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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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AAAAI
Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases 2008
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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AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification
Board Review Course 2008-2009 (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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American College of Chest
Physicians (ACCP)
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...45 activities offering a total of 97 hours.
Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians.
Cost for Credit....Free or $5-25 per hour (see individual activty)
Instruction Type....Text-Only, Streaming Video, Slide-Audio Lecture AND Case-Based
Interactive.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated.....2010
Financial Support...Some activities have industry support.
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The American College of Chest
Physicians (ACCP) offers CME in three categories: Pulmonary and Critical Care Update
(PCCU); CHESTSoundings; and PACEP (The Pulmonary Artery Catheter Education Project).
These are described in detail below.
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Pulmonary and
Critical Care Update (PCCU)
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
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; this fee is from previous visit; I could not
find the current fee).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRITICAL 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: The Unexpandable Lung; Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Clinician;
and Respiratory Airway Medications: Select Toxicities and Drug Interactions.
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CHESTSoundings
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...19 activities each offering 0.5 credit-hours (total of 9.5
hours).
Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Streaming Video.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRITICAL CARE.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies.
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A set of brief video activities featuring a single expert on a single topic.
Some recent titles are: Adjuvant Management Strategies in the Critically Ill Ventilated Patient; Case Studies in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: What Every Pulmonologist Should Know; Challenges in Management of Pulmonary Hypertension: ICU and Pregnancy; Clinical Conundrum: Two Differing Guidelines on VTE Prevention in Hip and Knee Surgery—Implications and Recommendations;
and COPD 2010.
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PACEP (The Pulmonary Artery Catheter Education Project)
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Level I - 10 hours; Level II - 5 hours.
Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians.
Cost for Credit....$26.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture AND Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRITICAL CARE.
Educational material last updated.....2007.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
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The Pulmonary Artery Catheter Education Project (PACEP) was designed to show pulmonologists and other
critical care specialists how to use the pulmonary artery catheter in the clinical environment and measure learning outcomes. Topics are divided into four levels (Levels I - IV; only Levels I and II are presently available) to facilitate participant progression from novice to expert.
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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, CRITICAL 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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