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Navigation at the
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Online CME
site is challenging. Some areas are restricted to members of the
AAAAI. Here are the portions I was able to view:
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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Online CME Program
(American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....About 56 articles and quizzes each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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Some recent articles and quizzes include: Therapeutic approaches to allergy and autoimmunity based on FoxP3+ regulatory T-cell activation and expansion; Mechanisms and treatment of allergic disease in the big picture of regulatory T cells; Occupational asthma: Current concepts in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management; Mechanisms of occupational asthma;
and Efficacy and mechanisms of action of traditional Chinese medicines for treating asthma and allergy.
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2008 Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....10 articles and quizzes each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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The 2008 Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases appears to be a subset
of 10 of the articles from the February 2008 Supplement of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Online CME Program.
Some representative titles are: Lymphocytes; Dendritic cells as regulators of immunity and
tolerance; Adhesion molecules and receptors; Gastrointestinal mucosal immunity; Genetics of allergic
disease; and Secondary immunodeficiencies, including HIV infection.
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2008-2009 Online AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification
Board Review Course (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
and (American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....29.25.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Member: $275; Non-Member: $375; Fellow-in-Training: $75.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures; Board Review.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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You will hear summaries and review questions on subjects of interest to
allergists and immunologists. At the conclusion of this course,
you should be able to identify, evaluate and manage the current problems and issues in allergy/immunology in preparation for the ABAI examination.
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Asthma IQ (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited....4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...20.
Awarded by....American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences....ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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The “Asthma Specialist Tool to Help Manage Asthma and Improve Quality”
(ASTHMA IQ) will help clinicians to: use evidence-based medicine to make
treatment decisions; graph and report patients’ asthma status over time;
analyze statistics for the asthma patients in their practice; report quality
improvement measures for Maintenance of Certification or Pay for Performance.
This course is available only to AAAAI members or upon invitation.
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Pulmonary and
Critical Care Update (PCCU)
Last visited...12/2008.
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.
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Pulmonary and
Critical Care Update (PCCU) is the major offering from the ACCP. Each month,
this online journal provides two lessons
on pulmonary and critical care topics. Some recent topics are: Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation; Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in the ICU; Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Medications: Therapeutic and Adverse Effects on Sleep; The Treatment of Sarcoidosis;
and Oral Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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Other offerings
from the ACCP
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...4 activities offering a total of 6 hours.
Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio, Slide-Video, Text-Only.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated.....2008.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
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TheAnswerPage
Last visited...6/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Up to 60 hours per year (240 questions) in each
specialty; about 300 hours available.
Awarded by...TheAnswerPage.com and Thomas Beam, Jr. Memorial
Institute for Continuing Medical Education.
Cost....$150 per year for unlimited credit.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience...ANES, PAIN MGMT, OB-GYN, NEONATAL, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated...Daily Updates.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
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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.
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