Online CME: Diabetes and Endocrinology
Last Updated June 10, 2009.

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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 - Diabetes Pro

The ADA web site has been redesigned. You will have to register separately for each of the activities described below.

This webcast focuses on key presentations made June 6 -10, 2008 at the 68th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. Topical segments include: cardiovascular disease and glycemia, obesity, behavioral medicine, diabetic complications and therapeutic agents. A group of expert panelists from the Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee comments after each of the segments.

  • American Diabetes Association Self-Assessment Program (ADA-SAP™) - Module 1
    Last visited...8/2008.
    Credit hours...5.0.
    Awarded by....American Diabetes Association.
    Cost..........Free.
    Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer (either online or as downloadable pdf).
    Target Audience....FP, IM, ENDO.
    Educ. material last updated...6/08.
    Financial support...Merck.
    CME Credit Expires...Nov. 30, 2009.

This program is designed to assess and strengthen your knowledge of diabetes and provide you with a better understanding of the options available for managing patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. You can complete this program at your own pace. After you answer 75 multiple choice questions, the program directs you to a discussion of the correct responses.

From this page, you may:
Purchase online access to the entire contents of the 2008 session; or
Purchase online access to the Special Cardiovascular Trial Results package; or
Gain complimentary access to 11 sample lectures (no CME credit); or
View a single free course: Beyond Single-marker Diabetes Detection: The Evolution of Diabetes Risk Assessment

Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic Agents: Determining the Proper Combination; and 
Progressive Approaches in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Indications and Innovations.

Baylor Diabetes
Last visited...7/2008.
Credit hours...17 activities offering a total of  14.25 hours.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....7/08.

The diabetes section is heavily weighted towards management of lipid abnormalities and the effects of diabetes in heart disease. There are seventeen courses.

Cardiometabolic Health Congress (2008)
Last visited...6/2009.
Credit hours...9 activities, each offering 2 hours (total of 18 hours).
Awarded by...Medical Education Resources.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audience...CARD, ENDO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial support...Many pharmaceutical companies.
CME Credit Expires...February 15, 2010.

A set of dinner meetings dealing with various issues related to diabetes, heart disease and the metabolic syndrome. Each section has 3 separate but related talks. To receive credit for a section, view the lectures, complete the post-test and evaluation and submit. Your certificate will be sent by mail in 4-6 weeks.

CRPHealth.com
Last visited...8/2008.
Reviewed by... Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.
Credit hours...One hour per course (63 hours).
Awarded by....University of Wisconsin.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....IM, FP, CARD, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....11/07.
Financial Support...Roche.

After registration and login, click on Online Presentations to find a list of 63 discussions of CRP (C-Reactive Protein) in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.

Joslin Professional Education (Diabetes)
Last visited...8/2008.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...8 activities each awarding 1.5 credits (total of 12 credits).
Awarded by......Joslin Diabetes Center.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-and-Text.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Takeda.

8 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...4/2009
Credit hours...9 activities each awarding 1.5 credits (total of 14 hours).
Awarded by....Various sponsors.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-audio lectures and text monograph.
Target Audience ...FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Expiration of CME Credit...18 months after posting.

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...12/2008.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1-3 hours per course (13 courses with a total of 22 hours).
Awarded by....Diabetes Education Society.
Cost............$15 per hour.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
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.

Medscape Diabetes and Endocrinology
Last visited...7/2008.
Reviewed by... Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.
Credit hours... Over 50 hours in 38 programs currently. 
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....ENDO.
Educational material last updated...7/2008. 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 endocrinologists. 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.

National Osteoporosis Foundation Continuing Medical Education Opportunities
Last Visited...5/2008.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours... 6 activities offering a total of 10 CME credits. 
Awarded by...National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Cost for Credit...$10/activity (activities offering between 1.5 and 2.5 credits each).
Instruction Type....Text-only (pdf).
Target Audience...FP, IM, ORTHO, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The "Osteoporosis: Clinical Updates" area contains a number of PDF newsletters; only 6 offer credit: Compliance and Persistence with Osteoporosis Therapies (1.5 credits); Update on Bisphosphonates FDA-Approved for Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis (1.5 credits); Parathyroid Hormone: Anabolic Therapy for Osteoporosis (1.5 credits); Bariatric Surgery & Osteoporosis (1.5 credits); Bone Quality & Osteoporotic Fracture (1.5 credits); and Implications of Breast and Prostate Cancer on Bone Health (2.5 credits).

PRESENT Diabetes
Last visited...8/2008.
Credit hours...30 minutes per program (62 courses, 31 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. 

ThyroidToday.com
Last visited...8/2008.
Reviewed by... Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.
Credit hours... One course offering 1.0 hour.
Awarded by....ACCESS Medical Group.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Only
Target Audience...ENDO.
Educational material last updated....Not Stated.
Financial Support...Abbott Laboratories. 

A single course, Managing Hypothyroidism: Exploring the Variables of Treatment Success, examines several factors that impact the thyroid disease patient as they relate to levothyroxine therapy and the treatment of hypothyroidism. 
Case studies illustrate patient scenarios in which drug variability can influence clinical 
outcomes. 

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This list was compiled by Bernard M. Sklar, MD, MS.
The most recent site reviews were written by Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.