CMEList.com Online CME: Family Medicine

CMEInfo - Programs in Family Medicine (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours....3 courses, each offering 13 to 62.75 credit hours. Awarded by....University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine or University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Cost..........$450 to $1395 depending on format and number of credits (See===>)  Instruction Type...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...2009. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...3 years after issue.

Family Medicine Review (University of Nebraska Medical Center, 62.75 hours) includes reviews and updates on major subject areas in family medicine. The activity combines best practice strategies and education through case studies and lectures. Over 2,500 pages of syllabus materials are provided as a resource for today’s office practice, as well as future reference. Family Practice Review Course (University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine, 27.5 hours) is an intensive review designed to assist the physician in updating his/her knowledge by presenting practical information that can be used in the office. It is oriented toward physicians who maintain an active outpatient and inpatient practice. Primary Care Orthopaedics (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 13.0 hours) enables primary care and family physicians to develop and maintain an up-to-date base of knowledge and skills in accessing and managing common orthopaedic challenges. This activity provides a complete review of basic principles of orthopaedic care.

American College of Physicians - South Carolina Chapter Scientific Meeting Internal Medicine: Preparing for the Future (Sponsored Link) Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Dates: October 14 to 17, 2010. Location: Crowne Plaza Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Credit hours...12.0.  Awarded by....American College of Physicians Cost..........Fees vary from Free to $200 according to level of training and membership status. See brochure for fee details and to register for the meeting. Instruction Type...Live meeting with lectures and discussion.   Target Audience...General internists, Subspecialty internists, Family Practitioners, Fellows in subspecialty training, Allied Health Practitioners, Residents and Medical Students.

Presentations include:  • College Update by Dawn E. Clancy, MD, MSCR, FACP, ACP Regent • Diabetes Update • Current Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter • Risk Factors for Readmission to Inpatient Care • Chronic Kidney Disease • Hospice and Palliative Medicine • Perioperative Anticoagulation • Implementation of Electronic Health Records in the Medical Office • Health Care Reform Issues • Cancer and Noncancer Pain Management • Geriatric Update • Women’s Health and Cancer Screening and Prevention • See the brochure for the Full Schedule of Events and to register for the meeting.

Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention - Experts Responding to Your Questions: Video Q&A (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Parts 1 and 2, 0.25 hour each part;  Parts 3 and 4, 0.5 hour each. Awarded by....Projects in Knowledge. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Streaming Video (Short talks based on answers to viewers' questions). Target Audiences...FP, IM, ENDO, OB-GYN, ORTHO, RHEUM. Educational material last updated.....2010 Financial Support...Amgen.

This 4-part activity offers busy clinicians who have questions about the management of patients with osteoporosis access to faculty experts, who provide answers via video. This activity series features Dr. Dolores Shoback, Dr. Paul Miller, and Dr. Nancy Lane. Topics include the role of bone markers, screening/diagnosis, risk factors for fracture, current treatment strategies, and adherence and monitoring.

Martin A Samuels Neurology Review for Primary Care Physicians Credit hours...25. Awarded by....Johns Hopkins. Cost...........$485 to 695..  Instruction Type...Video DVD, Video MP4. Target Audience...FP, IM, ER. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial support...None Stated.

Martin A Samuels Neurology Review for Primary Care Physicians This activity begins with coverage of functional neuroanatomy and the neurological exam. Building from this base, Dr. Samuels surveys the common neurological conditions that primary care physicians manage such as dizziness, movement disorders, cognitive disorders, headache, and stroke. Throughout the program Dr. Samuels provides guidelines to the accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Topics covered include: Functional Neuroanatomy Review; The Neurological Examination; Movement Disorders; Dizziness; Headaches; Coma and Disorders of Consciousness; Degenerative and Demyelinating Diseases; Stroke; Peripheral Neuropathy; Neurocardiology; Neurohematology; and Selected Topics in Medical Neurology.

Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS) (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...16 hours (for all 5 modules). Awarded by....AAFP or CFPC (Canada). Cost...........$39 per module (except Module 2 which costs $49). When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes). Instruction Type....Case-based interactive (simulation). Target Audiences...ENDO, FP, IM. Educational material last updated.....2009 Financial Support...None. CME Credit Expires: 18 December 2010 (will probably be extended).

After completing the Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS) program, you will be better able to start and adjust insulin programs for a variety of patient types. You will be evaluating a group of simulated patients and ordering and scheduling the appropriate insulin to stabilize their condition.  Each time you order insulin ISIS will calculate the new blood glucose levels and will update the patient’s logbook accordingly. The patients will also communicate with you describing their progress. You will continue to treat the patients until you have effectively stabilized them. Along the way ISIS will give you expert help and opinions which will guide you in your task. As you work through each patient you’ll be developing a useful diabetes reference library which will help you in your day to day practice. 3 of  5 modules are presently available: Starting Insulin (3 cases); Making Adjustments (4 cases); and Advanced (3 cases). Pregnancy and Insulin Pumps are not yet posted. When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).

Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Up to 12.0. Awarded by....University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Cost...........$25 per hour. Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive. Target Audience...DERM (and any physician who evaluates skin lesions). Financial Support...None.

Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care will help you to:  Improve your confidence in evaluating pigmented skin lesions; Utilize a practical approach for managing your patients at risk for skin cancer; and Refresh your knowledge of the treatment approaches used for malignant and pre-malignant skin lesions.

Osler Family Medicine Board Review (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Vary according to format. See ===> Awarded by....Osler Institute. Cost..........Vary according to format. See ===> Instruction Type... Live or audio recordings. Target Audience...FM. Educational material updated on an ongoing basis. Financial Support...None Stated.

The Osler Family Medicine Board Review offers learning in a variety of live and recorded venues and formats. The next Live Osler Family Medicine Board Review will be held in May 2011 in Tampa. Topics include all major areas of Family Medicine.  Credit Hours...60. Price... $780 for Residents; $1170 for practicing physicians. Osler Family Medicine Course on 6 MP3 CDs w/Electronic Syllabus Each CD includes a full days' lectures from the most recent live meeting in MP3 format which you can play on your MP3 player, computer or CD player. Credit Hours...None for this format.    Price...$475. Osler Family Medicine Course Creative MP3 Player Preloaded with our Course Review Audio MP3s The player contains selected lectures from the most recent live meeting. Credit Hours...None for this format.    Price...$545.

Practical Reviews in Family Medicine (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost.......... $299 per year. Instruction Type... Text-Only; Audio. Target Audience...FP. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Family Medicine keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Family Medicine each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 12-15 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

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Adult Pneumococcal Disease Education Last visited…8/2010 Reviewed by…Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours…3 activities offering a total of 4.5 hours. Awarded by… University of Nebraska Medical Center. Cost for Credit…Free. Instruction Type… Podcast, Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only. Target Audience.... FP, IM, ID, GERO, WELLNESS, HOSPITAL MEDICINE (and other physicians who treat adults at risk for pneumococcal disease). Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...Wyeth.

Adult Pneumococcal Disease Education provides information about pneumococcal disease in adults, and its prevention and treatment. There are 3 sections: The Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hours) features commentary from a group of experts in adult pneumococcal disease. The Applications in Practice Clinical Tool Kit (2.0 hours) is a collection of resources that "delivers a review of the current pneumococcal disease burden, the changing epidemiology of pneumococcal disease, pneumococcal vaccines for adults, and strategies for improving vaccination rates." It consists of an Expert Faculty Summary and Clinical Pearls. Webinar: Adult Pneumococcal Disease Education: A Regional Learning Series (1.0 hour).

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...About 75 activities offering about 420 hours. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Varies from free (many activities) to about $10 per credit Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics, Slide-Audio, Slide-Video, Point-of-Care, podcast Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated....2010. CME Credit Expires...2 year after publication. Financial support...Some courses have pharmaceutical company support.	American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has about 13 sub-sites offering CME oriented to family physicians. These activities are described in detail below. The sections are: American Family Physician Online Quiz; Family Practice Management Quiz; Board Review Questions; METRIC: Measuring, Evaluating and Translating Research Into Care; CME Bulletins; AAFP Monographs; FP Essentials & FP Audio; AAFP Learning Link; AAFP Video/Online CME Series; 2009 Assembly Lectures; Osteoporosis: An Online Plenary Session from the 2008 Scientific Assembly; AIM-HI Webcasts; Ask and Act Webcasts (Tobacco Cessation).
American Family Physician Online Quiz Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours..2.5 to 5.25 per issue (about 100 hours now available). Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated....24 or 25 issues per year. CME Credit Expires...2 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.	Each bi-weekly 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...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...2.5 to 4.0 per issue (17.25 hours in 6 issues now available). Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-And-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated....6 issues per year. CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.	Each bi-monthly 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.
Board Review Questions Last visited...3/2010. 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. Educational material last updated....10/31/2008. 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...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...20 per module (total of 140 units in 7 modules). Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Members $25; non-members $75. Instruct. Type...Self-Directed Study (Point-of_Care). Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...Varies according to module. 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. Current modules include: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Depression, Diabetes, Geriatrics and Hypertension.
CME Bulletins Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...7 activities offering a total of 8.5 credits. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free (Members Only). Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...3/2010. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...After 2 years.	The current Bulletins are: Overactive Bladder; Gout and Hyperuricemia; Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Treatment; Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Treatment; Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity; Stroke-TIA; and Use of Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms.
AAFP Monographs Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours..2.0. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audience....FP, PAIN. Educational material last updated....10/08. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...10/10.	A single monograph, Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy.
FP Essentials & FP Audio Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...FP Audio 24.0 per year; FP Essentials 60.0 per year. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........FP Essentials $275 for members, $375 for non-members; FP Audio$155 for members, $255 for non-members; Both programs, $355 for members, $455 for non-members. Instruct. Type...Text-Only, podcast. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated....3/2010. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting.	These are new programs:  FP Audio™ - "Each monthly one-hour audio program contains a clinical discussion from a planned family medicine curriculum; SAM Pearls - a different topic each month; Board Review Minutes - quick ABFM review; and Journal Notes - highlights of recent important articles from literature and updates on recent new medical care guidelines."  FP Essentials™ - "Each monthly FP Essentials™ monograph covers one topic and is part of a defined family medicine curriculum. Topics are designed to give you clinical knowledge and skills to provide quality patient care, update existing clinical knowledge, earn CME credit, and review for ABFM exams . . . all at the same time."
AAFP Learning Link Last visited...7/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...8 lectures each offering 2.0 hours each (total of 14 hours). Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audience....FP, PAIN. Educational material last updated...2010. 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. The second set  consists of 3 activities in Type II Diabetes Mellitus: Type 2 Diabetes 2009; Quality Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Approach to Medical Treatment; and The Role of Diabetes Education in Optimizing Glycemic Control and Improving Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. The depression series currently has one activity, Cultural Nuances and Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Depression (requires iTunes).
AAFP Multimedia Webcasts:	There are 5 sub-sections listed under this heading:
AAFP Video/Online CME Series Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...2.0. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...2008. Financial support...Various commercial supporters.	A single video: Human Papillomavirus Prevention and Detection.
2009 Assembly Lectures Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours..8 lectures each offering 1.0 hour Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free to members. Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio or Slide-Only Lecture. Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...2009. Financial support...None Stated.	"Listen to lectures and follow along with slides from the 2009 AAFP Scientific Assembly." Titles are: Beyond LDL: Novel Serum Markers for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment; Childhood and Adolescent Immunization: 2009 Update; Chronic Kidney Disease Part II: Managing Complications; Headache Update 2009; Managing Your Type 2 Diabetic Patient in the Office and the Hospital; Primary Management of Chronic Kidney Disease; Skin Cancer Update; and Treatment Strategies to Address Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse.
Osteoporosis: An Online Plenary Session from the 2008 Scientific Assembly Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio lecture Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated...5/08. Financial support...Roche.	A single lecture, Osteoporosis: An Online Plenary Session from the 2008 Scientific Assembly.
AIM-HI Webcasts Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...7 activities offering a total of about 10 hours. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures, podcast. Target Audience....FP, General Interest. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial support...National Dairy Council.	Putting Nutrition Science to Work in Family Medicine -- A series of three webinars where family physicians and nutrition researchers present evidence-based guidelines and practical approaches to integrating nutrition science into family medicine offices; Overcoming Barriers to Better Fitness -- An audio podcast that offers strategies for addressing patient and practice obstacles related to overweight and obesity issues; AIM to Change: Encouraging Fitness for All -- An audio webinar that helps family physicians talk to their patients about improved fitness choices; Healthy Steps to Treating Childhood Obesity -- A Discovery Health CME program in which an expert panel discusses recent data on childhood obesity, early intervention and optimal ways to overcome barriers; Foods That Foster Healthy Hearts -- A webinar that describes small dietary changes patients can make to significantly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease; Patient-Centered Approaches to Better Fitness -- A 20-minute audio podcast offers new strategies for effectively talking to patients about nutrition, physical activity and emotional well-being; and Motivating Healthy Behaviors - This 10-minute audio podcast provides tips for motivating patients to make and sustain lifestyle changes.
Ask and Act Webcasts (Tobacco Cessation) Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...8.0. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Target Audience....FP, General Interest. Educational 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 Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...About 31 activities offering about 388 hours. Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost for Credit.....See individual courses. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with group discussions, Question-and-Answer, Text-Only, Streaming Video. Target Audience....PED, FP. Educational material last updated...2009. Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	AAP PediaLink offers 3 kinds of instruction: eQIPP: Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice, PREP Self-Assessment Online and Other AAP online courses. They are described in detail below.
eQIPP: Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...4 modules with total of 125 credits. Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost for Credit.....Various plans from $79 to 229 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...2009. Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	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 current offerings are: Nutritional Assessment (30 hours); Diagnosing and Managing Asthma in Pediatrics (37 hours); Give Your Immunization Rates A Shot In the Arm (28 hours); and Differentiate and Manage - GER and GERD (30 hours).
PREP Self-Assessment Online Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...76 per year. (3 modules totaling 228 hours) Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost...........$240 to $345 depending on level of training and AAP membership status. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audience...PED, FP. Educational material last updated....2010. 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 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Other AAP online courses Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...37 activities totaling about 100 hours (not counted) Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost...........(Probably) $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....2009. Financial support...Various.	Some newer topics are: Childhood Tuberculosis; Issues in the Emergency Evaluation of Adolescents Following Suicidal Behavior; The Avulsed Tooth in Prepubertal Children; Pertussis Disease and Prevention; Family-Centered Communication in Challenging Pediatric Encounters; A Roadmap for Professional Development; and Public versus Private Cord Blood Banking: What’s the Difference?

AMAprimarycare.org Last visited...5/2010. 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...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. 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. Educational material last updated....12/09. 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 current newsletters are: Management of Hypertension; Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults; and Management of Early Parkinson Disease.

American Diabetes Association Self-Assessment Program (ADA-SAP™) - Module 2- Pharmacological Treatment of Hyperglycemia Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. 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. Educational material last updated...10/08. Financial support...Merck. CME Credit Expires...Oct. 31, 2010.

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.

American Kidney Fund Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD, Credit hours...1.5.  Awarded by....American Academy of Family Physicians. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lecture Target Audience...FP, IM, NEPH. Educational material last updated...2008. Financial support...American Kidney Fund. CME Credit Expires...August 18, 2011.

A single activity, Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease and Slowing Its Progression. After completing this course, you will be able to "describe the demographics of the CKD population; list the medical interventions needed to prevent or slow the progression of CKD; identify complications associated with the progression of CKD; and recognize the importance of early referral to a nephrologist." A second activity, Weighing the Outcomes: Ethical Issues in Kidney Disease, offers credit for nephrology nurses, technicians and social workers, but not for physicians.

California Academy of Family Physicians Online CME (CAFP) Last visited...7/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...One hour per course (18.0 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....2009. Financial support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies. CME Credit Expires...One or two years after posting.

About 18 activities in a wide variety of medical topic areas: Some "featured activities are: Optimal Conditioning Regimens for Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Role of Pharmacokinetic-Directed Therapy; Improving Outcomes with Depressed Patients: An Individualized Case-Based Approach; The Cash Only Practice: Reinventing an Old Practice Model; Optimal Prescribing; Clinical Urine Drug Testing During Opioid Therapy: A Case-Based Approach to Patient Monitoring;Transplantation Index & Reviews; and Preventing Adverse Consequences of Sleep Loss and Excessive Sleepiness.

CIRCULATEcme.org (ChronIc ObstrRuCtive PULmonary DiseAse EducaTion for SpEcialists)  Last Visited...8/2010. Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit Hours: 2 activities offering a total of 4.5 hours. Awarded by...The France Foundation. Cost….Free. Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care. Target Audiences… PULMO (CHEST MED), FP, IM (and other physicians who care for patients with COPD). Educational material last updated….2010. Financial Support…AstraZeneca.

CIRCULATEcme.org provides information and tools to optimize the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a progressive inflammatory lung disease which is frequently associated with a history of smoking. Navigate to CME-Online Activities to find these presentations: 4 webinars: Recalcitrant Smoker with COPD (0.5 Credit); End-Stage COPD (1.0 Credit); Frequent Exacerbations (0.5 Credit); and COPD with Pulmonary Hypertension (0.5 Credit). Peer-to-Peer Dialogues: 2 audio-only discussions between experts, 1.0 hour each.

Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project Clinical Decisions Cases Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD Credit hours...Each activity awards 0.25 to 0.75 credit-hours; 17 activities offering a total of 6.0 hours. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences...FP, IM.  Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...None Stated.

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 recent topics are: Osteoporosis and Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice; Asthma; Hypertension; Vaccination in Adults; and Skin Signs of Systemic Disease.

Cleveland Clinic Family Practice Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD Credit hours....About 63 activities offering a total of about 60 hours. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only. Target Audiences...FP. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support. CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include: History, Epidemiology, and Testing of HIV in the Primary Care Setting; When and how to evaluate mildly elevated liver enzymes in apparently healthy patients; Measles: Not just a childhood rash; Osteoporosis and Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice; Updated HIV Guidelines: What Do They Mean for the Initiation of ART?; and Online Case-Based Lesson: Asthma.

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.0 hour per article; Up to 4.0 hours for each issue (up to 48 hours per year). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Instruction Type... Text-Only. Target Audiences...FP, IM. Cost for Credit...Free. Educational material last updated...3/10. Financial Support...None Stated.

You will find the full text and the CME questions from the last 12 months of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Articles in the March issue include: Treating silent reflux disease does not improve poorly controlled asthma; Stenting atherosclerotic renal arteries: Time to be less aggressive; When and how to evaluate mildly elevated liver enzymes in apparently healthy patients; and Measles: Not just a childhood rash.

Clinical Cornerstone Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...2 issues (2008) for total of 13.25 hours; 2 supplements for total of 8 hours. Awarded by....Elsevier Office of CME and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Cost..........Free. Instruction Type...Text-Only (PDF). Target Audience....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2008 Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting

Two issues: Abdominal Adiposity: An Emerging Marker of Cardiometabolic Risk (6.75 hours); and The Current and Future State of Asthma Treatment (6.5 hours); Two supplements: Managing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Revised) (4 hours); and Therapeutic Options for Cardiometabolic Risk Factors (4 hours).  CME tests and evaluation must be completed on paper and faxed or mailed.

Clinical Directors Network (CDN) - Clinical Leadership Webcasts Last visited...7/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...About 539 (not all activities have CME credit; probably 539 hours, not counted). 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 Access To Care; Adolescent Health; Alternative Medicine; Asthma/Pulmonary; Bioterrorism; Cancer Prevention and Care; Cardiovascular Disease/Hypertension; Clinical Ethics; Clinical Informatics; Clinical Leadership; Clinical Research; Cultural Competency; Dental/Oral Medicine; Depression/Mental Health; Diabetes; Geriatric Medicine; Health Disparities; HIV/AIDS; 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 an online CME questionnaire to receive CME certificate via email.

CliniciansCME Last visited....3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 10 activities totaling  about 12 credits.  Awarded by.....Postgraduate Medical Education. Cost...........$10. Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audience....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...Various supporters.

Some activities offer credit only for NPs and PAs. Ten activities currently offer credit for MDs: Noninvasive Modalities for Evaluating Angina; Common Eye Problems; TIA Update; Dietary Supplements: Do You Know What Your Patient Is Taking?; The Neurologic Exam Revisited; Endometriosis; Oral Pathology; Abdominal Pain in the Elderly Patient: Diagnostic Approaches; Common Tickborne Illnesses; and Chronic Venous Insufficiency.

CMELectures.org Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.5 to 2.0 per lecture (about 133 lectures offering about 200 hours of credit). Awarded by.... Graduate Education Foundation. Cost...........Annually $150. Institutional subscriptions available priced on bed size. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educational material last updated....2010. 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 individual subscribers.

CME LLC Primary Care Last visited...6/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...2 activities, offering 3.75 hours. Awarded by....CME LLC. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educational material last updated....6/10. Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb.

The major offerings at this site are: Collaborative Care in Long-Term Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome; and Achieving Diabetes Excellence in Primary Care: A Model for the Patient-Centered Medical Home.  You will also find a set of links to other sites, primarily Consultant.Live.com (described below)

Consultant.Live.com Last visited...6/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...28 cases for 14 hours. Awarded by....The Beam Institute. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educational material last updated....6/10. Financial Support...None Stated.

ConsultantLive now offers two kinds of CME activities. In What's Your Diagnosis?, you see a photograph and accompanying clinical information for a patient. The program asks you to select a diagnosis from a list of possibilities, then follows with a didactic presentation based on the correct diagnosis. (22 cases) In What's the Take Home?, a case is presented and you get to work on the solution. (6 cases) Each case offers 0.5 hour of CME credit.

Cyberounds "Conferences" (Text-Only) Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. 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. Some current activities are: Suppression of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Systemic Hypertension: Choice of Agents and Clinical Impact; Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Current Concepts; Neuropathic Complications of Diabetes; The Indigenous Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Health and Disease; Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging; Containing Health Care Costs; Molecularly Targeted Therapies for Malignant Brain Tumors; and Genetic Variation In Taste Receptors and Eating Behavior.

CME LLC Online Symposia Psychiatry Last visited...6/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...17 activities, each offering 1.0 - 2.0 credits (total of about 24 hours). Awarded by....CME Inc. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures and Text-Only. Target Audiences....PSYCH. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

You will find 3 slide-video presentations and 16 text-only articles. Some recent titles include:  Insomnia: A Healthcare Gap that is Growing; ADHD in Adolescents and Adults; A Guide to the Judicious Use of Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures in Psychiatric Practice; Auditory Hallucinations in Psychiatric Illness; Dementia: A Focused Review; and What to Make of CATIE: Are We Better Off With Atypical Antipsychotics?

DDHealthInfo.org (Developmental Disabilities)  Last visited...7/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, 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, PED, PSYCH. Educational material last updated...2008. Financial Support...California Department of Developmental Services. CME Credit Expires...June 30, 2011.

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.

Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...16 hours (for all 5 modules). Awarded by....AAFP or CFPC (Canada). Cost...........$39 per module (except Module 2 which costs $49). When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes). Instruction Type....Case-based interactive (simulation). Target Audiences...ENDO, FP, IM. Educational material last updated.....2009 Financial Support...None. CME Credit Expires: 18 December 2010 (will probably be extended).

After completing the Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS) program, you will be better able to start and adjust insulin programs for a variety of patient types. You will be evaluating a group of simulated patients and ordering and scheduling the appropriate insulin to stabilize their condition.  Each time you order insulin ISIS will calculate the new blood glucose levels and will update the patient’s logbook accordingly. The patients will also communicate with you describing their progress. You will continue to treat the patients until you have effectively stabilized them. Along the way ISIS will give you expert help and opinions which will guide you in your task. As you work through each patient you’ll be developing a useful diabetes reference library which will help you in your day to day practice. 3 of  5 modules are presently available: Starting Insulin (3 cases); Making Adjustments (4 cases); and Advanced (3 cases). Pregnancy and Insulin Pumps are not yet posted. When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).

Journal of Family Practice CME Supplements Last visited...12/2009. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...(Probably 36 articles each offering 1.0 credits; some offer 2 hours AAFP credit). Awarded by....Various Sponsors. Cost................Free. Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audience...FP. Educational material last updated....2009. Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Some recent titles include: Clinical practice in type 2 diabetes: After metformin and lifestyle, then what?; Issues in postmenopausal hormone therapy: Depression, endometrial health, and discontinuation; Frequently asked questions in the evaluation and management of overactive bladder and HPV: Past, present, and in practice.

NEJM Weekly CME Program Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. 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; $15 (or $100 for bundles of ten) 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 ($15 per single credit or $100 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

Practical Reviews in Family Medicine Last visited...4/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost.......... $299 per year. Instruction Type... Text-Only; Audio. Target Audience...FP. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Family Medicine keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Family Medicine each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 12-15 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

Primary Care Education Network Online CME Last visited...7/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...23 courses offering about 23 hours (not counted). Awarded by....Primary Care Education Network. Cost for Credit.....Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lectures, Text-and-Graphics (pdf), Podcasts. Target Audience....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

You will find 3 types of CME activities: Online CME contains 7 slide-audio lectures, many dealing with diabetes and gout; Primary Issues eNewsletter features 6 downloadable pdf newsletters on a variety of topics; and 10 Podcasts, also on a variety of topics. There is considerable overlap between the topics in the 3 types of activities.

PROACTIVEcme.org (Prostate Cancer Prevention) Last Visited...8/2010. Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit Hours: 3 activities offering a total of 7 hours. Awarded by...Duke University School of Medicine. Cost….Free. Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care. Target Audiences… UROL, FP, IM Educational material last updated….2010. Financial Support…GlaxoSmithKline.

PROACTIVEcme.org provides physicians with practice improvements in the prevention of prostate cancer. 5 webinars: Setting a Course Towards Prostate Cancer Prevention: Communicating the Evidence to Our Patients (0.75 Credit); Patient Risk Factors and Screening Tests for Prostate Cancer (0.75 Credit); Setting a Course Towards Prostate Cancer Prevention: Communicating the Evidence to Our Patients (0.75 Credit); Prostate Cancer Prevention Strategies (0.75 Credit); and Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines 2010 (1.0 Credit).  Peer-to-Peer Dialogues: 3 audio-only discussions between experts, 1.0 hour total; The Applications in Practice Clinical Tool Kit (2.0 hours) is a collection of resources you can utilize to "improve prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and management." It consists of a Newsletter, Clinical Pearls, and Performance Improvement Tool.

Projects In Knowledge Living Medical Textbook - Osteoporosis - Fracture Prevention and Therapeutic Management Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...5 chapters, each offering 2.0 hours. Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge. Cost............Free. Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to audio and video podcasts. Target Audience....FP, IM, OB-GYN. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Amgen. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Five chapters at present: Overview of Osteoporosis; Identifying Patients at Risk for Osteoporosis and Fractures; Assessment of Fracture Risk Using FRAX®; Treatment of Osteoporosis; and Management of the Postfracture Patient.

Projects in Knowledge Osteoporosis Compendium Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...28 activities offering a possible total of 35.0 hours. (Some activities are the same as in the Osteoporosis Living Medical Textbook described above.) Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge and Endocrine Society. Cost............Free. Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to audio and video podcasts. Target Audience....FP, IM, OB-GYN. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Amgen. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

The Osteoporosis Compendium is comprised of 28 courses. You may select courses that suit your particular needs or interests. Earn a Certificate of Achievement upon the successful completion of 5 courses. You may earn up to 5 Certificates of Achievement. Complete ALL 28 courses and earn the Compendium Certificate of Advanced Study. After completing this course, you should be able to: assess risk factors and disease burden associated with the development of osteoporosis and fractures and diagnostic methodology to improve screening and diagnosis; evaluate the bone remodeling process to determine the impact of resorptive/catabolic pathways and anabolic pathways on osteoporosis and fractures; analyze how osteoporosis and fracture prevention therapies impact the pathophysiology of bone health to reduce fracture risk; formulate successful osteoporosis and fracture prevention and treatment regimens that include current antiresorptive/anticatabolic and anabolic agents; and assess the potential role of emerging osteoporosis and fracture prevention and treatment regimens in patients at risk for or with osteoporosis, when these agents are approved by the FDA.

PROTECT™ (SupPorting AppROpriate ImmunizaTions Across the AgE SpeCTrum) Last visited…8/2010 Reviewed by…Bernard Sklar. Credit hours…3 activities offering a total of 4 hours. Awarded by… University of Nebraska Medical Center. Cost for Credit…Free. Instruction Type… Podcast, Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only. Target Audience.... FP, IM, OB/GYN, PED, WELLNESS (and other physicians who advise patients or parents about immunization). Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

The PROTECT™ initiative provides information on vaccinations; helps you remain current on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendations; discusses evolving vaccine schedules; clarifies misinformation on immunization risks; and helps you to improve immunization discussions with parents and patients. There are 3 sections: The Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hours of credit) features  commentary from experts in immunizations. The Applications in Practice Clinical Tool Kit (1.0 hour) is a collection of resources you can utilize to improve immunization rates in your practice. It consists of an Expert Faculty Newsletter, Myth Busters & FAQs, and Video Vignettes. There are 3  e-Newsletter Updates (1.5 hours total): October 2009 ACIP Meeting;  2010 Updates To The Child, Adolescent, and Adult Immunization Schedules; and H1N1 Influenza.

ReachMD Last visited...6/2010. Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...About 40 activities offering 0.25 to 0.5 credits; total of about 14 hours (not counted). Awarded by....Multiple Sponsors. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Audio-only lecture, podcast, iPhone, satellite radio . Target Audiences...FP, IM. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

ReachMD consists entirely of podcasts offering 0.25 to 0.5 credit-hours. These can be listened to on your computer, mp3 player, XM Satellite radio or iPhone. Most activities are in general adult medicine.

Self Learning (College of Family Physicians of Canada) Last visited......4/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. 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......$198 (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...11/2009. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...112 activities offering a total of 111.5 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, Audio-Only and Text-Only. Target Audience...FP, IM. Educational material last updated.....2009. CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting. Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures are organized into groups. Some of the newer groups are: Focus on the Female Patient; Geriatric Practice for the 21st Century; On Becoming a Physician Leader; and Osteoporosis. You can also search for lectures by keyword.

Southern Medical Journal Last visited...5/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...22. 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 two hours of CME credit. Some recent articles are: Vitamin Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery; Carcinoid Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Current Concepts and Management Strategies in Atrial Flutter; Diffusion-Weighted Imaging: Not All That Glitters Is Gold; Using the Healthcare Matrix with Interns and Medical Students as a Tool to Effect Change; and Evaluation of Blunt Cervical Spine Injury.

Temple University 32nd Annual Family Practice Review Online Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...52. Awarded by.....Temple University. Cost for Credit.....$750 (you can also register separately for any of the 13 specialty areas). Instruction Type....Lectures (probably slide-audio or slide-video).  Target Audiences....FP. Educational material last updated...2008. Financial Support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...October 15, 2010.

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.

Theory into Practice CME for PCPs (TiPS) Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...3 courses offering a total of 22.5 hours (more available for some courses ===>) Awarded by....Boston University, Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures, Point-of-Care. Target Audience...FP, IM. Educational material last updated....2009. Financial Support...Takeda.

In these courses, you will participate as part of a group of learners, and you will use your own patient charts as well as learning from didactic presentations. Three courses are presently available: Advising Patients on Advance Directives (2.5 hours); Stepping up to Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes (10 hours); and Physician Counseling to Enhance Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines (10 hours). Additional hours are available from the 2nd and 3rd activity if you participate in the Card Study and Performance Activity Study. You should listen to the "Learn More Audio Presentation" and also view the individual course demo before registering.

University of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Self-Study Modules Last visited...2/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...0.5 to 1.5 per lecture (most activities offer 1.0); 67 activities offering a total of about 80 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....12/09 (most are from 2009). Financial Support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...3 years after posting.

Lectures on general medical subjects. Each lecture was originally presented as a video teleconference. Some recent lectures are: Enhancing Surge Capacity and Preparedness Effort: Crisis Care Guidelines; Osteoporotic Spinal Compression Fractures; Overview of Adult Occupational Lead Poisoning in California; “When is Chemotherapy Enough”? Integrating Palliative Care Into Usual Oncology; Healthy Brain Aging; and Varicose Veins, The Orphan and The Clinician Radiologist.  To receive CME credit, print and mail or fax the evaluation form.