Rapid Review Program

About Rapid Review

AHRA Rapid Review™ Program Overview

AHRA’s Rapid Review™ program evaluates and grants ARRT Category A continuing education (CE) credit to qualified educational activities, including seminars, conferences, lectures, and webinars. As a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM), AHRA has been approved by the ARRT to award Category A CE credit.

A continuing education activity is defined as a learning experience that is planned, organized, and administered to enhance the professional knowledge and skills a medical imaging professional uses in delivering services to patients, the public, or the medical profession.

Submission and Review Process

All programs must be submitted through the Rapid Review application system. As of April 1, materials submitted via email or through the former application system will not be accepted or reviewed.

As of July 6, payment is required prior submission access.. Once payment is received and confirmed, applicants will be provided with access to the application and instructions to submit all required materials for review. Applications will not be accepted or processed without confirmed payment. We do not accept purchase orders for Rapid Review program.

Only complete submissions, including all required documentation, will be reviewed. Submissions with incomplete documentation will not be considered.

Sponsors with outstanding invoices are not eligible for review until all open balances have been paid in full.

For activities submitted for CRA credentialing, applicable Domains must be included as part of the submission materials. Please refer to the following resource for additional guidance: click here for domain information.

Rapid Review Store

Decision Timeline

Applicants will receive an approval or denial decision regarding CEs via email within 45 days following the submission of all required application materials

Please contact rapidreview@ahra.org for any questions 

Make sure the person responsible for the educational programs in your facility is aware of this program!

Becoming a New Continuing Education Sponsor

CE Sponsors are legal entities or persons authorized to do business as representatives of corporations, nonprofit organization, limited liability company, or partnership who offer continuing medical education eligible for Category A or Category A+ credit. 

If you are interested in applying to become a CE Sponsor for AHRA:

For more information on how ARRT works with CE Sponsors, please visit ARRT Sponsor Guidelines.

Rapid Review Committee

AHRA's Rapid Review Committee reviews continuing education requests for programs and media of technical content. AHRA Members with technical expertise and/or credentials in radiography, mammography, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, sonography, radiation therapy, cardiovascular interventional, quality control, PACS, and electronic imaging are needed.

Prospective volunteers should have:

  • Technical expertise and/or credentials (as listed above)
  • Fax or email accessibility to assure 48-hour turnaround
  • Time to review multiple programs and media
  • Willingness to serve a 2-year term

If you would like more information or are interested in being a member of the Rapid Review Committee please contact us or use the online volunteer form.

View the members of the Rapid Review Committee.