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The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with diabetes and endocrinology. You may find additional online CME sites and courses with diabetes and endocrinology content at the main online CME site. |
American Diabetes Association - Multimedia / Distance Learning
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While a large variety of programs are described or promised, I can only find two that are currently available and offer CME credit. These are: Diabetes in the Latino Population: Tools for Optimal Management (3 hours); and Diabetes and Antipsychotic Medications (1 hour). |
Baylor
Diabetes |
The diabetes section is heavily weighted towards management of lipid abnormalities and the effects of diabetes in heart disease. There are seven courses. |
CRPHealth.com
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After registration and login, click on Online Presentations to find a list of 49 discussions of CRP (C-Reactive Protein) in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. |
Diabetes And Vascular Education |
A single presentation: Drug-Eluting Stents: Efficacy and Special Considerations in Diabetic Patients. This program covers coronary risk and risk factor modification in diabetic patients, differences in coronary atherosclerotic plaque in diabetes, and efficacy of bare-metal and drug-eluting stents in diabetic patients. |
DiabetesConnect.org ADA's 2006 Scientific Sessions
Webcasts |
About 95 "official ADA"
lectures falling into these groups: Acute and Chronic Complications; Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Education; Clinical Diabetes/ Therapeutics;
Epidemiology and Genetics; Immunology and Transplantation; |
Diabetes Control in Clinical Practice: Case-Based Program |
Three interactive cases illustrating various aspects of diabetes treatment. |
Diabetes Roundtable
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Five courses: Initiating Insulin Therapy Earlier: Rationale, Strategies and Benefits; Practical Aspects of Diabetes Care: Effective Use of Insulin Analogs; Practical Approaches to Reducing the Cost Burden Associated With Diabetes-Related Care; Insulin Therapy in the Primary Care Setting; and Diabetes Update 2003: Keys to Control. |
Joslin Professional
Education (Diabetes) | 13 activities all related to the treatment of diabetes. Activities are categorized as: Diabetes and Insulin; The Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease; or Incretin Replacement Therapy. |
MedEdToday | MedEdToday appears to consist of a small subset of cases from CECity or CEMedicus. These cases are all concerned with diabetes and insulin. |
Medical Education
Opportunities (MedEdOps.org) | 13 courses, all on various aspects of the management of diabetes. You must pay in advance before viewing the course material, but there is a free sample course. |
Medscape
Diabetes and Endocrinology
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CME activities of special interest to endocrinologists. Medscape
contains a variety of educational formats:
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National Diabetes
Education Initiative (NDEI) |
The National Diabetes
Education Initiative (NDEI) offers several kinds of activities, all related
to Type 2 Diabetes. |
National
Osteoporosis Foundation Continuing Medical Education Opportunities
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Four courses on various aspects of osteoporosis. Courses include: Bariatric Surgery and Osteoporosis, Bone Quality & Osteoporotic Fracture, Implications of Breast and Prostate Cancer on Bone Health, and Osteoporosis and Chronic Kidney Disease. Use Internet Explorer and WebEx to view and hear these lectures. |
PRESENT Diabetes | In addition to the multimedia lectures, PRESENT Diabetes has created an online community of learning, networking and collaborating for MDs and others who care for diabetic patients. |
Thyroid Disease Manager | This site is organized around The Thyroid Disease Manager, an online textbook offering "up-to-date analysis of thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer, thyroiditis, and all aspects of human thyroid disease and thyroid physiology." Each CME quiz has questions based on one or several chapters from that textbook. To receive credit, you must should print out the test form, fill in the answers, and submit the form by mail, along with your payment. |
ThyroidToday.com | These programs are all concerned with the use of thyroid replacement medication, with special emphasis on bioequivalence of various thyroid preparations. |