Online CME: Geriatrics
Last Updated August 10, 2007.

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The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with geriatrics. You will find additional online CME sites and courses partially concerning geriatrics at the main online CME site.

AMDA cmedirect
Last visited...3/2006.
Credit hours....1.0 or 1.5 (12 courses offering 21.5 hours of credit).
Awarded by....American Medical Directors Association.
Cost for Credit....$20 for AMDA members; $40 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....2005.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

This site is aimed at physicians who are medical directors in long-term care facilities. Four webcast programs are: Immunization in Long Term Care; Pain Management; Practical Guidelines for Handling VRE and MRSA in Long Term Care; and Urinary Incontinence in Long Term Care. 
You will also find eight self-study programs, each offering two hours of credit: Acute Change of Condition, Common Infections in the Long Term Care Setting, COPD Management in Long Term Care, Depression in Long Term Care, Falls and Fall Risk in Long Term Care, Osteoporosis in Long Term Care, Pain Management in the Long Term Care Setting and Pressure Ulcers and Pressure Ulcer Therapy.

CME LLC (Formerly CME Inc)
Last visited...5/2006. 
Credit hours...1.25 or 1.5 credits per course (total of 27 courses offering 30 hours of credit.
Awarded by....CME Inc
Cost...........$15 per credit.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio and Video Lectures.
Target Audiences....PSYCH, FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....5/06.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A variety of topics, mostly psychiatric, geriatric and geropsychiatric. You must pay in advance before viewing the instruction.

CME WebCredits Geriatric Medicine Modules
Last visited...4/2006.
Credit hours...4 hours.
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost for Credit...$19
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences....GERO
Educ. material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...None Stated

From the main page, download the Geriatrics Medicine Installer and follow the online instructions to install the player and view the lectures. You must pay $19 before you can view any of the material.

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This list was compiled by Bernard M. Sklar, MD, MS