CMEInfo
- Programs in Pediatrics (Sponsored Link)
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Pediatric Board Review (15th Annual Pediatric Board Review Symposium, Cleveland Clinic, 38.25 hours). This activity provides a comprehensive pediatric board review, which will prepare
you for board certification or re-certification. Your order also includes the the new 3rd edition of the 594-page textbook,
The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Pediatrics.
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Osler Pediatrics Board Reviews (Sponsored Link)
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The Osler Pediatrics Board Reviews offer learning in a variety of venues and formats.
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Osler
Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent) Board Reviews (Sponsored Link)
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The Osler
Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent) Board Reviews offer learning in a
variety of venues and formats.
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Practical Reviews in Pediatrics
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Practical Reviews in Pediatrics keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Pediatrics each month. 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. |
Looking for more Pediatric Board Reviews or Pediatric Audio-Video CME? |
Visit ApolloCME.com (Pediatrics) |
American Academy of Pediatrics PediaLink
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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? |
APLS (Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource)
Case Presentations
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There are presently 9 cases: A Pretty Worm; Fever and Not Acting Right; Fussy Baby; Nighty-Night Nightmare; Pain, Paresthesia, Paresis, and PulseFULness; Pesky Palpitations; Pipe-Eye; Sleepy Toddler; and The Perilous Pencil. |
APLS (Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource)
"Check Your Knowledge" Online CME
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The current modules are: Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies; Pediatric Assessment; The Pediatric Airway in Health and Disease; Cardiovascular System; Central Nervous System; Metabolic Disease; Environmental Emergencies; Toxicology: Ingestions and Smoke Inhalation; Trauma; Child Maltreatment; Nontraumatic Surgical Emergencies; Nontraumatic Orthopedic Emergencies; Neonatal Emergencies; Procedural Sedation and Analgesia; Interface With EMS; Disaster Management; Preparedness for Acts of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism; Children With Special Health Care Needs: The Technologically Dependent Child; Medical-Legal Considerations; Office-Based Emergencies; and Critical Procedures. |
Baylor
Pediatrics
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This section has 11 pediatric topics. Some newer topics include: An Adolescent Girl’s First Gynecologic Visit and What She Should Know About Contraception; The Sexually Active Adolescent Who Is Uncertain About Using Contraception; Pediatric Renal Disease: Selected Topics; and Evaluation of the Child with the First Seizure. |
Children's
Healthcare of Atlanta CME Online
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This site is best visited with Internet Explorer. Grand Rounds Online offers 17 slide-audio lectures on various pediatric topics, each worth 1.0 credit-hours. Some recent topics are: Food Allergy: What's New?; The Clinical and Molecular Phenotype of Severe Asthma in Children; What's New with Flu; Pediatric Sino Nasal Disease; Improving Your Success: Addressing Obesity in the Pediatrician's Office; and Periodic Fever Syndrome. The Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) module offers 0.5 credits. You can earn CME credit for answering questions based on the articles in Neuro Update (2 hours) or Cardio Update (3 hours). You will also find a link to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality morbidity and mortality cases, described elsewhere on this web site. |
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Webcasts
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Six slide-video lectures offered currently: Curing Epilepsy: Improved Procedures, Improved Outcomes; The Fifth International Pediatric Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation Symposium; ADHD: Managing the Social, Medical and Emotional Impact; 2008 Physician Alumni Day Presentations; Pediatric Trauma: Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention; and Mechanical Support for a Child's Failing Heart: Past, Present and Future. |
Children's
Memorial Hospital - Northwestern University's Feinberg School of
Medicine
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Text-and-graphics articles from The Child's Doctor, Spring 2010 and Fall/Winter 2009
(each issue offers 2.0 credit-hours). Some recent articles are: Transitioning Youth with Special Needs to Adult Care; Food Allergies in Children; Type 2 Diabetes in Pediatrics: A Growing Epidemic; Impact of Traumatic Exposure and Community Violence;
and Dermatology Quiz and Case Discussion.
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Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Grand Rounds Online
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Each week or two, a live lecture is presented and archived on the web shortly thereafter. Some recent lectures are: Procalcitonin as a Biomarker for Bacterial Infections?; U.S. Teens Who Think They'll Die Young: Realistic Fatalism or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?; Oral Health in Childhood; and While They Were Away: Resident Contributions Abroad. There is no post-lecture exam; just fill out the evaluation to earn your credit. |
CME Pipeline |
A single activity, Health Professional Education On Prematurity II - The Late Preterm Birth, sponsored by the Kentucky Perinatal Association. Upon completing this course, you should be able to: describe how the increased rate of preterm birth can be attributed to increase in late preterm births; describe the important developmental changes in late preterm infants as compared to term infants; list the complications noted in babies born at late preterm gestational age; and enumerate ways by which health professionals can get involved to prevent preterm births. |
DDHealthInfo.org
(Developmental Disabilities)
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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. |
Emergency Medicine Practice and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
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Emergency Medicine Practice and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice are online journals focusing on one topic per issue, most often based on a single complaint; within that topic, ED evaluation (including history and findings), differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, treatment (including pharmacological therapies), special circumstances, controversies, common pitfalls and patient disposition are covered. |
eNeonatal
Review
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Each month, participants receive an email linking to a current topic in neonatal critical care. Recent subjects include: Neonatal Nosocomial Infection; Neonatal Anticoagulation; Problems of Late Pre-term Neonates; and Decision-Making Regarding Critically Ill Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. You can also view or listen to any of the archived subjects at the web site. |
Medscape
Pediatrics CME
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CME activities of special interest to pediatricians. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
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NICUniversity.org
(Neonatology)
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The lectures are intended for neonatologists. Some current lectures are: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV); Patient Triggered Ventilation; Neonatal Respiratory Critical Care: Pioneering Change; Ventilatory Strategies for the Newborn with Respiratory Distress; The Public Health Impact & Disease Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection; Strategies for the Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Respiratory Outcomes in Premature Infants; and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension. After the lecture, submit answers to a 10-question exam to earn your CME credit. |
NNPTC
Online Case Series
(National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers)
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The series includes case presentations of common STD-related syndromes. The guided interactive process helps you to evaluate each case, arrive at a diagnosis and provide recommended treatment. There are eight cases: Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting; Mark, a 27-year-old man complaining of a genital ulcer; Lydia, a 15-year-old recently incarcerated young woman complaining of vaginal discharge; Melissa, a 20-year-old college student presenting for evaluation of some painless "growths" on her genitals; Brian, a 30-year-old man presenting with a 2-3 day history of urethral discharge and moderate-severe dysuria; Sam, a 31-year-old man complaining of a painful blister on his penis; New onset of a rash in an HIV positive man; and 17 year old female presents for a sports physical. |
Pediatric
Emergency Medicine Practice and Emergency Medicine Practice
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice and Emergency Medicine Practice are online journals focusing on one topic per issue, most often based on a single complaint; within that topic, ED evaluation (including history and findings), differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, treatment (including pharmacological therapies), special circumstances, controversies, common pitfalls and patient disposition are covered. |
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
(University of Nebraska)
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Almost every week, a lecture is videotaped and uploaded to the site within a few days. Some recent subjects include: Medical Student and Resident Education In An Era Of Clinical Productivity; Unscrambling The Alphabet Soup of Children's Healthcare Programs; Congenital Hypothyroidism; Xylitol: It; Pneumococcal Disease and the Impact of Vaccinations; Critical Poisonings in Children; Management of Eating Disorders in the Pediatric Population; and Mental Health Utilization Among Children in Foster Care. |
Pediatric
Supersite CME Center
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Areas of instruction are: Adolescent Medicine; Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; Dermatology; Developmental and Behavioral Medicine; Emerging Diseases; Gastrointestinal Conditions; Practice Management; Respiratory Infections; Special Circumstances; and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. Most offerings are in sets of related journal articles in a specific field. Recent articles include: Screening and Testing: Genetics; Dermatologic Therapies; Functional Abdominal Pain in Children: New understanding, diagnostic criteria, and treatment approaches; The Great Outdoors; Innovative Pediatric Programs: Ideas that Help Youths; and Dispelling Myths and Misdiagnoses in Pediatric Dermatology. |
Pediatrix
University (formerly Natal U)
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You will find three areas presenting new CME on a monthly basis: Grand Rounds contains evidence-based topic presentations and discussions. The Radiology Wing and Pathology Gallery presents a new picture or X-ray. The Ultrasound Wing features case presentations with ultrasound images. Instruction is via a brief text or graphics case followed by online discussion among the users and then a brief multiple choice test. |
PedsEducation.org
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A large set of activities in most areas of pediatrics. Some recent postings include: Update on Allergic Rhinitis; Lyme Disease; ADHD Psychopharmacology Update; Delaying, Spacing Out, Separating, and Withholding Vaccines; and Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Teens. |
Practical Reviews in Pediatrics
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Practical Reviews in Pediatrics keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Pediatrics each month. 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. |
PROTECT™
(SupPorting AppROpriate ImmunizaTions Across the AgE SpeCTrum)
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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.
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Texas Children's Hospital Pediatric Continuing Medical Education
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Four presentations at present: Hematology Challenges for the Community Practitioner; Suspect Child Abuse and Neglect; Fighting the Flu: What Everybody Needs to Know about Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza; and The Obesity Crisis: The Epidemic, The Consequences and The Solution. |
TheAnswerPage
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TheAnswerPage.com offers 0.25 hours of CME credit for study of the Question of the Day. You may study that question "today," or view an archive of questions. There are no quizzes; credit is applied to your account automatically as you go through the questions and answers, which are authored by faculty from Harvard and other medical schools. There are separate sections for Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Hospital & Critical Care, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Newborn Medicine. TheAnswerPage also has a handheld-based CME program, included in the same annual fee, which allows you to receive CME credit for study directly on handheld computers. |
University
of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Self-Study
Modules
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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. |
University
of Minnesota
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Current activities include: Reducing Recurrent Preterm Birth; ECG of the Week; Fetal Cardiology; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) I & II; Heart Failure in Children; and Supraventricular Tachycardia in Children and Adolescents. |