Level 3

The majority of Cardiac CT practitioners are expected to accredit to Level 2 Initial standard and subsequently reaccredit to Level 2 Experienced standard thereafter. Level 3 accreditation is designed only for those who not only have an ongoing commitment to clinical cardiac CT delivery but also demonstrate significant contribution to the field of cardiac CT through research, teachingor leadership within a cardiovascular CT society. Please note that the requirements for level 3 accreditation have recently been updated.

Requirements:

  1. 300 contrast-enhanced Cardiac CT Cases over 3 years completed in a clinical setting (not on a course) evidenced by:
    1. Verification of Hands on Practice form AND
    2. 25 anonymised but otherwise complete cardiac CT reports
  1. Evidence of 20 hours of Continuing Professional Development specific to Cardiac CT over 3 years
  1. A letter verifying your status as a Consultant or Specialist Registrar/Equivalent in Radiology, Cardiology or Cardiothoracic Surgery from your Head of Department, Human Resources or Medical Director.
  1. Fulfil at least one of the following categories:
    1. Research
      1. Co-authored 3 original articles directly related to Cardiac CT as 1st or last author on each
    2. Teaching and Training (at least 1 of the following)
      1. Annual teaching on Level 2 (or equivalent) Cardiac CT classroom courses
      2. Annual teaching on cardiac CT at national or international meetings. (N.B. Local/academy teaching does not qualify)
    3. Leadership in Cardiovascular CT – Committee member in a national or international cardiovascular CT society evidenced by a confirmatory letter from the current society President. (N.B. Leading a Cardiac CT department does not qualify)

Please provide full details of how the above apply to you in a simple document:

  • Provide a short statement supporting your application for the category/categories of your choice.
  • For teaching and training you must also provide documentary evidence in the form of meeting programs, invitation letters etc.
  • In the case of an application for recognition of research, please provide a list of all relevant publications, in standard format, with a short statement summarizing the relevance of each publication. You must be either first or last author on each of these publications. Case reports are not sufficient to meet the requirements for Level 3 accreditation.
  • All applications are independently reviewed by two committee members. The chair of the accreditation committee will arbitrate when necessary and the decision of the BSCI/BSCCT accreditation committee is final.

Further information:

  • The minimum level of clinical activity that you will be able to demonstrate is 300 cases over the past three years (most will have undertaken considerably more than this). Case experience derived from Training Courses cannot be used to count towards this requirement.
  • You should have been responsible for scan planning and acquisition for these cases (either directly or indirectly), post-processing and reporting.
  • Applications are not encouraged before 3 years have elapsed since Level 2 accreditation. However, such applications may be considered where individuals have accumulated the minimum requirements and wish to expedite the process. There will be no reduction in application fee for applications made less than 3 years since Level 2 accreditation.
  • As evidence of completion of the required 300 cases the Verification of Clinical Practice form  should be downloaded, completed and submitted. This should be signed by a practitioner accredited to the standard of BSCI/BSCCT Level 2 experienced or level 3, SCCT Level 3 or EACVI level 3. At the discretion of the Accreditation Committee, practitioners accredited by other societies may also be considered eligible. If there is no person with such accreditation who can sign this form then the applicant should submit a letter from the head of department on departmental headed paper, which includes the same statements of verification.
  • Applicants must submit 25 anonymised but otherwise complete cardiac CT reports. These should have been supervised (directly or indirectly) and reported by the applicant in a hospital/clinic setting, not as part of a course or online learning. These must include scan indications, date, scan technique, dose length product and findings. These reports should be submitted as a single document. Please note that a logbook of findings is not acceptable – we require actual reports. An example of what is required for these 25 cases is provided here
  • Evidence of 20 hours Category 1 Continuing Professional Development must be submitted. These must have been acquired within 36 months of the application date.
  • All CPD must be pertinent to cardiovascular CT, demonstrably apply to the content areas above and be supported by formal certificates stating the number of CPD hours granted for the activity.
  • If the submitted CPD certificates relate to general or multi-stream meetings, the onus is on the applicant to detail the lectures and modules attended relevant to this application.The applicant will then be credited an appropriate proportion of the CPD value of the meeting certificate.

Fees

An application fee must be paid before the application will be considered. A link to pay by credit card will appear once your application has been submitted. Fees are as follows:

Level 3

  • BSCI/BSCCT member £175
  • Non members £250
  • Applications will be processed within 8 weeks

Level 3 Fast Track

  • BSCI/BSCCT member £275
  • Non member £350
  • Applications will be processed within 2 weeks

For those submitting a fast track application the 10 day turn around time will only start once all relevant and correct information is provided via the accreditation portal for the reviewers to access.

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