Medscape Nephrology
Last visited...June 2013.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... Varies from time to time.
Awarded by....Medscape and 50 other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....NEPH.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as
self-supported by Medscape.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.
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CME activities of special interest to nephrologists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of
advances presented at
major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news
stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original
review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused
original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with
streaming video,
synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived
for 1 year.
CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current
medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide
selection of peer-reviewed journals.
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email
newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by
specialty.
INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME
activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical
case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by
other accredited
professional education providers, typically from live symposia or
monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited
professional education providers, typically from live symposia or
monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.
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