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

California Academy of Family Practice (CAFP)
Committee on Continuing Professional Development

PRI-MED

CME Websites
CE-Today - MEBN
CME-Today (for Hospitalists) - MEBN
GME-Today - MEBN
Continuing Education Company
•Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education
Medscape Today CME Center
Physician's Guide to the Internet (PGI)
•Peer-Point Medical Education Institute, LLC 1-800-777-5790
Professional Evaluation, Inc.
www.ClinicalMedicineToday.com
www.cmecourses.com
www.cmegateway.com
www.cmelogix.org - online newsletters
www.cmeweb.com
www.healthstream.com/cmesearch/ui/newUITestHarness.asp?pid=1025
www.medcases.com
www.mdconsult.com
www.medicalconferences.com
www.mypatient.com

CME Providers, Products and Services
Audio-Digest Foundation - nonprofit affiliate of California Medical Association offering free CME MP3casts
Med-Challenger FM Career (and other products) - "career maintanence resources" includes:
1. Searchable Standard-of-Care reference, 2. Unlimited CME resource, 3. Recertification Review, 4. High-resolution Image Library
Med-IQ - Inspiring Medical Education

Journals: CME Planning
Physicians' Travel & Meeting Guide - The CME Planner

Journals: Offering CME

American Family Physician (AFP) - Clinical Quiz
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) (CME Supplements)
Cortlandt Forum (CME Supplements) - The Information Exchange for Primary-Care Physicians
The Journal of Family Practice (JFP Online) (CME Supplements)
The Female Patient
Patient Care (CME Supplements)

TOPIC SPECIFIC

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

Lower Endoscopy Training
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy Training - University of Colorado and AHEC

Metabolic Diseases
Bone Health Advisory Council - offers 12 osteoporosis quick case consults (15 min podcasts online or for MP3 download)

Musculoskeletal Complaints/Problems
Triaging Joint Pain Through a Quality Improvement Approach: Parts 1 and 2

Oncology

American Cancer Society (ACS)

Organizations

Infant, Child and Adolescent Medicine Course - AAFP, 2005
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - Continuing Education Opportunities

Pain Management

UCLA's Biopsychosocial Approaches to Pain: An on-line course (www.PainCMEonline.com)*

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


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