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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has 10 sub-sites offering CME oriented to family physicians, Sites are listed in the same order as shown on the AAFP Online CME page.

• Board Review Questions
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...21.25.
  Awarded by...AAFP.
  Cost.........These questions are available at no charge to AAFP members. They are also available to non-members who have registered for a live AAFP Board Review Course.
  Instruct. Type...Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated....2008.
  Financial support...None Stated.

This collection of practice questions is intended to help you prepare for the certification/recertification exam. The questions are organized into 10-question quizzes by topic, corresponding to the categories in the exam. There are also mixed reviews. The questions are multiple choice with one correct answer. Explanations and supporting references are provided for each question. Each 10-question quiz is eligible for 0.25 CME credits. To report your credit, simply click the "Submit your quiz results" button when you finish the quiz.

• METRIC: Measuring, Evaluating and Translating Research Into Care
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...20.
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free to members.
  Instruct. Type...Self-Directed Study.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated...N/A.
  Financial support...None Stated.

METRIC is an online practice improvement program that allows you to earn CME credit in your office. The program is designed to assist you in fulfilling the requirement for Part IV of Maintenance of Certification. You begin by filling out a short practice assessment questionnaire. Next, you pull 10 patient records for chart review. Once you’ve entered data for 10 charts, you will see how your data compares with other users’ data. Next, you build an action plan that’s based on your feedback report. The program provides descriptions of possible interventions and tools to help build a plan that’s right for your needs. Your action plan becomes a guide to making change in your practice systems over the three-month action period. You then complete a second practice questionnaire and review of a second set of 10 patient charts.

• American Family Physician Online Quiz
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours..2.5 to 5.25 per issue (about 90 hours now available).
  Awarded by...AAFP.
  Cost.........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated....24 or 25 issues per year.
  CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Each month's issue of this online journal contains a series of articles concerning clinical issues in primary care and a quiz with questions relating to those articles. Members of the AAFP may submit the answers to quizzes online, while nonmembers must complete and mail in the tear-out card found in the paper version of the journal.

• Family Practice Management Quiz
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...3.0 to 4.75 per issue (about 31 hours in 8 issues now available).
  Awarded by...AAFP.
  Cost.........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Text-And-Graphics.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated....10-11 issues per year.
  CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Each month's issue of this online journal contains a series of articles concerning management issues in primary care and questions relating to those articles. Members of the AAFP may submit the answers to quizzes online, while nonmembers must complete and mail in the tear-out card found in the paper version of the journal.

• AAFP Monographs
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours..2.0.
  Awarded by...AAFP.
  Cost.........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
  Target Audience....FP, PAIN.
  Educ. material last updated....10/08.
  Financial support...None Stated.
  CME Credit Expires...10/10.

A single monograph, Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy.

• CME Bulletins
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...15 activities offering a total of 19.25 credits.
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated...11/08.
  Financial support...None Stated.
  CME Credit Expires...After 2 years.

Some newer Bulletins are: Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Treatment; Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity; Stroke-TIA; Use of Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms; and Caring for Patients Who Have Chronic Low Back Pain.

• AAFP Learning Link
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...4 lectures each offering 2.0 hours each (total of 8 hours).
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audience....FP, PAIN.
  Educ. material last updated...2008.
  Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
  CME Credit Expires...Two years.

The first set of activities in the new AAFP Learning Link is the Pain Management Series, which consists of these 4 lectures: Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain; Managing the Chronic Pain Patient at Risk or with a History of Addiction; Challenging Issues in Chronic Pain Management; Disparities in Care: and Special Populations in Pain Management.

• AAFP CME Case Studies
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...1.0.
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Case-Based Interactive.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated...5/08.
  Financial support...Abbott Laboratories.

A single case study, Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain: Identifying the Problem and Reducing the Risk.

• Multimedia/Webcasts
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...4.25.
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated...2008.
  Financial support...Various commercial supporters.

A selection of webcasts: Osteoporosis: An Online Plenary Session from the 2008 Scientific Assembly )1.0 hour); Diabetes: Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and the Role of Insulin (2.25 hours); and AIM to Change: Encouraging Fitness for All (1.0 hours).

• Ask and Act Webcasts (Tobacco Cessation)
  Last visited...3/2009.
  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
  Credit hours...8.0.
  Awarded by....AAFP.
  Cost..........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
  Target Audience....FP.
  Educ. material last updated...2007.
  Financial support...Various commercial supporters.

A set of four activities helping you to develop new skills and practice strategies that will help you help your patients live tobacco-free lives. Each offers 2.0 credits: Conduct and Get Paid for Tobacco Cessation Group Visits; Beyond the Guidelines: Advances in Tobacco Cessation Treatment and Payment; Become a Tobacco Aware Practice: Using an Organizational and Team-based Approach ; and Treating Tobacco Dependence.

American Academy of Pediatrics PediaLink

AAP PediaLink offers 3 kinds of instruction:

• eQIPP: Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...1 module with 22 credits.
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost for Credit.....Various plans from $79 to 169 depending on level of training and AAP membership status.
  Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with group discussions.
  Target Audience....PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated...2005.
  Financial Support...Pfizer Pediatric Health, GlaxoSmithKline.

eQIPP is a quality improvement CME program that allows you to evaluate your practice online. Each module has 4 units: Assessing Your Practice; Treating Your Patients; Developing Your Action Plan; and Next Steps For Your Practice. The only current offering is: Managing Your Patients with ADHD.

• PREP Self-Assessment Online
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...40 (AAP) or 20 (AAFP) for each module (3 modules totaling 120 hours)
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost...........$130 to $190 depending on level of training and AAP membership status.
  Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience...PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Each PREP Self-Assessment Exercise offers over 250 multiple choice questions including critiques; links to many of the references; and search capabilities. You can now purchase the PREP Self-Assessment Exercise for 2006, 2005 and 2004.

• Other AAP online courses
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...14 activities totaling about 114 hours.
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost...........$15 per credit for AAP members; $20 per credit for nonmembers.
  Instruction Type....Cased–based interactive, Text-Only, Streaming Video, Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience...PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated....2005.
  Financial support...Various.

Other AAP online courses (and hours offered) are: Asthma Coding Clues (1.5); Early Education & Child Care (5); Dermatology: Skin Essentials (8); Childhood Hearing (5); Pediatric Leadership Alliance (7); NeoReviews 2005 (24) or NeoReviews "Plus" (36); New Spin On Childhood Obesity (6); Asthma Gadgets (7); 2006 Hot Topics - annual series of 6 - 20 minute CME modules (3); AAP Grand Rounds 2006 monthly review newsletter (18); and 5 Pediatric Prescribing Updates (PPU), each 1.5 hours: Allergy & Asthma; Analgesics & Sedation; Dermatology Agents; Psychoactive Medications; and Bioterrorism Counteragents. 

AMAprimarycare.org
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0 hour each (total of 18 hours).
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Video and Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2008.
CME Credit Expires...(Probably) one year after posting.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Current subjects include depression (7 hours), Parkinson's disease (6 hours) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (5 hours). 

AMA Therapeutic Insights
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1.0 hour for each newsletter (total of 4.0 hours).
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Text-Only (pdf).
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....12/07.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.
Financial support...None Stated.

AMA Therapeutic Insights is a "disease-specific CME newsletter with the latest treatment guidelines and unprecedented prescribing data views." The four newsletters are: Management of depression in primary care; Current management of dyslipidemia; Initial treatment of type 2 diabetes--oral hypoglycemics; and Diagnosis and Treatment of Migraines.

California Academy of Family Physicians Online CME (CAFP)
Last visited...8/2008.
Credit hours...One hour per course (7.0 hours). Some programs give additional AAFP credit for being "evidence-based."
Awarded by....California Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio or Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...One or two years after posting.

Activities are: Shrinking Health Care Disparities in Women: The Depression Dilemma; Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain; Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult ADHD; Treating Musculoskeletal Pain; The Diabetes Dilemma; COPD: Putting Guidelines Into Practice; and Chronic Pain With a Focus on Neuropathic Pain.

Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project Clinical Decisions Cases
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours...Each activity awards 0.5 or 0.75 credit-hours; 18 activities offering a total of 11.25 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM. 
Educ. material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Audio-Digest Foundation. 

This series applies practice guidelines to clinical practice. Each case includes didactic information as well as interactive 
case-based lessons to aid in patient management. Some specialty areas are: Cardiology; Gastroenterology/Hepatology; 
Hematology/Oncology; Infectious Diseases; Nephrology; Neurology; Pulmonary Diseases; and Rheumatology.

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours...1.5 for each issue (18 hours currently available).
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Instruction Type... Text-Only.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Educational material last updated...6/08.
Financial Support...None Stated. 

You will find the full text and the CME questions from the last 6 months of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. You will need to flip back and forth from the articles to the CME questions.

Clinical Cornerstone
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...3 issues for total of 16 hours; 9 supplements for total of 22.5 hours.
Awarded by....Elsevier Office of CME (Excerpta Medica) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only (PDF).
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting

Each issue provides up to 8 CME or AAFP credits. Supplements provide up to 3 credits.  CME tests and evaluation must be completed on paper and faxed or mailed. Topics include: Management of Osteoporosis; Prevention of Thromboembolic Events; and Cardiometabolic Risk Management;  Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children; Advances in Cardiometabolic Health; Neutropenia; Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk; Osteoporosis in the Male Patient; Early Intervention for Optimal Outcomes; Dyslipidemia In Metabolic Syndrome; Realizing Near-Normoglycemia; and Treatment Options for Thyroid Disease.

Clinical Directors Network (CDN) - Clinical Leadership Webcasts
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...About 469 (not all activities have CME credit).
Awarded by....AAFP.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slides/Videos/Live interactive discussions.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...Daily.
Financial support...None Stated.

Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is dedicated to providing and improving primary and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and underserved populations. CDN online training sessions contain about 35 tracks including asthma, bioterrorism, cancer prevention, cardiovascular disease, clinical informatics, dental, depression, diabetes, obesity, smoking cessation, Spanish, women's health and many more. These sessions are delivered on a weekly basis by content experts from the specific clinical fields. Once the live session is completed, webcasts are added to the archived webcast database. Viewers can fill out online CME questionnaire to receive CME certificate via email.

CMELectures.org
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...1.5 per lecture (about 130 lectures offering about 195 hours of credit).
Awarded by....Drexel University, Graduate Education Foundation.
Cost...........Annually $150 (payable monthly at $12.50 per month for 12 months); or quarterly ($44.95).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...Graduate Education Foundation.

Online lectures are presented in Grand Rounds format.  Presentations are authored by more than 100 physician educators, most of whom have contributed to the basic text in their specialty. A record of lectures and credits are stored in a personal file for each subscriber. 

Consultant.Live.com
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...16 cases for 8 hours.
Awarded by....The Beam Institute.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....12/08.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this online journal presents a photograph and accompanying clinical information for two patients. The program asks you to select a diagnosis from a list of possibilities, then follows with a didactic presentation based on the correct diagnosis. Each case offers 0.5 hour of CME credit.

Cyberounds "Conferences" (Text-Only)
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...Up to 50.0 hours per year. Also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.)
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost...........$125, including an annual registration charge.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Cyberounds was the first producer of online CME, beginning in 1996. There are programs in 16 specialties, developed by a panel of academic clinicians from 15 U.S. medical schools.

DDHealthInfo.org (Developmental Disabilities) 
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by Clara Auty, MD
Credit hours...About 50 activities, each offering 0.5 credit-hours (total of about 25 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....Free. 
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, PEDS, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...California Department of Developmental Services.
CME Credit Expires...June 30, 2010.

This website is designed to assist physicians in caring for persons with developmental disabilities. Topics include: Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Cerebral Palsy; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Down Syndrome; Spina Bifida; and 
more than 50 additional conditions and associated medical issues. Each activity is presented in outline style followed by five multiple choice questions.

Drexel University College of Medicine Virtual Grand Rounds
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours...115 lectures offering 1.5 hours each (total of 172.5 hours).
Awarded by...Drexel University College of Medicine.
Cost... $25 per course.
Instruction Type ... Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Education material last updated...11/07.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies and Foundations.

There are 115 lectures on general internal medicine and medical subspecialty areas. Some lectures are almost 10 years old (1998) but have been recently reviewed and are eligible for credit. Recent subjects include: Inflammatory Arthritis, Obstructive Airway Disease, MRSA, and Chronic Constipation. Courses can be sorted by topic, date or speaker.

Focus on Immunization and Preventable Disease Management
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1 activity offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....FP, PED, ID.
Educ. material last updated....2005.
CME Credit Expires...12/31/2008.
Financial support...Wyeth.

After completing this course, you should understand the vaccines that are recommended for routine use with children and adolescents; recognize the indications for childhood and adolescent vaccination; integrate the current immunization schedules and guidelines into clinical practice; and understand and implement strategies for optimizing immunization rates.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine Journal
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...3.25 hours per month (36 issues for total of 117 hours).
Awarded by......Johns Hopkins.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (pdf)
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Expiration of CME credit...2 years after posting.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

You will find 36 issues of Advanced Studies in Medicine. Each issue offers a set of CME Clinical Evaluation Articles (3 Credit Hours). In addition, each issue has a "Case of the Month" offering 0.25 hours of credit. The most recent issue (May 2006) contains these articles: Update on Pharmacologic Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation; Early Ovarian Cancer; and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. The "Case of the Month" features a 20-year-old morbidly obese woman presenting with progressive enlargement of her legs.

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
Last visited...2/2009.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per article (12 articles at present).
Awarded by....Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit...$9 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated..12/08.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...One year after date of publication.

The Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to helping physicians and managed care decision makers improve outcomes of care. Each issue of this journal contains an article offering one hour of CME credit. You may read the abstract without charge, but to read the entire article and earn credit, you must first pay $9. Some recent subjects are: Gallstone Disease; Preeclampsia; Primary Care Management of the Patient with Cirrhosis; Postoperative Delirium; and Anorexia Nervosa.

MDcme.ca
Last visited...1/2005.
Credit hours...3.0 to 5.0 hours per course (5 courses offering 22 hours).
Awarded by.....The Canadian medical university that develops the course.
Cost...........$50 to 65 (Canadian; about $32 to $42 US). 
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with online facilitator.
Target Audiences....GP, FP.
Educational material last updated....2004.
Financial Support...Health Canada, ACOA, Pfizer, Merck Frosst.

MDcme.ca is produced by a consortium of ten Canadian medical universities. The primary emphasis is to help rural MDs maintain medical competence. The following courses are offered in specific time periods and involve interaction with other students and an instructor: Chronic Non-Cancer Pain; Emergency Medicine: Case Studies; Falls in the Elderly; Follow up Care for Cancer Patients; and Joint Adventures: Optimizing the Management of MSK Pain. The next group of courses can be taken at any time and do not require interaction with other students and an instructor: AACT in Hypertension (Addressing Additional Cardiovascular risk facTors in Hypertension); Emergency Medicine - Trauma Cases; Healthy Child Development; and Joint Adventures: Optimizing the Management of MSK Pain.

National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI)
Last visited...8/2008.
Reviewed by... Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.
Credit hours.....8 multimedia case studies offering 0.75 to 1.75 hours for a total of 9 credits; and 3 Payor Podcasts offering 0.5 hours each for a total of 1.5 hours.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive, Podcast..
Target Audiences....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....8/2008.
Financial Support...Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services. 

The National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI) offers several kinds of activities, all related to Type 2 Diabetes.
The only activities offering current CME credit are 8 multimedia case studies and 3 "Payor Podcasts."

NEJM Weekly CME Program
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours ...One per exam, three per week. (Total of about 140 hours now available).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost..........Free to subscribers to NEJM; $10 for non-subscribers.
Instruction  Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, IM subspecialists.
Educational material last updated....Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis ($10 per single credit or $45 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

Pri-Med Online
Last Visited...9/2007.
Credit hours..."Over 300 activities" offering 0,25, 1.0 or 2.0 hours each (probably a total of about 450 hours - not counted).
Awarded by....Pri-Med Institute.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based Interactive, Slide-Audio lecture, Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...Probably None.

Instruction falls into 5 categories: Patient Case Studies, Slide Lecture Series, Clinical Reviews, Expert Perspectives and Morning Reports; content of these instructions is in 21 Condition Centers: Alzheimer's / Dementia; Anxiety; Asthma; Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy; Cancer in Primary Care; Depression; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; GI Motility Disorders; Heart Failure; HEENT; Hypertension; Infectious Disease; Migraine; Obesity; Overactive Bladder; Pain Management; Pediatrics; Sleep Disorders; Vascular Disorders and Women's Health.

Self Learning (College of Family Physicians of Canada)
Last visited......2/2009
Credit hours......Up to 30 credits per year.
Credit Type....MainPro M1. (Also AAFP prescribed credit for members of the AAFP)
Awarded by......College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Cost......$192 (Canadian).
Instruction Type......Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience....FP.
Educational material last updated......Every 2 months.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Self Learning allows you to evaluate yourself on how well you are able to keep in touch with current issues in medical literature. Each issue contains a blend of questions from peer-reviewed medical journals, such as American Family Physician, Canadian Family Physician, Medical Journal of Australia, etc. Each question gives you immediate feedback with justification. Each educational point offers a concise summary of relevant information and highlights major points and each reference links directly to Pub Med abstracts and to available full text articles.

Southern Medical Association's MedEd On-Demand
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...69 activities offering a total of 69 hours.
Awarded by....Southern Medical Association.
Cost...........Free to SMA members; $25 per credit to others (or a one year subscription for $199).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....2008.
CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures are organized into groups. Some of the newer groups are: Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders; Osteoporosis; Ask The Experts; and Practice Management. You can also search for lectures by keyword.

Southern Medical Journal
Last visited...6/2008.
Credit hours...30.
Awarded by....Southern Medical Association.
Cost...........$15.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....Monthly.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each monthly online journal offers one to three hours of CME credit. Some recent articles are: Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Use of Aspirin in Diabetic Patients Remain Elusive; Platelet Function in Patients with Depression; Brain Abscess and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia; Human Trafficking and the Healthcare Professional; C-Reactive Protein: The Harbinger of Cardiovascular Diseases; and Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Lung Cancer.

Temple University 31st Annual Family Practice Review Online
Last visited...5/2009
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...60.
Awarded by.....Temple University.
Cost for Credit.....$750.
Instruction Type....Lectures (probably slide-audio or slide-video). 
Target Audiences....FP.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...August 31, 2009.

This course presents a complete review of the field of family medicine; it is intended to prepare physicians for the American Board of Family Medicine Certification Exam.

University of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Self-Study Modules
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.5 per lecture (most activities offer 1.0); 54 activities offering a total of about 48 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, Davis Health System.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture (most courses also have pdfs of the slides).
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PED.
Educational material last updated....1/09.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures on general medical subjects. Each lecture was originally presented as a video teleconference. Some recent lectures are: Update on Polyposis Syndromes; Analysis of Type II Diabetes Mellitus in the Pediatric Population; Enhancing Treatment for Patients with Comorbid Depression, Diabetes and Heart Disease; Pica: A tale of three hypotheses; and Mind-Body Medicine Meditation, Biofeedback and Imagery: Are They Good for Your Health? To receive CME credit, print and mail or fax the evaluation form.