Continuing Certification

ASTRO encourages all current and future American Board of Radiology (ABR) diplomates to visit the ABR website to learn about the details of Continuing Certification (MOC).

• Continuing Certification Overview
• Continuing Certification Participation Guidelines
• Continuing Medical Education
• ASTRO's Continuing Medical Education Offerings
• ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway

Continuing Certification Overview

Continuing Certification (MOC) is an integral part of the quality movement in health care. Patients, your physician peers and your colleagues all value Continuing Certification (MOC) because it demonstrates your support for continuous quality improvement, professional development and quality patient care. The ABR believes in the value of Continuing Certification (MOC). Therefore, all ABR volunteers, including governors and trustees, are required to participate in Continuing Certification (MOC).

Every diplomate electing to participate in the Continuing Certification (MOC) program is expected to meet all requirements as listed below. The four parts of Continuing Certification (MOC) are:

• Part 1:  Professionalism and Professional Standing 
• Part 2:  Lifelong Learning  
• Part 3:  Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment, and Skills
• Part 4:  Improvement in Medical Practice

Continuing Certification Participation Guidelines
 

¹Medical Physics Diplomates Only: Part 1 requires valid, unrestricted licensure if practicing in Florida, Hawaii, New York or Texas. Those without licensure must have one available attester as defined by the ABR.

Continuing Medical Education

What is Continuing Medical Education (CME)?
CME is an educational tool designed to help keep physicians current with new technology and scientific advances and to continue efforts to increase accessibility to evolving evidence-based medicine. CME meets the Part 2: Lifelong Learning requirement of the ABR's Continuing Certification Program.

ASTRO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

What is Self-Assessment CME (SA-CME)?
Effective 2024, "self-assessment" is achieved through ABR Online Longitudinal Assessment and is not required when obtaining CME.

Self-Assessment CME are educational activities that utilize instruction and self-administered examination to improve skills, knowledge, patient care and/or practice performance. SA-CME meets the Part 2: Lifelong Learning requirement of the ABR's Continuing Certification Program. ASTRO is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology to provide SA-CME as part of Part II Maintenance of Certification.

ASTRO's Continuing Medical Education Offerings

• ASTRO offers a portfolio of live events: Annual Meeting, Annual Refresher Course, Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Symposium, and the Virtual Coding and Coverage Seminar.
• Discounted for members and most offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

• ASTRO Meetings onDemand extend access beyond live meeting dates to vital content and new insights by leading experts. You can watch — and rewatch — session recordings of the top science and education related to the field of radiation oncology.
• Discounted for members and most offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

eContouring

• Use ASTRO's contouring resources to optimize your treatment planning.
• Choose from three formats — live webinars, webinars onDemand, and case libraries — with many including hands-on practice cases.
• May be used as the basis of a PQI project.
• Many are free to members-in-training and all offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

• Webinars offer an opportunity for live engagement. 
• Choose from live or onDemand among clinical and nonclinical topics.
• Discounted or free for members and many offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

• Sessions onDemand are available in all the major disease sites along with other practice topics. They include both recorded meeting sessions and new content from the ASTRO Education Committee. 
• Discounted for members; most offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and select ones offer SA-CME.

• ASTRO publishes three top-notch journals to bring the latest radiation oncology research to our members quickly. These activities are offered for select articles from all three journals and most are a member benefit. 
• Choose from articles with credit, Gray Zone, and Red Journal Oncology Scans.
• 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is available for each activity and select ones offer SA-CME.

ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway

What is the ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway?
The ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway allows an ABR diplomate to directly transfer credits earned from ASTRO's educational activities to their MyABR account. Participants of ASTRO's meetings and online learning can easily transfer their CME and SA-CME credits from ASTRO to the ABR. To do so, participants will need to establish a one-time connection called the ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway. Once established, credits earned by a diplomate will automatically be sent to the ABR once daily.

How do I establish the ASTRO-ABR MOC Credit Gateway?

1. Log in to the MyASTRO portal.
2. Click on the ABR Gateway link under My Education.
3. Click on the link "Establish the ASTRO-ABR Credit Gateway today!"
4. Enter your ABR username and password.
5. Click the "Transfer" button to establish the connection between ASTRO and the ABR.
6. The gateway may take up to 24 hours to complete the initial credit transfer.

Please direct technical issues with the Gateway to ASTRO eLearning.