Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4231014 | Journal of the American College of Radiology | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Processes for credentialing physicians and criteria used for delineating their practice-specific clinical privileges vary widely across the United States. The ACR and the ABR have jointly developed this resource document to define the requisite credentials for specialty board-certified diagnostic radiologists and subspecialty board-certified nuclear radiologists to be privileged to practice therapeutic nuclear medicine. Through its initial specialty and subspecialty certification processes and its maintenance of certification programs for practicing certificate holders, the ABR assures the competence of its professional diplomates for clinical practice. On the basis of their education, training, and clinical work experience, board-certified radiologists have the qualifications to supervise and perform therapies using unsealed radioisotopes. Optimum patient care is best served by a physician with training and expertise in supervising and performing radioisotope therapies in conjunction with multimodality imaging technologies for initial diagnosis and follow-up.
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The ACR/ABR Writing Group The ACR/ABR Writing Group,