About APCA

​​​​​​​​​​The Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement™ (APCA™) is part of the Inteleos™ family of Councils that also includes ARDMS®​​​. The APCA Council  represents over 20,000 physicians dedicated to continual learning and providing high-quality and compassionate patient care through certification. Together, APCA  and ARDMS further the  long-standing mission of raising the global standards of excellence in healthcare and patient safety. 

The APCA council administers the following certifications and examinations:

• RPVI®– Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation®

• PVI – Physicians' Vascular Interpretation examination

• RMSK® – Registered in Musculoskeletal® sonography

• MSK – Musculoskeletal sonography examination

• CBNC™– Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology™

• NC – Nuclear Cardiology examination

• CBCCT™ – Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography™

• CCT – Cardiovascular Computed Tomography examination

• RPVI – China™ - Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation in China™ 

• PVI – China - Physicians' Vascular Interpretation - China examination 

• Latin American Ultrasound Certificate Program​

• Latin American Abdomen Ultrasound examination

• Latin American Obstetrics & Gynecology Ultrasound examination 

• POCUS – Point-of-Care Ultrasound Academy​

• POCUS Fundamentals Certificate

• POCUS Clinical Certificates

• POCUS Specialty Certifications

Please click the following links to learn more about us: 

• Inteleos Family of Brands Video​​​​

• APCA Council Members 
  

• Legislation​
  

• Mission and Vision
  

• APCA Trademarks
  

• Benefits of Certification 
  

• Bylaws​​

The RPVI, RMSK, RMSKS, RDMS, RDCS, and RVT certification programs​, are accredited by ANSI to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17024 Standard for organizations that certify personnel. ​