Education
CME Opportunities
View the listing of Continuing Medical Education programs offered by the WPAHS Department of Continuing Medical Education.
The following are available through the AGH Health Sciences Library:
- AccessMedicine Harrison's Grand Rounds Lectures
- MD Consult - registration required; offers CME credit from the AMA and AOA
- NCME-TV - view the web-based program - complete the evaluation form that includes a self-assessment quiz and mail or fax to NCME-TV to earn your CE credit. All NCME programs are certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ on an hour-for-hour basis. Most are designated for up to 1 Category 1 credit. In addition, most programs are certified for Prescribed Credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Category 2A credit from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The site requires one-time registration.
Following are some free and fee-based CME resources offered on the Web:
- AMA Online CME
From the American Medical Association - Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
Offers a series of 61 CME resources that physicians can access via the Internet - CME Channel
Offers 60 online business and clinical education courses for executive level and practicing physicians in the specialties of neurology and urology - CME Corner
Offers free online CME/CE courses for physicians, pharmacists and nurses in four specialty areas: cardiovascular, central nervous system, GI, and respiratory medicine - CME Search
Worldwide database of continuing medical education sources for physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and nurses - CME Web Medical Education for Physicians
Offers emergency medicine and primary care tests for physicians. $5.00 per credit hour - Medscape CME
Free CME in over 30 specialties - Meniscus
Free CME - Modern Medicine
Free CME for registered users. - PainEDU.org
Offers a series of free interactive learning modules addressing a range of pain assessment and pain management topics - Radiological Society of North America
Free for RSNA members; $15.00 per program for non-members
Patient safety-focused CME:
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Offers a number of courses focusing on medical errors and quality of health care. Free - American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Offers a number of courses on medication errors and patient safety. Costs range from $15 to $239 - Medical Risk Management, Inc.
Offers courses on communications, documentation and preventing medical errors. Costs range from $30 to $150 - University of Michigan School of Medicine
One course offered: Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals. Free
Listings of conferences/meetings:
- ConferenceLand
Directory of health and managed care conference resources - Doctors' Guide to Medical Conferences and Meetings
5000 events in 83 countries - Health on the Net (HON) Foundation Conferences and Events
Worldwide database of medical meetings
