The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with anesthesiology and pain management. You may find other online CME sites and courses with anesthesiology and pain management content at the main online CME site. |
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Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (formerly called ACCESS) |
One case study (Exploring Strategies to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic Patients With Dyslipidemia); one monograph (Reducing Residual Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients With Diabetes: The Unique Macrovascular and Microvascular Benefits of Fenofibrate); 8 monographs (mostly on anesthesia topics and lipid control); 6 slide-kit modules in anesthesia; and 2 webcasts (anesthesia; use Internet Explorer). |
AMA Pain Management: The
Online Series |
Twelve modules on the assessment
and management of pain in a variety of areas: |
Anesoft Medical Simulation
Software |
You will find these simulator courses: course (credit hours): ACLS (10); Anesthesia (36); Bioterrorism (12); Critical Care (20); Hemodynamics (10); and Sedation (18). You can see a demo of each course before ordering. |
Anesthesiology Online |
Anesthesiology Online is now a subscription-based online informational and educational resource for anesthesia professionals. You will not be able to view any content until you have registered and paid your fee. |
California Society of Anesthesiologists
Online CME Programs
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These articles were created to meet the licensure requirement of the California Medical Board for 12 hours CME in pain and end-of-life studies. The twelve courses are: Summary of Pain Management and End-Of-Life Care Series, and Neuromodulation; Neurosurgical Options for Refractory Pain Management; Improving Patient Safety for Pain Blocks: Lessons Learned from Medical Malpractice Claims Review; Pain and the Brain: What We Have Learned from Functional Neuroimaging; Rehabilitation in Pain Management; Palliative and End-of-Life Care; Opioids for Pain: Risk Management; Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Pain Physiology; Concepts in Opioid Tolerance; Is Untreated Pain a Disease? and Repeal of Triplicate Prescribing. |
Cleveland Clinic Traditional and Emerging Approaches to Challenging Cases in Anesthesiology |
A series of articles and related questions will help you stay up-to-date with the most current topics related to anesthesiology. Titles include: The Adult Difficult Airway: Malignant and Benign Tumors; Anesthesia for Revascularization of the Lower Extremity: Perioperative Decisions and Outcome; Anesthesia for Major Hepatic Resection; Anesthetic Management for Morbid Obesity During Craniotomy; Obese Patients and Laryngeal Mask Airways; and Airway Challenges In the PACU/ICU. |
HemostasisCME.org | You will find 5 CME activities relating to hemostasis and coagulation issues: Use of Traditional Blood Products and Novel Hemostatic Agents for the Treatment of Traumatic Bleeding; Rational Use of Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients; Optimizing the Monitoring of Coagulation; Monitoring of Patients Receiving Multiple Anticoagulants; and Challenges in Hemostatic Management of Patients with Hemophilia. |
MediCom Worldwide | Two courses are available: Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Pain and Tomorrow's Vision of Pain Management. |
National Pain Education Council (NPEC) |
Programs include the Monograph Series: Management of Chronic Pain in Patients With
Cancer and HIV/AIDS; and Improving Functionality in Patients With Chronic
Pain. |
Pain.com has CME instruction in four sections. |
Access all sections from the main page. To find the CME content, Click on "Professionals," at the top left of the page. |
| These articles are organized into modules of 10 articles each, and three new modules are offered each month. There are now 36 modules available. Each module is followed by a 10-question multiple choice post-test and a short evaluation. |
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A set of links to other sites offering pain treatment programs. |
| A variety of pain topics in text-only format. These include: CME Fibromyalgia 2006; End-of-Life Care: The Management of Pain in Palliative Medicine; Lumbosacral Plexopathy and Femoral Neuropathy; Pain Report #9: Update on the Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Pain; Chronic Pain Management Resource System: Regulatory Resource Kit; and Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity. |
| About 12 lectures on a wide variety of pain management topics. Recent titles include: Neuropathic Pain; Persistent Pain Management: Challenge of Long Term Opioid Therapy; Cancer Pain; Opioid Analgesics; and The Pain Processing Pathways. |
PainEDU.org |
The Case-based Course features 24 brief case studies of patients with various pain problems. You earn one hour of CME credit for each six cases you complete. You need to be registered and logged-in in order to view the names of each activity. |
StopPain.org
Online Education for Professionals | You will find two courses: Assessment & Management of Diabetic Painful Polyneuropathy (7 hours); and Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based, Interactive Module (2 hours). |
TheAnswerPage |
TheAnswerPage.com offers 0.25 hours of CME credit for study of the Question of the Day. You may study that question "today," or view an archive of questions. There are no quizzes; credit is applied to your account automatically as you go through the questions and answers, which are authored by faculty from Harvard and other medical schools. There are separate sections for Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Hospital & Critical Care, Obstetrics & Gynecology And Newborn Medicine. TheAnswerPage has recently added a handheld-based CME program, included in the same annual fee, which allows you to receive CME credit for study directly on handheld machines. |
University of
Washington CME: Online Courses | A single course is titled COPE: Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education. It offers physicians tools for collaborative goal-setting at the outset of opioid treatment. |