VOICE BOX

Marcia Ferg

Speedy CE: Balancing the Need for Education with the Need for Efficiency

National, chapter and local Nuclear Medicine meetings are designed not only to educate the technologist, but also to provide the credits needed for credentialing or licensure. In addition, they are a great time to renew friendships and exchange ideas. We take for granted the availability of these meetings and our opportunities to attend them.

Many technologists, however, are not so fortunate. They live in outlying areas or have constraints that do not permit them the time or means to travel. The Technologist Section continues to explore opportunities to better serve these individuals. We are introducing one such opportunity this June via a new continuing education activity: Speedy CE.

A multi-volume series, each Speedy CE volume will consist of journal articles with questions and a response sheet for the answers. Each article will be worth 1.0 CEH, but you will need to complete the whole volume to earn credit. The cost per book and amount of credit available will vary depending on the number of articles in each volume. (Of course, there will be a discount price for SNM-TS members!) For a modest fee, a technologist can earn the Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) normally acquired at a 1-day meeting.

Speedy CE Volume 1 will be available in Toronto. Be sure to let your friends and co-workers know about this new CE opportunity!

Accessible Continuing Education (ACE)

Remember: Speedy CE is just 1 of the many different ways you can get your necessary VOICE credits, thanks to the SNM-TS.

Videotapes from past SNM Annual Meetings. Contact CME Unlimited at (800) 776 5454 or visit the SNM Tape Store at https://servicecenter.snm.org.

CE on the Internet. CE activities are published in each issue of JNMT and most issues of the JNM, or you can visit the SNM Web site at http://www.snm.org/ education/ce_online.html.

SNM/SNM-TS Annual & Regional Meetings. Our calendar of events includes meetings sponsored by our chapters and others. More information can be found at http://www.snm.org/about/new_meetings_1.html.

VOICE-approved activities are available all over the country, from the regional to the hospital level, from company-sponsored to self-study activities. To learn how to get a meeting or activity approved by VOICE for CE credit, contact your chapter president or SNM at 703-708-9000, x1210, or visit our Web site at http://www.snm.org/ education/transcript.html.

WELCOME!

SNM is pleased to introduce our new Director of Education, Brenda Johnson!

CE Contacts

Deona Minor, CE Manager, SNM Education Department Phone: 703-708-9000 x1210; E-mail: dminor{at}snm.org Ann Marie Alessi, SNM-TS CE Committee Chair Phone: 631-444-9617; E-mail: solgergirl{at}aol.com⇓

Kristen Waterstram-Rich and Mickey Clarke, along with other members of SNM-TS, met with several members of Congress, including Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.).