDMS®), your RVS credential with the Cardiovascular Credentialing Institute (CCI) or your lab’s accreditation with the IAC Vascular Testing, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), or the American College of Radiology (ACR).

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Physician CME Credits

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Penn State College of Medicine and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound.  Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Penn State College of Medicine designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of ?? AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.  Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
Penn State College of Medicine is committed to offering CME activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and are developed free of the control of ineligible companies (formerly known as a commercial interests). Reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure that our activities are balanced, independent, objective, scientific, and in compliance with regulatory requirements. All authors have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies, and Penn State has a process in place to mitigate any conflict of interest. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in an article but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of an article.

Devices or drugs that are still undergoing clinical trials should not be portrayed as standard, accepted therapy. Please consult full prescribing information before using any product mentioned in this activity. If using products in an investigational, off-label manner, it is the responsibility of the prescribing physician to monitor the medical literature to determine recommended dosages and uses of the drugs.

The information presented at this CME activity represents the views and opinions of the individual authors, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, Penn State College of Medicine. Each participant must use his/her personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.