Medscape
Rheumatology
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours...Varies from time to time.
Awarded by....Medscape and many other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture,
Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....RHEUM.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted frequently.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as
well as WebMD.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year
after posting.
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CME activities of special interest to rheumatologists. Medscape
contains a variety of educational formats:
CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of advances presented at
major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news
stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original review article on
scientific advances in a clinical topic.
FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review
article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with streaming video,
synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived
for 1 year.
NEWS-CME - Daily reports of major current medical research
articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of
conference reports and peer-reviewed journals, including
MedscapeGeneralMedicine (MedGenMed).
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter
distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.
INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to
the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format.
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited
professional education providers, typically from live symposia or
monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.
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