Continuing
Medical Education (CME) & Self-Assessment
ORGANIZATIONS
Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
American Medical Associaton (AMA) AMAprimarycare.org
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
Self-Assessment
Modules (SAMs) American Academy of Family
Physicians (AAFP)
ACF 2008: Infectious Disease Prevention,
Diagnosis and Management
Board Review Questions
CME Center
CME Bulletins
Learning
Link - "up-t0-date, practical, diagnostic and treatment information...in
multiple formats..."
("clinical exchanges and debates, topic focused Web casts and case-based
learning")
Metric
- online practice improvement program - "earn CME credit while improving
patient care"
- helps fulfill the requirment for Part IV of MC-FP
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) www.familypractice.com
Asthma Optimizing
Asthma Control for the Primary Care Physician -
Interactive Case-Based Website -
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Office of Professional Education Volume 1: Understanding the Underlying Inflammatory Pathophysiology of
Asthma for Improved Monitoring and Control
Volume 2: The Role of Inhaled Corticosteroids and Other Long-Term Control
Medications
Volume 3: 2007 Update of the NHLBI Asthma GuidelinesFoods that Foster Healthy
Hearts
Coronary Heart Disease Foods
that Foster Healthy Hearts - Americans In Motion (AIM), an American Academy
of Family Physicians Initiative
- free EB CME webcast
Diabetes Mellitus American
Diabetes Association Self-Assessment Program (ADA-SAP) - PDF or online interactive
versions
- Access via www.diabetes.org OR www.proevalinc.com Performance
Improvement (PI) Strategies: Diabetes Care (www.DiabetesPI.com)
- complementary CME/CE webcasts:
1. Ethnic Barriers
in Type 2 Diabetes
2. Managing Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Webcast 1 - Fundamentals
of Best Care in Type 2 Diabetes
Webcast 2 - Basic Care of Type 2 Diabetes
Webcast 3 - The Use of Noninsulin Agents for Type 2 Diabetes
Webcast 4 - Insulin Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes
Webcast 5 - Prevention and Management of Complications in Type 2 Diabetes
Domestic Violence RespondtoDV.org
- CME is free to California physicians
Rheumatology RAPID
- Rheuatoid Arthritis: Primary care Initiative for improved Diagnosis and
outcomes
- free CME course from Harvard Medical School Dept of Continuing Education
and Chatham Institute