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The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with chest medicine and critical care. You will find additional online CME sites and courses partially concerning chest medicine and critical care at the main online CME site. |
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Online CME
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At this time you will find free webcasts from the 2006 and 2005 annual meetings, a few free webcasts from 2004 and the full set of 12 webcasts from all 3 years (for $500). There is a single 2004 webcast, Developing Clinical Skills to Promote Adherence and Maximize Asthma Outcomes. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) offers 1 hour of CME per monthly issue, currently free to subscribers (12 hours available). last, Respiratory Digest offers a single article, Monitoring progress in Patients with Asthma, offering 1 credit. |
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) |
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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. |
Anesoft Medical Simulation
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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. |
ATMOSPHERE 2007 CME Webinars (Asthma)
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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. |
Cerebrio
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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) |
CMELogix (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
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These courses are concerned with asthma, COPD, atopic dermatitis, childhood allergy and sarcoidosis. After reading the articles, you must print, complete and mail or fax the quiz and evaluation. |
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Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism | Four cases: A 73 year old woman with postoperative chest pain; A 51 year old man with worsening chest pain; A 65 year old woman with postoperative pleurisy and dyspnea; and A 63 year old woman with lower limb swelling and pain. |
DocPod |
This site offers monthly audio programs, about 60 minutes long, which you can download to your MP3 player for listening anytime. Each program also has a pdf text summary of the various segments. At this time (November 2005), you can download a free sample for each specialty (emergency, hospital care). |
DVT/PE Open (Deep
Vein Thrombosis Pulmonary Embolus Cyberounds) | The Cyberounds® DVT/PE Open is an interactive CME golf program on the treatment and management of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. |
Journalbytes
Chest Medicine
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Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours. |
Medscape
Critical Care
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CME activities of special interest to critical care specialists.
Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
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Medscape
Pulmonary Medicine
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CME activities of special interest to pulmonary medicine
specialists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
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PILOT
(Pulmonary fibrosis Identification: Lessons for Optimizing Treatment) |
PILOT focuses on the early diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and disease intervention and management.
There are three sections: |
TheAnswerPage |
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 has recently added a handheld-based CME program, included in the same annual fee, which allows you to receive CME credit for study directly on handheld machines. |