Society of Nuclear Medicine Offers Online CME

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 10 No 12
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RESTON, Virginia-The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has formed an online collaboration with Medscape, a website for health care professionals and consumers, to release an educational program highlighting key content from the SNM’s 2001 annual conference.

RESTON, Virginia—The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has formed an online collaboration with Medscape, a website for health care professionals and consumers, to release an educational program highlighting key content from the SNM’s 2001 annual conference.

This free CME program, available on Medscape (www.medscape.com), showcases scientific articles covering core topics of interest to nuclear medicine specialists and specialty physicians. The program has been approved for 2 Category 1 CME credits by the SNM.

In a separate news release, the Society announced that webcasts of sessions from the annual conference are available in the SNM Virtual Library, produced by DigiScript. The cost, including CME credits, is $25 for members and $40 for nonmembers. To subscribe, go to www.snm.org. 

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