Online Continuing Medical Education (CME) 
Bernard Sklar, MD, MS

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Find your courses in the different "buildings" of this virtual university.

• Learning Center
  Last visited...7/2006.
  Credit hours...3.0 or 4.0 per course (8 courses totaling 31 hours; also 3 free short patient safety courses offering 0.5 hours each).
  Awarded by....AAOS.
  Cost...........About $10 per hour.
  Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics or Case-Based-Interactive.
  Target Audience...ORTHO.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Eight courses are offered for members of the AAOS only: Ankle Injuries in Athletes; Diabetic Foot; Management of Open Fractures; Operative Treatment of Common Displaced and Unstable Hand Fractures; Postoperative ACL Rehabilitation Course; Tibial Shaft Fractures; Treatment of Articular Cartilage Injuries; and Viral and Bacterial Infections in Orthopaedic Surgery. There are also 3 free courses in patient safety offering 0.5 hour each: Basic Science of Patient Safety; Communications in Patient Safety; and Medication Errors and Patient Safety.

• Self Assessment Center
  Last visited...7/2006.
  Credit hours...about 75.
  Awarded by....AAOS.
  Cost...........About $5-10 per hour.
  Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience...ORTHO.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Nine self-assessment examinations, consisting of 100 questions each, in orthopaedic specialty areas. Examinations are updated every three years and each examination grants up to 10 Category 1 credits. The newest topic areas (2005) are: Anatomy-Imaging, Musculoskeletal Tumors  and Diseases, and Upper Extremity. Previous courses (still available for credit) are Adult Spine/Foot & Ankle/Musculoskeletal Trauma (2003), Adult Reconstruction Hip&Knee/Sports Medicine/Pediatric Orthopaedics (2004). A Professional Affairs examination (ethics, professional liability, and occupational health) provides up to 5 Category 1 credits.  In addition, AAOS publishes the Orthopaedic Self-Assessment Examination (200 questions) every three years.

• Orthopedic Knowledge Online
  Last visited...7/2006.
  Credit hours...7 courses, 2-3 hours per course; 20 hours.
  Awarded by....AAOS.
  Cost...........$15 per hour
  Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
  Target Audience...ORTHO.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Ten courses: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears; Distal Tibial Fractures; Femoral Shaft Fractures; Nonunion; Revision ACL Reconstruction; Scaphoid Nonunion; and Spinal Cord Injuries.

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. 

American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours...About 14 courses offering about 53 hours of credit.
Awarded by....ABQAURP.
Cost for Credit....About $40 per hour (members pay less).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial support...None Stated.

Some large comprehensive courses (3 to 10 credit hours) are: Medical Error Prevention and Patient  Safety, Parts 1 and 2; A Review of the Core Body of Knowledge (CBK); and Preventing, Detecting and Addressing Fraud and Abuse. You will find six shorter journal articles (1.0 to 1.5 credit hours) on various aspects of medical quality. There is also a single free course on bioterrorism and biological weapons of mass destruction.

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource  
Click on Self-Study Modules to find the sections offering online CME. Pricing depends on membership in ACC and level of subscription. prices quoted below are for members in practice.

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource should fill many of the educational needs of cardiologists. Those sections offering online CME are described below.

• ACCSAP 6 (Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program)
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 140.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........$395.
  Instruct. Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD.
  Educ. material last updated...3/05.
  Financial support...None Stated.

ACCSAP 6 contains 23 chapters covering the core curriculum of adult clinical cardiology; more than 600 self-assessment questions and answers; electronic score submission; input from more than 120 experts in the field; and thousands of images - many in color and full-motion video - all portable into PowerPoint. Some new chapters are: Risk Factor Management; Noninvasive Testing; Quality Measurement in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery Principles of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Statistics; and Role of the Physical Exam. Some new topics are: Diabetes; Hemodynamics; and MRI.

• Arrhythmia SAP Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Self-Assessment Program 
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 20.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........$150
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD.
  Educ. material last updated...3/05.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Arrhythmia SAP offers comprehensive didactic material about arrhythmias and cardiac electrophysiology covering the following topics: Cellular Electrophysiology; Diagnostic Techniques; Disorders of Sinus and AV Nodal Conduction and Syncope; Pacemakers; Antiarrhythmic Drugs; Supraventricular Tachycardia; Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators; and Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.

• Cardiac Computed Tomography Self-Assessment Program (CCTSAP)
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 25.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........$300.
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD
  Educ. material last updated...4/06.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) allows physicians to noninvasively identify patients with a broad range of cardiac pathology ranging from subclinical atherosclerosis, obstructive coronary artery disease, and abnormalities of cardiovascular structure and function. CCTSAP provides you with a wealth of expert opinion. Additionally, it meets COCATS Level 1 training requirements for the subject.

• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRSAP)
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 44.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........$375.
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD
  Educ. material last updated...9/04.
  Financial support...None Stated.

This site features "50 case studies (enough to meet COCATS Level 1 training requirements) and comprehensive didactic material about Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging covering the following topics: Introduction to CMR; Cardiovascular Structure and Function; Congenital Heart Disease; Assessment of the Myocardium; and Assessment of the Vascular System." Also, "Almost 1,000 expertly processed clinical images; A panel of more than 70 expert authors; and Dozens of multiple-choice self-assessment questions."

• EchoSAP5 Online (Echocardiography Self-Assessment Program)
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 31.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........$150
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD
  Educ. material last updated...3/06.
  Financial support...None Stated.

This course contains a comprehensive overview of echocardiography and 50+ brand new case studies of varying degrees of difficulty that cover topics such as: cardiomyopathies and heart failure syndromes; pericardial disease; coronary artery disease; congenital heart disease; diseases of the aorta and vascular system; valvular heart disease; and new echocardiographic techniques. Also contains hundreds of expertly processed clinical images. Taught by a panel of more than 40 expert authors.

• Focus on Acute Coronary Syndromes
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 30.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost.......... $99.
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD
  Educ. material last updated...Not stated.
  Financial support...None Stated.

After completing this course, you should be able to understand the pathophysiology of the acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with special emphasis on progression of coronary atherosclerosis and the mediators of plaque rupture, thrombosis, and myocardial ischemia; improve the diagnosis and risk-stratification of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS); describe the clinical indications, efficacy, and potential complications related to antiplatelet, anticoagulant, and anti-ischemia medications used in ACS patients; and understand the rationale, efficacy, and risks associated with Reperfusion Therapies in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

• Focus on Heart Failure
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...up to 20.
  Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation.
  Cost..........&100.
  Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment.
  Target Audience....CARD
  Educ. material last updated...Not stated.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Four highly structured chapters of syllabus text covering Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies; hundreds of high-quality, expertly processed images; dozens of self-assessment questions, many of them ABIM-style; more than ten interviews with experts on relevant subjects; "hot topic" essays from leaders in the field; and select clinical trial summaries and ACC/AHA Guidelines.

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Update (PCCU)
  Last visited...12/2007.
  Credit hours...1.0 per lesson (24 hours per year; possible maximum of 72 hours)
  Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians.
  Cost for Credit....Free for members of the ACCP; $192 for 24 hours for non-members (payable in advance).
  Instruction Type....Text-Only.
  Target Audiences...PULM, CRIT CARE.
  Educational material last updated.....Monthly.
  CME Credit Expires...3 years after posting.
  Financial Support...None Stated.

This online journal is intended for the pulmonary and critical care specialist. Each month provides two lessons on pulmonary and critical care topics. Some recent topics are: Measuring Quality of Life in Lung Disease; Asbestos-Related Lung Disease; Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibitors for Asthma and COPD; and Management of Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

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American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours and Fees:
Scientific Assembly, 29 hours, $15 per hour.
Foresight, 2 hours each, $12. 
8 issues, total of 16 hours.
Injury Control, 2 hours, $25.
eACLS, 6 hours, $100.
Awarded by....ACEP.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only, Text-and-Graphics, Slide-Audio.
Target Audience...ER.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...None Stated.

Activities include: Selected Presentations from Scientific Assembly 2005, 29 Web-streaming audiovisual lectures from the 2005 ACEP emergency medicine education conference. 
Foresight, a periodical on ED risk management, awards two hours of credit in each issue. 
The Role of the Physician in Injury Control discusses the differences between "accidents" and "injuries." 
eACLS offers refresher training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support featuring 10 interactive case studies.
HeartRounds illustrates the challenges of diagnosing and treating acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in the emergency department.
Managing the Patient with Acute Agitation in the ED presents information on the diagnosis and management of these patients.

American Diabetes Association 2005 Meeting Official Webcasts
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours...Probably about 54 webcasts offering about 58 CME credits.
Awarded by....American Diabetes Association.
Cost...........Free to members; $99 to non-attendees,
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience...ENDO.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial support...None (except see ==>).

About 50 "official ADA" lectures falling into these groups: Acute and Chronic Complications; Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Education; Clinical Diabetes/ Therapeutics; Epidemiology and Genetics; Immunology and Transplantation;
Insulin Signaling and Insulin Action; Integrated Physiology or Obesity; Islet Biology and Insulin Secretion; and Other Lectures. You will also find 4 additional free 2.0 hour lectures supported by various pharmaceutical companies.

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

While a large variety of programs are described or promised, I can only find two that are currently available and offer CME credit. These are: Diabetes in the Latino Population: Tools for Optimal Management (3 hours); and Diabetes and Antipsychotic Medications (1 hour).

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Online 2004  
Last visited...5/2005.
Credit hours..4 courses with 7.5 total hours.
Awarded by....American Heart Association.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-And-Graphics.
Target Audience...CARD.
Educational material last updated...11/04.
Financial support...Pfizer.

This site features highlights of the four day November 2004 meeting. You may earn credit by either reading and answering questions based on the summaries of each day's proceedings or by reading and answering questions based on 4 subject areas: basic science, clinical science, population science or lipids.

American Medical Association Online Continuing Medical Education. Six groups of courses are offered:

CME through JAMA & Archives is described separately.

• 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.

• AMAprimarycare.org
  Last visited...1/2008.
  Credit hours...1.0 hour each (total of 5 hours).
  Awarded by....AMA.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type....Slide-Video.
  Target Audiences....FP, IM.
  Educ. material last updated....2007.
  CME Credit Expires...(Probably) one year after posting.
  Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Current subjects include depression, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 

• 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.
  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.

• AMA Pain Management: The Online Series
  Last visited...1/2008.
  Credit hours...12 modules, each offering 1.0 hour of credit.
  Awarded by....AMA.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type....Text-and-Graphics with occasional audio.
  Target Audiences....ANES/PAIN, General Interest.
  Educ. material last updated....9/07.
  CME Credit Expires...12/09.
  Financial support...Purdue Pharma.

Twelve modules on the assessment and management of pain in a variety of areas:
Pathophysiology of Pain; Overview of Management Options; Barriers to Pain Management; Pain in Patients with Substance Abuse Concerns; Pain in Older Adults; Pediatric Pain Management; Persistent Nonmalignant Pain; Common Persistent Pain Conditions; Neuropathic Pain; Cancer Pain; and End-of-Life Care.

• Educating Physicians on Controversies and Challenges in Health: Health Care Disparities Among Racial-Ethnic Minority Patients
  Last visited...1/2008.
  Credit hours...1.0.
  Awarded by....AMA.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type....Sreaming Viseo.
  Target Audiences....General Interest.
  Educ. material last updated....12/07
  CME Credit Expires...12/08.
  Financial support...None Stated.

After completing this course, you should be able to recognize health care disparities in the United States among racial and ethnic minorities; apply strategies to reduce health care disparities in practice; describe the impact of communication barriers on patient care; and explain strategies to enhance patient-provider communication among racial and ethnic minorities.

• Gifts to Physicians from Industry
  Last visited...1/2008.
  Credit hours...1 hour each (4 total).
  Awarded by....AMA.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type....Text-and-Graphics. PDF)
  Target Audiences....General Interest.
  Educ. material last updated....2007.
  CME Credit Expires...12/08.
  Financial support...None Stated.

These modules will help satisfy requirements  for education on professionalism and industry professional relationships by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The four modules include: Overview of Ethical, Professional, and Legal Issues for Physicians' Relationships with Industry; Physicians’ Expectations of Industry and Sales Personnel; Professionalism and Gifts to Physicians from Industry; and American Medical Association Ethical Guidelines on Gifts to Physicians from Industry.

American Psychiatric Association
Last visited....8/2007.
Credit hours....1.0 to 8.0 per course (about 111 activities offering about 145 total hours).
Awarded by.....American Psychiatric Association.
Cost............About $20 per credit for non-members; free to members of APA (except for Buprenorphine courses and access to BEST of the 2007 Annual Meeting).
Instruction Type....Text-Only (Guidelines, Monographs and HIV) or Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

The newest courses are: Principles of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Online video course; BEST of the 2007 Annual Meeting; and Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; ASD and PTSD; Schizophrenia and Suicidal Behavior; and Substance Use Disorders. Other courses include: Buprenorphine for Office Based Treatment of Opiate Dependent Patients; Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment, A refresher course; Molecular Biology of Memory: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses; Alzheimer's Disease: and Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; HIV/AIDS; Delirium; Major Depressive Disorder, and Panic Disorder. Selected lectures from the 2006 and 2005 Annual meetings are still available without charge after a separate registration.

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Check Sample Exercises
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours...1.0 per exercise (total of 141 hours); also 3 courses = 4 hours.
Awarded by....American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
Cost............$22 each for members; $25 each for non-members.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (pdf).
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

Choose "Case Studies" (bottom of page) to find 141 active Check Sample exercises available online. These exercises are from the last two years of Check Sample programs. There are exercises in the following disciplines: Chemistry, Cytology, Forensic Pathology, Hematology, Histology, Microbiology, Molecular Diagnostics, Surgical Pathology, and Transfusion Medicine. You will also find 3 courses: Lymphocyte Disorders in Blood and Bone Marrow in Children and Adults; Fine Needle Aspiration Cytopathology of Lymph Nodes; and New Aspects of Cardiac Risk Factors.

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) Online CME Program  
Last visited....1/2008.
Credit hours....1 hour per course (8 hours).
Awarded by....ASCCP.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....GYN.
Educational material last updated....2003. (Some courses may have been updated since then).
Financial Support...3M Corporation, Centers for Disease Control and Digene.

Eight lectures on HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention. Each lecture contains cytologic, colposcopic, and histologic images, as well as scrolling text and audio. Lecture titles include: The Natural History and Epidemiology of HPV; 
Immune Response to HPV; Follow-up after an Abnormal Pap: Addressing Barriers; Understanding Cultural and Psychosocial Barriers to Pap Testing; The ASCCP Guidelines for Managing AGC; The ASCCP Guidelines for managing ASC; and Colposcopy of High Grade Lesions.

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
Last visited....3/2007.
Credit hours....0.5 to 2.5 hours per course; most are 0.5 hour; about 78 courses offering about 52 hours.
Awarded by....ASNR.
Cost for Credit....Free to members of ASNR; $15 to 20 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture or Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....NEUR, NS, RAD.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...None stated.

Some newer titles are: New Imaging Modalities; Biological Treatment with Gene Therapy and Stem Cells; Presurgical Mapping: MEG; Presurgical Mapping: fMRI and DTI; Emerging Applications in Restorative Neurosurgery and Functional Neuroimaging; Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging Update 2006; DTI: Use of Fiber Tracking; and DTI: Use of Fractional Anisotropy.

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Anesoft Medical Simulation Software
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours....6 courses offering a total of 106 credit hours.
Awarded by....Anesoft Corporation.
Cost...........Typically about $10 per hour (see site for cost details).
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....ANES, ER, CARD, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial support...None Stated.

You will find these simulator courses: course (credit hours): ACLS (10); Anesthesia (36); Bioterrorism (12); Critical Care (20); Hemodynamics (10); and Sedation (18). You can see a demo of each course before ordering.

Anesthesiology Online
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours....1.0 per module, 2 per article, 2 for the slide shows. (Total of "more than 60" credits available)
Awarded by....Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.
Cost...........$99.99 per year.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ANES.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial support...Purdue.

Anesthesiology Online is now a subscription-based online informational and educational resource for anesthesia professionals. You will not be able to view any content until you have registered and paid your fee.

AnticoagulatonCME.com
Last visited....7/2006.
Credit hours....0.25 to 2.5 hours per course (about 40 courses offering a total of about 40 hours).
Awarded by....Current Communications Company (and other sponsors).
Cost...........Most are free; no course costs more than $30.
Instruction Type....Most are slide-audio lectures.
Target Audience....Multiple Specialties.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...AstraZeneca

This is a portal site with links to sites and courses dealing with issues and advances in the fields of anticoagulation and atrial fibrillation. Instruction is grouped into 3 sections: Anticoagulation and atrial fibrillation; primary focus on  anticoagulation; and primary focus on atrial fibrillation.

ArcMesa Educators
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours...About 97 courses; 2.0 to 30.0 hours per course; about 350 hours.
Awarded by....ArcMesa Educators.
Cost for Credit....About $15 per credit.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (one course, Diagnostics Challenges in Radiology, is described as "interactive.")
Target Audience....Multiple Specialties.
Educational material last updated....2004.
Financial Support...None Stated.

From the main page, under Medical Profession Selection, choose Physician, then Courses Available. This site features courses that you can read online (html format), or download and read off line (pdf format). There are about 97 courses in a wide variety of topics offering a total of about 350 CME credits (not counted). It appears that you can still read the text-only courses without credit before paying; Diagnostics Challenges in Radiology requires advance payment of $375 for 30 credits.

Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of Southern Nevada
Last visited....2/2008.
Credit hours: 7 courses offering 1.5 to 4.0 hours each (total of 16.0 hours).
Awarded by: AHEC of Southern Nevada
Cost for Credit: $15 per credit.
Instruction Type: Streaming Video or Slide-Video lectures.
Target Audience: General Interest.
Education material last updated: 2007
Financial Support: Federal Grants (ASPR, CDC) and Pharmaceutical Companies. 
CME Credit Expires: Varies, 2009 and later.

Current course offerings include: Domestic Violence and Medical Ethics (2.0 credits); Geriatric Assessment, Treatment and Recovery in Disasters and Emergencies (1.5 credits); A Primary Care Providers Guide to Post-Disaster Mental Health Screening (2.0 credits); Small Victims, Big Challenges: Pediatric Triage, Treatment and Recovery in Disasters (2.0 credits); Smallpox and Vaccinia: The Forgotten Risk (2.0 credits); They Run Better Unleaded: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention in Southern Nevada (1.5 credits); Weapons of Mass Destruction (4.0 credits, meets Nevada AB250 legislation requirements for licensure renewal).

ARHP Online CME
Last visited....7/2006.
Credit hours....2.0.
Awarded by....Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.
Cost...........$15 per credit (Free to Association Members).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, OB/GYN.
Educ. material last updated....9/04.
Financial Support...Barr Laboratories.

A single text-only monograph, Women’s Sexual Health in Midlife and Beyond, is available. A set of archived webcasts is promised but not available on 7/17/06.

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Online Urologic Pathology
Last visited....7/2006.
Credit hours....5.0 each (Total of 10 hours).
Awarded by....AFIP.
Cost...........$50 for each course.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PATH, URO.
Educational material last updated....2/00.
Financial Support...None Stated.

These are the first two sections, Bladder Pathology and Lesions of the Penis and Urethra of a course primarily for urologists preparing for board examinations and for practicing urologists and pathologists. "On each content page, the participant sees a text description of the light microscopic recognition of specific disease processes, and where appropriate, additional comments about necessary special stains and immunohistochemistry. Following the text, the participant sees several images with captions that illustrate the important features discussed. With a single click on an image, the participant can see a full-size version of an image with its caption."

Armed Forces Virtual Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Biopsy Course (bottom of page)
Last visited....7/2006.
Credit hours...2.0 per module (total of 10 hours).
Awarded by....AFIP.
Cost for Credit....$25.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PATH, GI.
Educational material last updated...11/01.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This course is presented by the Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, AFIP. The course has 5 modules; each module consists of eight cases with a brief case history and a set of microscopic slides of an endoscopic biopsy.

Assessment and Management of Overweight and Obese Adult Patients
Last visited....7/2006.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Ciné-Med, Inc., and the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Cost............$15.
Instruction Type....Mostly Text; some audio.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This course intends to help you to understand the importance of weight  management,  recognize the health risks associated with overweight and obesity in adults, recognize the motivations as well as the barriers to successful weight loss and use the treatment algorithm to determine who to treat, when to treat and how to treat overweight and obese patients.

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) - Online CME Modules
Last visited....1/2007.
Credit hours...
Awarded by....APGO and Medical Education Collaborative.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....
Target Audiences....OB/GYN.
Educational material last updated...
Financial Support...

There are currently two subjects offered: Breast Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment consists of a monograph (3.75 hours) and a slide-audio lecture (1.75 hours). Case presentations and a PowerPoint show do not apparently offer credit. 

ATMOSPHERE 2007 CME Webinars (Asthma)
Last visited....11/2007.
Credit hours...1 hour per course (total of 3 courses offering 3 hours).
Awarded by....France Association.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial Support...AstraZeneca.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Three courses on the management of asthma: New Strategies in Asthma Control: Assessment of Impairment and Risk; New Strategies in Asthma Control: Issues in Management of Special Risk Populations; and The 30-Minute Office Visit: Strategies and Tools for Asthma Management in Your Practice.

Audio-Digest Online CME
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours...2 hours per course (total of 73 courses offering 146 hours).
Awarded by....California Medical Association.
Cost for Credit.....$16 per course.
Instruction Type....Audio-and-Text, Podcasts.
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...Three years after posting.

This site presents the familiar Audio-Digest format: Objectives, Pre-Test, Written Summary (not a complete transcript) and the Audio Presentation. Each month, two new courses are posted. There are presently courses in 13 specialties: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Urology. You will also find Journal Watch Audio, a selection of abstracts from leading journals in many specialties. Audio-Digest also offers free download of selected audio files to your computer or MP3 player (podcasts).

Aunt Minnie Online CME
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours...16 courses offering 1.0 hour each; about 125 courses offering 0.2 hour each; total of 41 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, San Diego Office of Continuing Medical Education.
Cost for Credit.....$20.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....RAD.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...Producers of imaging equipment.

About 141 cases using various radiologic modalities (CT, PET, MR, Isotopes) to diagnose patients. Each course "integrates knowledge, imagery, and dynamic interaction to enhance learning..." Each course delivers "choreographed, interactive knowledge to simulate real-time interaction with a radiologic expert. There are built-in mechanisms for assessment, certification, and credentialing..."

Austin Heart CME
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours...3 courses, each offering 1.0 hour of credit.
Awarded by....Austin Heart, P.A.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....CARD, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...9/05.
Financial Support...Various commercial supporters.

Three courses are offered for cardiologists and primary care physicians interested in cardiology: Cardiovascular CT 2005; EBT: Coronary Plaque Detector; The Texas Advance Directives Act: An Exercise in Futility?

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Baylor College of Medicine's Online CME Courses
Courses are in slide-only format or slide-text format..  Most courses offer 1.0 credit-hour There is a total of 80 activities offering about 80  hours of credit.
Financial Support...See Specific Activities.

Baylor College of Medicine's Online CME Courses consists of 80 activities in nine subject areas offering about 80 hours of credit. Many courses consist of multiple lectures . There is some overlap of courses between subject areas.

• Baylor Cardiovascular Disease
  Last visited...11/2007.
  Credit hours...32 courses offering about 32 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....FP, IM, CARD.
  Educ. material last updated....2007.

A variety of courses on many aspects of cardiovascular disease with a special emphasis on lipid abnormalities and diabetes in heart disease. There is considerable overlap between these courses and those in the diabetes section.

• Baylor Diabetes
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...5.75 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....FP, IM.
  Educ. material last updated....12/04.

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

• Baylor Gastroenterology 
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...3.0 hours
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
  Target Audiences.....GI, PED, SURG.
  Educ. material last updated....2003.

A three-part course in pediatric gastrointestinal disease: Newer Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Childhood Obesity; and Update on Liver Transplantation (1.5 hours); and a single course on Extra-Esophageal Aspects of Reflux Disease (1.5 hours).

• Baylor Hypertension
  Last visited...11/2007.
  Credit hours...4 courses offering 4.0 total hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences.....FP, IM, CARD.
  Educ. material last updated....2007
  Financial Support...Merck.

Four courses on various aspects of hypertension.

• Baylor Medical Ethics 
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...4 courses offering 7.0 total hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences.....General Interest.
  Educ. material last updated....2005.

Four presentations, illustrating various aspects of medical ethics, drawn from the other sections of this site (pediatrics,  breast cancer and women's health).

• Baylor Neurology
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...4.0.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures, Text-Only.
  Target Audiences....NEURO.
  Educ. material last updated....2004.
  Financial Support...Ortho-McNeil.

This section contains a four-lecture set, New Advances in Stroke Management (3 hours), and a monograph in pdf format, Essential Tremor: A Practical Guide to Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

• Baylor Oncology
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...6 courses; 8.75 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....ONCO.
  Educ. material last updated....2005.

Barriers to Sexual Health after Gynecologic Cancers: What Should be Done?; Impact of Oral Contraceptives on Cancer Risk; Recommendations for Estrogen and Progestogen Use in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women; Menopause Management and Treatment Options; Hormones and the Heart - What Now? A Cardiologist's Perspective; Osteoporosis Treatment and Prevention; BRCA-1 and Beyond - Ethical Issues in Predictive Genetic Testing. 

• Baylor Otolaryngology
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...2 courses; 1.25 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....ENT.
  Educ. material last updated....2005.

Extra-Esophageal Aspects of Reflux Disease – Manifestations of a Common Entity – From Asthma to Sinusitis to Hoarseness includes two lectures: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: The Gastroenterologist’s Perspective. 

• Baylor Pediatrics
  Last visited...2/2008.
  Credit hours...12 topics offering 13.25 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED.
  Educ. material last updated....2007.

This section has 12 pediatric topics: Some topics have multiple sections, and you must complete all sections to earn credit.  Some newer topics include: Counseling Adolescents About Sexual Health; Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors and Unintended Pregnancy; Meningococcal Disease; The Obesity Crisis;  Antimicrobial Usage Update and Diagnosing a Fever of Unknown Origin.

• Baylor Surgery
  Last visited...3/2006.
  Credit hours...3 courses offering a total of 6 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
  Target Audiences....SURG.
  Educ. material last updated....2005.

Three courses are: New Directions in the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease;  Prostate Cancer; and Stroke Management.

• Baylor Urology
  Last visited...7/2005.
  Credit hours...2 courses offering 1.75 hours.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture or Text-Only.
  Target Audiences....UROL.
  Educ. material last updated....2005

Two courses: An Update: The Female Sexual Response; and Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Update and the Implications for Improved Patient Outcomes. 

• Baylor Women's Health
  Last visited...11/2007.
  Credit hours...39 courses with a total of about 39 credits.
  Awarded by....Baylor.
  Cost for Credit....Free.
  Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture or Text-Only.
  Target Audiences....FP, IM, GYN.
  Educ. material last updated....2007

39 sets of lectures or pdfs on contraception, hormone replacement, menopause and many other aspects of women's health.

BCN-NY (Comprehensive biological, chemical and nuclear training for physicians)
Last visited...6/2006.
Credits....1.0 hour per module (21 hours)
Awarded by....The Medical Society of the State of New York.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....PowerPoint presentations.
Target Audience....General Interest.
Educational material last updated...2004.
Financial Support...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State Department of Health.
Expiration of CME Credit...2007.

This course offers physicians bio-terrorism preparedness training. Modules describe 11 biological agents, 4 chemical agents including a chemical overview and nuclear radiological emergencies. Also 4 mental health modules and one on SARS.
Module topics are:
Biological Agents
Anthrax, Botulism, Brucellosis, Glanders, Melioidosis, Plague, Q Fever, Smallpox, Staphylococcus Enterotoxin B (SEB), Tularemia, and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF).
Chemical Agents
Chemical Overview, Ricin, Sarin and VX Nerve Gases
Nuclear/Radiological Agents

BioCritique
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit Hours...0.5 per activity (271 activities totaling 135 hours of CME).
Awarded by...Tulane University Center For Continuing Medical Education.
Cost...Free.
Instruction Type...Text, Downloadable Slides, Assessments.
Target Audience...10 specialty areas including cardiology, endocrinology, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, rheumatology, primary care, obesity, and nephrology.
Educational material last updated...Daily.
Financial support...Many pharmaceutical and device companies.

BioCritique helps you keep up with advances in biomedical research. Scientists and clinicians in major therapeutic areas select and review recent important articles. Each paper is linked to a collection of related resources including PowerPoint  presentations, interactive assessments, clinical trials and related research literature, as well as drug and patent information.

BioDiscussion
Last visited...3/2006.
Credit Hours...1.0 per course (12 courses offering a total of 14 credit hours).
Awarded by...Tulane University Center For Continuing Medical Education.
Cost...Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture, Text, Assessments.
Target Audience...Six active specialty areas including cardiology, diabetes, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, cancer, obesity, rheumatology and nephrology.
Educational material last updated...3/06.
Financial support...Many pharmaceutical and device companies.

BioDiscussion brings together experts and authors to discuss topics and papers of  current interest. Each discussion explores a topic, allowing experts the opportunity to express their opinions and share their knowledge with listeners. Downloadable PowerPoint¨ slides, transcript, and links to other topic resources allow for an in-depth learning experience.

Boston University School of Medicine Internet-Based CME Click on Internet Based CME to access the courses.
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...0.5 to 2.0 per course (currently about 15 courses offering about 25 hours).
Awarded by....Boston University.
Cost...........1 credit for $15, 2 credits for $25.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....FP, IM, OB/GYN, PED, DERM.
Educ. material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

Present courses (credit hours): What You Should Know About Gifts to Physicians From Industry Self-Study Course from the AMA (4); Cutaneous Laser (2.75); Reach Out and Read (1); ADHD Practice Guide (0.5); Redefining the Treatment Paradigm for Bacterial Infections in Children (2); Pediatric and Adolescent ADHD (1); Alcohol and Health: Current Evidence (1.5 credits per issue); STD Clinical Intensive Continuing Medical Education Module (1 - 2.5 credits per section - 8 sections total). You may submit your test answers and evaluation online or by email or fax.

CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.0 per article. About 10 hours of credit. Five issues are available.
Awarded by....American Cancer Society.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...Bimonthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Each issue contains several articles offering 0.5 or 1.0 hours of credit. Some recent articles are: How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice; Multiple Myeloma: Charging Toward a Bright Future; Patient-reported Outcomes in Cancer: A Review of Recent Research and Policy Initiatives; Implications of Phytoestrogen Intake for Breast Cancer; and Young Adult Oncology: The Patients and Their Survival Challenges. You will also find a single slide-video lecture, Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Early Detection. In order to take the quizzes, you must first obtain a username, password and customer number and then register with your personal information.

California Society of Anesthesiologists Online CME Programs
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...One hour per article (12.0 hours).
Awarded by....California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA).
Cost...........Free to CSA members, $25 per credit for all others.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ANES/PAIN.
Educational material last updated....2007
Financial support...None Stated

These articles were created to meet the licensure requirement of the California Medical Board for 12 hours CME in pain and end-of-life studies. The twelve courses are: Summary of Pain Management and End-Of-Life Care Series, and Neuromodulation; Neurosurgical Options for Refractory Pain Management; Improving Patient Safety for Pain Blocks: Lessons Learned from Medical Malpractice Claims Review; Pain and the Brain: What We Have Learned from Functional Neuroimaging; Rehabilitation in Pain Management; Palliative and End-of-Life Care; Opioids for Pain: Risk Management; Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Pain Physiology; Concepts in Opioid Tolerance; Is Untreated Pain a Disease? and Repeal of Triplicate Prescribing. 

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...One course offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....California Department of Health Services.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, PED, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006
Financial support...Centers for Disease Control.

The Chlamydia Course for California Providers is for clinicians who care for women of reproductive age.
You will also find links to other STD/ID/HIV sites described elsewhere at this site: 
NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers);
Seattle STD/HIV PTC Hepatitis Web Study; 
HIV Web Study; 
CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians;
Exploring the Link Between HPV & Cervical Cancer; and 
Family PACT STD UPDATE Webcast. 

Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...Up to 4.0 per journal issue (about 16 hours presently available).
Awarded by....University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Cost...........$15.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....1/08.
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...One year after publication,

This site contains full-text online versions of articles from a peer-reviewed cancer journal. Each issue focuses on one type of cancer and contains four or more major articles. A new issue comes out every two months. The four issues currently offering CME credit are: Progress in Sarcoma Management; Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer; Minimally Invasive Approaches in Genitourinary Cancers; and T/NK-Cell Lymphomas and Leukemias. Each module contains a set of 20 post-test questions; you need to score at least 75% to earn credit.

CancerNetwork.com
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...37 activities offering 93 hours.
Awarded by....The Beam Institute.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....5/06.
Financial support...None Stated.

Click on CME Courses/Meetings, and register or log on to access the instruction. There are now 6 kinds of CME activities:
13 issues of the Journal, Oncology. Each issue offers up to 3.0 hours of CME credit.
12 issues of Oncology News International. Each issue offers up to 3.0 hours of CME credit.
4 supplements from the Journal, Oncology; each supplement offers 3 hours of credit.
3 supplements (1.5 hours each) from Oncology News International.
1 First Report (1.0 hour).
2 Hot Topics (1.0 hour each).

CardioVillage
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...Depends on how many screens you visit. Maximum of 240 hours.
Awarded by...University of Virginia.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience...CARD, other MDs who practice cardiovascular medicine.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial support...Several pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies.

At present, there are four primary learning topics: coronary artery disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and preventive cardiology. Each learning topic includes tutorials, cases, and self-assessment exercises. In addition, some content is presented in a “course” format which is a grouping of topics intended for a particular target audience; there are special courses for 2nd, 3rd, 4th year Medical Students and Cardiology Fellows. You may earn CME credit for reviewing a case, tutorial, or taking a posttest.

CCMDweb.org (formerly lipidhealth.org)
Last visited...1/2007.
Credit hours...About 12 courses offering a total of 14 hours.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Interactive Case Studies, Newsletters.
Target Audience...FP, IM, CARD.
Educational material last updated...10/06
Financial Support...Pfizer, Reliant, Abbott and Takeda.

This site offers 3 ways to earn CME credits. There are 8 Interactive Case Studies available, each offering 1-2 credits. There is 1 webcast available, offering 2.5 credits. There are 3 newsletters available, offering 1-1.5 credit each, after you answer a set of questions.

CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...7 modules each offering 1.25 hours for total of 8.75 hours.
Awarded by...CDC.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type.....Disease Based Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...CDC.

Seven disease-based interactive modules: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID), Syphilis and Vaginitis.

CDC Training and Continuing Education OnLine 
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...Most courses offer 2.5 hours. There are about 36 courses offering about 90 hours.
Awarded by...CDC.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type.....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....PREV MED, ID.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...CDC.

After login, Choose "Search and register." You may then search for courses by date, keyword, or display all. I recommend keyword "Web on Demand". This will bring you to a list of online courses on public health and preventive medicine topics with an emphasis on vaccination.

CECentral
Last visited...2/2007.
Credit hours...67 activities offering 0.5 to 2.5 hours each; most are 1.0 hour; total of about 82 hours)
Awarded by...University of Kentucky.
Cost..........Most are free (the required HIV course is $9.95).
Instruction Type.....Slide-Audio or Text-Only (PDF).
Target Audience....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...Various commercial supporters.

About 67 activities for 20 different specialties. Most instruction is via slide-audio lectures, some by downloadable pdf files. Some courses are intended for pharmacists, not physicians, so be sure to choose a "CME" courses.

CEMedicus
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...Courses award from 1 to 5.0 hours. There are about 6100 courses offering about  9,000 credit hours.
Awarded by...Various Sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type.....Many Types
Target Audience....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...Merck.

CEMedicus offers access and free credit for about 6100 online CME courses offered by about 20 different providers. Most of the courses are offered by CECity (155), eMedicine (5784) and MedCases (55) with a sprinkling of courses by the other 17 providers. The site allows you to search by medical topic, disease, instruction type or content host. It is worth noting that you can take a course at CEMedicus without charge, while you might have to pay a fee to take the same course at the parent site (especially eMedicine.com). 

Center for Native American TeleHealth and TeleEducation (CNATT)
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...6 courses each offering 8 hours of credit.
Awarded by...University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2004.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Six courses: Diabetes, Cancer Among Native Elders, Alcoholism Among Elder American Indians, Oral Health and American Indians, Smoking Cessation and Polypharmacy.

Cerebrio
Last visited...9/2006.
Credit hours...5.5.
Awarded by...University of Michigan, University of Rochester.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video.
Target Audiences....CRIT CARE, FP, CARD.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Three activities: ASPIRE (Acid Suppression Pharmacotherapy in the ICU: Re-evaluating the Evidence) (2.5 hours); The High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease Website uses a multifaceted approach to equip physicians with tools to better manage their high-risk and special-population patients, ensuring optimal clinical outcomes and improving the process of cardiovascular patient care (2.0 hours); and Bridging High-Risk Intersects: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction or Heart Failure (1 hour)

Cervical Health Online
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours...1.5 for "Clinical Reality;" 0.5 each for the cases; 1.0 each for the slide-shows (total of 5.5 hours).
Awarded by...Thomas Jefferson University.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive or Slide-Only.
Target Audiences....OB/GYN, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...Cytyc Corporation.

Four courses: The Clinical Reality of Cervical Screening; Cervical Pathology Case Studies (four cases, Case-Based Interactive), Evaluating the Significance of Atypical Glandular Cells, and Impact of a New Screening Technology for Detection of Cervical Cancer Precursors (slide-only).

CE-University.org
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...28 courses offering 0.5 to 1.5 hours each (total of 23 hours).
Awarded by...Chatham Institute.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only, Slide-Audio, Epocrates Mobile CME.
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Subject areas include: Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Immunology, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Policy/Systems, Biologics and Ophthalmology.

Challenger 
Last visited...8/2007.
Credit hours...about 50 courses totaling over 3,800 hours.
Awarded by...Many universities and specialty societies.
Cost for Credit...CME certificates are free (after the purchase); average cost for instruction (including CME) is about $3 per hour.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive, Question-and-Answer. 
Target Audiences....FM, IM, OB/GYN, EM, PATH, PED.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...None Stated. 

When you buy a Challenger product, you receive a CD and online access to the course. 
You will find six major specialty review courses: Family Medicine, 289 hours; Emergency Medicine, 440 hours; Internal Medicine, 270 hours; OB-GYN, 200 hours; Pathology (Damjanov/Linder), 200 hours; and Pediatrics, 150 hours. You will also find integrated textbooks with comprehensive Q&A review including Challenger/Rosens Career for EM, 560 hours; Challenger/Rakel Career for FM, 519 hours; and Challenger/Creasy Resnik for OBGYN/MFM, 320 hours. Challenger also offers a broad selection of cross-specialty review courses directed at primary and emergency 
care physicians including: ECG: Case Studies, Quiz & Atlas, 35 hours; ECG: Principles 
of Electrocardiography Series, 94.5 hours; Dermatology, 30.5 hours; Acute Care 
Radiology Series, 38.5 hours; Pediatric Radiology Series, 34.5 hours; and others. 

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta CME Online
Last visited...8/2007.
Credit hours....About 28 activities, each offering 1.0 credit-hour.
Awarded by...Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio, Text-Only.
Target Audiences.... PED.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site is best visited with Internet Explorer. In the Physician Publication Learning Module, you can earn CME credit for answering questions based on the articles in the  "peds" online journal. In the Cardio Update Modules, you earn CME credit for answering questions based on the articles in any of the four modules. You can earn one cr