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Continuing Medical Education (CME)

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CME Calendar	Category I CME Programs	Post Tests Online	NCCPA Certification
Exam Review Resources	CME Approval Process & Forms	Logging	Home Study Programs

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Featured CME

 

	Joint Decisions: Optimizing the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis Take part in a complimentary web-enhanced teleconference with Live case study and Q&A. Presented six times during April and May, there are three exciting ways to participate - online, by phone, or both. This program is provided by Haymarket Medical and has been approved for up to 1 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit.
	ReachMD – Radio XM157 AAPA members may now receive a free 12-month e-subscription to ReachMD- Radio XM157, on-line and on-demand, allowing live streaming and on-demand access. ReachMD is a 24/7 satellite radio channel developed by a physician to provide education for other busy medical professionals. Listen and learn at XM157 online by clicking here. Register and listen free with promo code “AAPA”!
	MedPage Today Covering medical news as reported in the consumer mass media, MedPage Today helps you respond in real time when patients ask about something they read or heard.  Approved for AAPA Category I CME credit.  Click here for more information or to get started www.medpagetoday.com
	Health Literacy: Unified Health Communication 101 Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this program includes five modules covering different aspects of health literacy.  Each module is approved for up to 1 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit.
	Welcome to Grand Rounds Online -A New and Unique CME Series Grand Rounds Online is a new series of AAPA-accredited seminars authored by leading medical educators. The more than 125 lectures cover a broad spectrum of medical and surgical topics. The cost per CME credit is low. Check it out by sampling one lecture for free.
	Case Based On-line CME AAPA Fellow Members Only: 30 case-based learning opportunities are available at no charge through this joint project between AAPA and MedCases. Each case completed earns up to two hours of Category I CME credit. Please note that you must complete each interactive section in order to earn CME credit. NEW: Challenging symposia are now available at a reduced price for members, with two or more cases in each symposium that are also presented as engaging clinical case simulations.
	CME at the Point-of-Care Superior Evidence Based Results - CME at the Point-of-Care DynaMed™ is a point-of-care reference tool containing nearly 2,000 clinically-organized summaries, updated daily giving healthcare providers access to the best available medical evidence, and is available to AAPA members at a reduced price. Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters - CME at the Point-of-Care AAPA Fellow members are now able to earn Category I CME while accessing InfoRetriever with InfoPOEMs, the most extensive collection of evidence-based medicine resources and tools at a discount price! Click here to learn more!
	2007 Annual Conference Philadelphia Adjunct Symposia Webcasts FREE for AAPA members, several of the symposia from AAPA's 35th Annual conference have been converted to Category I CME. Listen to the lectures and view the presentations as if you were at conference! Philadelphia Digital Library Was there a session during AAPA's 35th Annual Conference in Philadelphia that you wanted to attend but couldn't? Now you can experience those sessions and earn Category I CME credit. 57 sessions have been converted to Category I CME and are available for purchase. Conference Syllabi Available On-line  Over 90% of the Philadelphia CME lectures have syllabi available. To download the syllabi, go to: http://members.aapa.org/aapaconf2007/sessions.asp and search by keyword for sessions of interest to you. [No need to log in unless you wish to print a certificate of attendance.]  If there is an Adobe Acrobat symbol in the last column, click on the symbol and the syllabus will open. Print it or save it to your computer. It's that simple!
	CME Calendar of live programs
	Home Study programs approved for Category I CME credit
	Topic-Specific CME Series
	AAPA Nationally Recognized CME Certificate Programs

Exam Review Resources

• Review courses to attend
• Review materials to order by mail

 

Logging

• For purposes of NCCPA certification, all CME hours must be submitted directly to NCCPA.  If you attended AAPA's 2007 conference in Philadelphia or the 2006 conference in San Francisco, you will be able to log those credits using an expedited process.  NCCPA's certification maintenance system includes electronic copies of the schedules from these last two conferences, so you will be able to check off the sessions you attended and claim the appropriate number of hours for each one without having to enter the title of each session.  Sign on to your personal certification maintenance record at www.nccpa.net and follow the on-screen instructions. Other CME hours earned must be entered individually.  If you prefer, you can log by mail to 12000 Findley Road, Suite 200, Duluth, GA 30097.

 

• For purposes of your state license, contact your State PA Licensing Board. 

CME Approval Process & Forms

 

• AAPA's Constituent Organization Planners and Providers
• Approval Process for Live Programs - Non AAPA Organizations
• Enduring Material Programs
• Journal Articles
• Postgraduate Residency Programs
• Test Writing Committees for National Examinations

CME Questions

• New Graduate and CME Frequently Asked Questions

Questions concerning CME should be directed to cme@aapa.org or call 703/ 836-2272, ext. 3417.

 

Last Revised: 5/2/08