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AAPM&R EMG Academe
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 117 activities offering about 120 hours.
Awarded by....AAPM&R.
Cost for Credit....Prices are very variable. See the individual activity. Members receive about a 30% discount.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures, Case-based interactive, Text-Only.
Target Audiences...NEURO, PHYSIATRY.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial support...Some activities have support from pharmaceutical companies.

CME activities are presented in 4 formats. "Courses" combine audio, video, slides and interactive learning activities: Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound; (3.75 hours); and Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Physiatrist: An Introduction (10 hours). You may also purchase individual modules from these courses. There are 1 5 " slide-audio lectures" on various topics (each offers 0.75 or 1.0 hour). You will find "cases" in 6 areas: EMG (17), Musculoskeletal (3), Pain (10), Spinal Cord Injury (2), Stroke (2) and Sports Medicine (2). Two "journals" also offer CME. PM&R, currently has 41 articles from 2009 and 2010 each offering 1.0 hour of credit. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offers 23 articles (each 1.0 hour). Podcasts offer no credit.

American Headache Society (AHS)
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1 course offering one hour.
Awarded by....American Headache Society.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Only lecture.
Target Audience...NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial support...GlaxoSmithKline.

A single course, Patient Adherence (to headache treatment), is now available. Registration is very laborious.

American Heart Association Professional Education Center
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...Online courses, webcasts and webinars: 12 activities offering a total of 37 hours.
Podcasts: 7 activities offering 0.75 to 1.5 hours (total of 7 hours). 
Awarded by....American Heart Association.
Cost...........Most are free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio, slide-video, podcast.
Target Audience...CARD, FP, IM, NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

The American Heart Association Professional Education Center offers live and televised sessions as well as distance learning through print and CD. To find the online and podcast material, choose Course Catalog, then Delivery Method, then either Online Courses, Webinars and Webcasts or Podcasts/Audiocasts. All activities are concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease.

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
Last visited....6/2008.
Reviewed by Janice Flahiff, Medical Librarian.
Credit hours....0.5 to 1.5 hours per course; most are 0.5 hour; about 35 courses offering about 25 hours.
Awarded by....ASNR.
Cost for Credit....Free to members of ASNR; $10 to 40 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Streaming -Video with Slide accompaniment.
Target Audience....NEURO, NS, RAD.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None stated.

Some newer titles are: Diagnostic Imaging of the Spine: Spinal Vascular Disease: Alzheimer's Disease: Sinonasal Cavity: New Imaging Modalities: and Biological Treatment with Gene Therapy and Stem Cells.

Cleveland Clinic Neuroinflammatory Diseases in Rheumatology
Last visited...3/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours....4 podcasts (0.5 or 0.25 hours each); 4 webcasts (slide-video lectures, 0.5 or 0.25 hours each); and 1 monograph, 1.75 hours). Total about 6 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video lectures; podcast; monograph.
Target Audiences...RHEUM, NEURO.
Educ. material last updated....2008
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical and device companies.
CME Credit Expires...2010.

After completing this course, you should be able to: classify neuropsychiatric complications of SLE and describe the sequence, order, and interpretation of neurodiagnostic testing needed to accurately diagnose these complications; differentiate the common clinical subsets of CNS vasculitis from their important mimics and describe the interpretation and limitations of common neurodiagnostic testing used for its evaluation; identify the common clinical and electrodiagnostic features of vasculitis neuropathy and associate and correlate such findings to neurovascular pathologic findings; and define the role of immunosuppressive and biologic therapies in the pathogenesis of opportunistic CNS infections.

GliomaEd.com
Last visited....9/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 10 activities offering 0.25 to 1.0 hours each (total of about 8 hours).
Awarded by...AKH Inc, Advancing Knowledge and Healthcare.
Cost.............Free.
Instruction type...Text-Only.
Target audience...NEURO, ONCO, NS.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial support....Schering-Plough.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

A series of about 10 activities on the diagnosis and treatment of glioma and glioblastoma. 

Head-Defender Cyberounds-Migraine
Last visited...3/2010.
Credit hours...9.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Interactive Game.
Target Audience....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.
CME Credit Expires...February 15, 2011.

In this cyber-game, you play the superhero, Head Defender, a Pac-Manesque hero designed vanquish the dreaded and awful Migrones. Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: discuss the pathophysiology of migraine; discuss the findings from recent neuroimaging studies; describe the multiple mechanisms that occur during migraine, including nociceptive, peripheral and inflammatory components; and discuss the new treatment options available that address the mechanisms of migraine.

Neurology (Journal of the American Academy of Neurology)
Last visited....2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.5 per issue (150 hours available).
Awarded by.....American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Cost............Free to members of the Academy. By annual subscription to others ($558 for 3 years).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this weekly online journal contains two articles offering CME. You must complete the quiz for each CME article in the issue before receiving credit. You must be a subscriber (or member) to read the titles or content of the articles. 

Practical Reviews in Neurology
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month).
Awarded by.... American Academy of Neurology.
Cost..........$349 per year.
Instruction Type...Text-Only; some Audio.
Target Audience...NEURO.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication. 

Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 10-12 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. 

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program: Multiple Sclerosis Management II
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Credit hours...18 activities for a total of up to 17.0 credits.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio and Text.
Target Audience....NEURO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Biogen Idec, Genentech and Teva Neuroscience.
CME credit expires...One year after posting.

The curriculum includes: Epidemiology and etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS); Pathophysiology of MS; Review of multiple forms of MS pathology; Differences in MS pathology account for clinical differences—RRMS, SPMS, PPMS, PRMS; Immune process and inflammatory response (eg, T-cells, B-cells); MRI; Diagnosis; Radiologically Isolated Syndrome; Monitoring; Differential diagnosis of MS; Prognosis; Targeting MS—mechanisms of action of current/emerging treatments; MS therapies—efficacy and safety; Current and emerging therapies; When to switch therapies; Effects of breastfeeding on MS relapse rates; and Managing often-forgotten symptoms: cognitive impairment, pain, bladder dysfunction. This series began in August 2009. 11 activities are already posted (2/1/10)); the other 8 will be posted as the year goes on.

Projects In Knowledge Living Medical Textbook Multiple Sclerosis Edition
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 chapters, each offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....NEURO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Teva Neuroscience.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Three chapters at present: Multiple Sclerosis Basics; Standard-of-Care Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis; and Multiple Sclerosis Treatments In Development. 

WE MOVE (Movement Disorder Virtual University)
Last visited...5/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13 activities offering a total of 11.75 hours. 
Awarded by....We Move.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive (Text-and-Slides or Slides-and-Audio)
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Expiration of CME credit...2010. 

Program titles, each offering multiple activities, are: Drug Induced Movement Disorders: Overview; Drug Induced Movement Disorders: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Prevention; The Role of Chemodenervation in the Management of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders; and A Core Curriculum in Movement Disorders.