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American Diabetes Association - Multimedia / Distance Learning
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours..4.0.
Awarded by....American Diabetes Association
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audience...ENDO.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial support...Pharmaceutical companies.

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).

CRPHealth.com
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...One hour per course (49 hours).
Awarded by....University of Wisconsin.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....IM, FP, CARD, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...AstraZeneca, Novartis, Glaxo SmithKline and Dade Behring.

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
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours...One course; 1.25 hours.
Awarded by....Primary Care Network.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide=Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences.....FP, IM, ENDO, CARD.
Educ. material last updated...2006.
Financial support...Cordis Corporation.

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
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours...Probably about 100 (not stated).
Awarded by....American Diabetes Association.
Cost for Credit.....$249 for the entire set of lectures or $25 for an individual lecture (Discounts apply for members or attendees.)
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audiences..... ENDO.
Educ. material last updated...2006.
Financial support...None (except see ==>)

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;
Insulin Signaling and Insulin Action; Integrated Physiology or Obesity; Islet Biology and Insulin Secretion; and Other Lectures. You will also find 4 additional free 2.0 hour lectures supported by various pharmaceutical companies.

Diabetes Control in Clinical Practice: Case-Based Program
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...4.0.
Awarded by.....Temple University.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-based Interactive. 
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...11/06.
Financial Support...Novo Nordisk.
CME Credit Expires...3/28/08.

Three interactive cases illustrating various aspects of diabetes treatment.

Diabetes Roundtable
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours...5 course offering a total of 7.75 hours).
Awarded by....Washington Hospital Center.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences.....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educ. material last updated...2005.
Financial support...Novo Nordisk.

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)
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...13 activities each awarding 1.5 credits (total of 19.50 credits).
Awarded by......Joslin Diabetes Center.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

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
Last visited...6/2006
Credit hours...6 activities each awarding 1.5 credits (total of 9 hours).
Awarded by....Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-audio lectures and text monograph.
Target Audience ...FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2005.
Financial Support...Novo Nordisk.
Expiration of CME Credit...

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)
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...1-3 hours per course (13 courses with a total of 24 hours).
Awarded by....Diabetes Education Society.
Cost............$12 per hour.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2005.
Financial support...None Stated.

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.

National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI)
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours.....Total of 29.5.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive, Text Only and Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2005.
Financial Support...Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.

The National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI) offers several kinds of activities, all related to Type 2 Diabetes.
Clinical Insights in Diabetes is a newsletter containing reviews on the management of type 2 diabetes. When you sign up, you will receive your newsletter monthly and apply for credit at year end (12 hours).
CME on Demand offers 7 programs totaling 15 hours of credit.
A single CME monograph, ß-Cell Adaptation and Failure: Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes (2.5 hours).

National Osteoporosis Foundation Continuing Medical Education Opportunities
Last Visited...5/2008.
Reviewed by Janice Flahiff, Medical Librarian.
Credit hours..1.5 hours per course (4 courses totaling 6 hours). 
Awarded by...National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Cost for Credit...$10.
Instruction Type....Text-only (pdf).
Target Audience...FP, IM, ORTHO, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

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
Last visited...4/2008.
Credit hours...30 min per program (230 courses, 115 credit hours).
Awarded by...Mount Sinai Medical School
Cost for Credit....Free
Instruct. Type....Multimedia, audio, video, PowerPoint.
Target Audience...ENDO, FP, IM, PED (and other diabetes care professionals).
Educational material last updated...2008
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies

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
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...1- 3 per module (10 modules with total of 26 hours).
Awarded by....University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Cost...........$15 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...ENDO.
Educ. material last updated....3/06.
Financial Support...Abbott Laboratories.

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.