Continuing Medical Education

SDMS Launches New CME System

**NOTE: SDMS will no longer accept paper applications, all forms must be completed online.**

SDMS has gone “high tech” with the launch of the SDMS CME Management System and its expanded SDMS CME Tracker system. Our new systems will revolutionize the way SDMS-approved CME providers apply for and document SDMS CME activities. Please take a few minutes to review the SDMS CME Policies and Procedures at http://www.sdms.org/pdf/sdmscme.pdf. Here are just a few of the new enhancements:

• Our online application and approval process will let you quickly enter all the required information. Alternatively, if you need to submit some of the materials by mail, the online system will give you submission instructions and a checklist so you do not forget anything.
• You can now enter (by typing or copy/paste) or attach and upload required documentation including timed agendas, faculty, promotional materials, etc.
• Online credit card payment of the application fee is now accepted (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa).
• SDMS members can now apply for CME activity approval for up to 3 years (plus a discount on application fees) instead of annual applications.
• You now have the ability to designate multiple activity directors under the same CME provider. Each activity director can manage their own CME activities and general users can be assigned to perform data-entry task.
• Corporate/Business/Institution (CBI) membership will now qualify every CME activity your company provides qualifies for member discount pricing, not just those CME activities handled by an individual SDMS member.
• No more mailing/faxing participant rosters – the new online system allows you to easily enter or upload participant rosters and print or email certificates. In addition, CME credits earned by SDMS members are automatically reported to the ARDMS!
• Soon, all SDMS-approved CME credits will be stored in the SDMS CME Tracker system!
• New digital signatures on CME certificates, means you will never have to sign a certificate again!
• Clinical Instructorship credit is now FREE to sonography educational program directors who are the educational program director at CAAHEP-accredited educational programs (current SDMS membership required). And, the number of clinical instructorship credits per calendar year has increased to 6 credits per year instead of 4!
• Individuals can now request SDMS CME credit for their role as an Author / Editor or for completing an eligible accredited college course using the new SDMS Individual CME Credit Request System.

SDMS CME Tracker System To Be Expanded

The SDMS CME Tracker system is now expanded. Once CME activities are approved under the SDMS CME Policies and Procedures, CME providers will begin to submit their attendance rosters electronically. Once the electronic roster is submitted, the activity will automatically appear in SDMS members' CME transcript. CME Records to be Reported to ARDMS As of July 1, 2008, CME records are being automatically transferred to the ARDMS. This transfer occurs on a daily basis, so please allow up to 24 hours from the time the electronic roster is submitted for credits to be submitted to the ARDMS. Please note that your ARDMS number must be submitted on the participant roster for the information to be sent to ARDMS.

For additional information on getting your education activity approved for SDMS CME credit:

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Continuing Education Department
2745 Dallas Pkwy Ste 350
Plano, TX 75093-8730

Phone: 214-473-8057, ext. 112
Fax: 214-473-8563
E-mail: cme@sdms.org

For questions about your Registry certification or CME requirements, contact the appropriate registry.