Self-Directed Educational Projects (SDEPs)

Self-directed educational projects (SDEPs) may be used as an optional means for fulfilling some of the CE credit requirements for medical physicists. Fifteen SA-CE credits will be awarded per project. For SDEPs, the candidate must identify areas in which professional improvement and/or educational augmentation is needed or would be of value. The approach to each project is prospective and must be defined in advance. The components of the SDEP include:

• Significance: a statement of the educational need
• Approach: a list of activities designated to address the need
• Evaluation of achievement, with an initial prospective statement and a final summary statement at the time of completion
• Impact on practice/outcome statement, with an initial prospective statement and a final summary statement at the time of completion

A variety of activities may be accommodated as SDEPs, including (but not limited to):

• Quality improvement
• Research projects
• Publication of original research
• New lecture development
• Regulatory issue review
• Educational topics
• Technology updates
• New protocol implementation

In all cases, the four-component prospective format must be followed. Click on the link below for examples of SDEPs.

• Examples of SDEPs

Click on the link below to download a template to use in recording your SDEP project. Please note that SDEP documentation is submitted only in the event of an MOC audit.

• SDEP Template