Online CME: Allergy/Immunology
Last Updated November 11, 2007.

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The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with allergy and immunology topics. You may find other online CME sites and courses with allergy/immunology content at the main online CME site.

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Online CME
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours....About 30 total.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....See ===>
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM, DERM.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

At this time you will find free webcasts from the 2006 and 2005 annual meetings, a few free webcasts from 2004 and the full set of 12 webcasts from all 3 years (for $500). There is a single 2004 webcast, Developing Clinical Skills to Promote Adherence and Maximize Asthma Outcomes. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) offers 1 hour of CME per monthly issue, currently free to subscribers (12 hours available). last, Respiratory Digest offers a single article, Monitoring progress in Patients with Asthma, offering 1 credit.

ATMOSPHERE 2007 CME Webinars (Asthma)
Last visited....11/2007.
Credit hours...1 hour per course (total of 3 courses offering 3 hours).
Awarded by....France Association.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial Support...AstraZeneca.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Three courses on the management of asthma: New Strategies in Asthma Control: Assessment of Impairment and Risk; New Strategies in Asthma Control: Issues in Management of Special Risk Populations; and The 30-Minute Office Visit: Strategies and Tools for Asthma Management in Your Practice.

CMELogix (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
Last visited...8/2007. 
Credit hours...17 courses offering 0.5 to 6.0 hours (total of 27 hours).
Awarded by....National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics (pdf).
Target Audiences....PULM, ALLG.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

These courses are concerned with asthma, COPD, atopic dermatitis, childhood allergy and sarcoidosis. After reading the articles, you must print, complete and mail or fax the quiz and evaluation.

Medscape Allergy and Immunology
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours...Varies from time to time.
Awarded by....Medscape and many other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....ALLG.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted frequently.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as WebMD.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to allergists and immunologists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of  advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.
NEWS-CME - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of conference reports and peer-reviewed journals, including MedscapeGeneralMedicine (MedGenMed).
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.
INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. 
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

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This list was compiled by Bernard Sklar, MD, MS