Geriatrics
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Geriatrics is a monthly peer-reviewed medical
journal for primary care physicians and geriatricians.
Geriatrics is part of Advanstar Healthcare Communications.
Here are a few of the online continuing medical
education articles available:
Alzheimer's
disease: Accurate and early diagnosis in the
primary care setting
Stroke and TIA: Prevention and management
of cerebrovascular events in primary care
Urinary incontinence: Screening and treatment
of urinary dysfunction
Preoperative assessment: Primary care work-up
to identify surgical risks
The Page and William Black Post-Graduate School
of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (CUNY)
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor
continuing medical education for physicians
and designates this Continuing Medical Education
activity for 1 hour in Category 1 of the Physician's
Recognition Award for the American Medical Association.
Global
Academy for Medicine in Aging (GAMATM)
Longevity and Longevity FP are free interactive
educational games designed to help geriatric
caregivers and educators assess and sharpen
their diagnostic and clinical management skills.
Longevity players face more than 200 clinical
challenges and earn "Longevity Points"
as they successfully guide their patients through
the health care system, from the ICU to Assisted
Living. Longevity FP, designed for family physicians,
is an abridged version of Longevity and focuses
on the core diagnostic and management skills
needed by a non-geriatrician. This activity
has been planned and implemented in accordance
with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education through
joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College
of Medicine and interMDnet Corporation, together
with Novartis Foundation for Gerontology. Albert
Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by
the ACCME to provide continuing medical education
for physicians and takes responsibility for
the content, quality and scientific integrity
of this activity.
Hepatitis
C: What Clinicians and Other Health Professionals
Want to Know
Hepatitis C: What Clinicians and Other Health
Professionals Need to Know is a web-based training
course designed to guide clinicians as they
face this public health threat. The text is
based upon the Recommendations for prevention
and control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
and HCV-related chronic disease. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
HIV
InSite - Cases on the Web
Cases on the Web is a series of online continuing
medical education activities sponsored by the
International AIDS Society-USA (IAS-USA) in
collaboration with HIV InSite. Here are a few
of the online continuing medical education articles
available:
Liver
Dysfunction Associated with Antiretroviral
Therapy
Current Issues in HIV/Hepatitis Coinfection
Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy
HIV Therapy in "Triple-Diagnosed"
Patients: HIV Infection, Drug Use, and Mental
Illness
The International AIDS Society-USA is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.
Inova
- Advancing Health Care in the New Millennium
Inova's Institute for Research & Education
Web-based health education program, "Advancing
Health Care in the New Millennium", provides
continuing medical education (CME) programming
for physicians and other medical professionals.
Here are a few of the online continuing medical
education courses available:
Advances
in Prostate Cancer Therapy
Seventh Annual Advances in Pulmonary Medicine
Type 2 Diabetes: Optimizing Control
The Inova Institute of Research & Education
is accredited by the Medical Society of Virginia
to sponsor continuing medical education for
physicians.
The
Institute for Advanced Medical Education
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education
is and accredited provider of continuing medical
education in ultrasound. Here are a few of the
online continuing medical education courses
available:
Sonographic
Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancies
Fetal Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Thanatophoric Dysplasia
Conjoined Twins
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor
continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical
Sonographers (ARDMS) and the American Registry
of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) accept AMA
Category 1 credits.
Interactive
Grand Rounds
Interactive Grand Rounds (IGR) is a free online
service offering continuing medical education.
Participants in Interactive Grand Rounds activities
can earn a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit
towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award
by managing a case and completing the registration/evaluation
form. Forms are completed and submitted online,
and in most cases, certificates can be printed
instantly.
Interactive
Testing in Psychiatry (ITP)
The NYU Department of Psychiatry offers continuing
medical education for psychiatrists and related
professionals through its online Interactive
Testing in Psychiatry (ITP) learning modules.
ITP offers a number of modules containing 30
board-style questions per module. You may participate
in ITP without charge by taking one or more
modules and you will get instant online scoring
and feedback. New York University Post-Graduate
Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to
sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
InterNetCME
InterNetCME offers leading edge online CME lectures.
Here are a few of the online continuing medical
education presentations:
Ethics
and End of Life Care
Pre-Term Labor and pPROM
Pediatric Asthma: Current Standard of Care
The Issues of Migraine Management in Family
Practice
Advances in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial
Infarction
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.
Johns Hopkins Arthritis WebSite
Johns Hopkins Arthritis WebSite provides a high
quality, interactive, educational program for
health care professionals about diseases that
cause arthritis and their treatments. CME credit
can be earned for individual lectures. Up to
18 lectures are available. The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.
Joslin
Diabetes Center
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians. Online courses include
Diabetes in the Older Adult and Methods for
Diagnosing Diabetes.
Journal
of Clinical Outcomes Management
This peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to helping
physicians and managed care decision makers
improve outcomes of care. Published monthly,
JCOM's original research articles, reviews,
and commentary examine the impact of health
care services and products on the health of
patients and populations and provide information
to inform evidence-based practice. CME credit
is earned by reading selected JCOM case-based
reviews and answering multiple-choice questions.
Here are a few of the online continuing medical
education case-based reviews:
Outpatient
Management of Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis
Anxiety Disorder Complicating Chronic Low
Back Pain
Chronic Stable Angina: Treatment and Follow-up
Medical Management of Osteoarthritis
CME is sponsored by Wayne State University School
of Medicine.
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