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UNIVERSITIES:

  • The University of Alabama - School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (courses in Primary Care, HIV/AIDS, Oncology)

  • Boston University - on-line CME, lectures via RealAudio, On-line CME courses. CME modules range from Cardiology to Risk Management (constantly expanding).

  • Duke University - yearly educational courses, the contents of which are paper published then placed on line. Access to content (not CME) is free.

  • Duke University-CyberSessions - a series designed to disseminate new clinical information to practicing cardiologists. It is a natural extension of Duke’s commitment to improving patient care through evidence-based medicine.

  • University of Florida - offering accredited and not accredited modules in Geriatric Education, Health Management for Older Adults, Health Management for Older AdultsII and III, Influenza: A to B, Post-menopausal Osteoporosis: Key, Using the Internet Effectively.

  • The George Washington University - The Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions provides continuing education opportunities for: physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, health care executives, certified health educators and long term care administrators.

  • The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians (ongoing and one time courses).

  • Indiana University-Virtual Dermatology - users are presented with a number of virtual patients all with dermatologic complaints. You can order laboratory and radiographic tests, order biopsies, and obtain pathology and radiology comsults before eventually arriving at your diagnosis. A unique educational opportunity for medical students, primary care physicians, nurses, and anyone wishing to learn more about dermatology.

  • The University of Iowa - Virtual Hospital - a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients.

  • The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - continuing medical education courses, meetings, online testing and registration for medical professionals.

  • MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine - monographs designed for use as a vehicle for Continuing Medical Education. Upon completion of the included quiz, physicians may apply for Category 1 AMA or Category 2A AOA CME Credit with the MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education.

  • The University of Michigan - provides a variety of CME activities to community physicians to update them on clinical advances.

  • The University of Minnesota - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  • The University of Nebraska Medical Center-Pediatric Grand Rounds - broadcast in RealMedia for Continuing Medical Education to rural physicians and other health practioners.

  • New York University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry - designed to provide psychiatrists with a site to test their knowledge by board-style questions and annotated answers online and an opportunity to earn CME credit.

  • The University of Oklahoma - offers physicians the opportunity to receive over 30 CME category 1 credits from home or the office through our CME Homepage. Other new programs will be added to this site as they become available.

  • The University of Pittsburgh - an interactive program available on the World Wide Web for instantaneous continuing medical education. To receive continuing medical education, you must review one of the numerous cases and pass the corresponding test. The interactive program automatically grades your test, and you receive your CME credits immediately. All the cases on CME Online are free of charge.

  • Queens University (CANADA) - online credited courses in Hypertension and Migraine.

  • Stanford Center for Professional Development - clinical and bio Informatics short course series - online courses with one available for CME credit.

  • Stanford Medical School - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Office of Postgraduate Medical Education (OPGME) and the Stanford University School of Medicine are committed to providing a distinguished continuing medical education program that is responsive to the needs of all physicians in the medical community.

  • Stanford Radiology - online classes simulate the experience of attending a live Stanford lecture with our world-renowned faculty presenting cutting edge advances in Radiology. All lectures offer ACCME accreditation. 28 lectures, 5 free.

  • The University of Texas - Houston - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education in Emergency Stroke Management, Pediatric Review and Update, Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis.

  • The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center - novel CME internet-based production containing a selection of Institutional Grand Rounds. Each Net Grand Rounds presentation features three to four speakers, the video and audio streaming of each speaker, their slide presentation, the scrolling text of their lecture, selected literature linked to PubMED, the lecture objectives, and a CME test containing multiple choice questions related to the material presented for those interested in receiving Category 1 CME credit.

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston - an ongoing series of interactive CME activities which take full advantage of the Internet. Thanks to unrestricted educational grants from supporting companies, most of these activities are offered to participants free of charge.

  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. It also provides other specialty credit as needed.

  • University of Toronto Dept. of Family & Community Medicine - this course is not entirely Web-based but it is included here as an example of a serious distance learning course in which registration, purchases, and completed assignments can be submitted online. "The course is organised into nine modules each requiring between four and six hours to complete. Each module includes required reading (Evidence-based Family Medicine, a textbook written by the course director.), supplementary reading and the completion of a literature critique.

  • The University of Virginia - online CME program for cardiologists includes a wide selection of case-based learning programs. Cardiologists, primary care physicians and other medical professionals can use CardioVillage to obtain CME credit, review a specific area of cardiovascular medicine, or read commentary by experts from across the U.S.

  • The University of Virginia-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - the CME component of the module is a paired down version planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials. This module is designed to link basic science knowledge with clinical application in the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder. Current evidence for the biologic basis of AD/HD will be presented. Patient evaluation and treatment will be discussed with opportunities for clinical correlation and self assessment.

  • The University of Washington - this site will allow you to view our growing collection of online CME courses and earn Category I CME credits, all via the World-Wide Web. Several of online courses can be viewed at no charge.

  • The University of Wisconsin-Madison - Continuing Medical Education provides AMA category 1 credit for conferences, seminars, home study courses, teleconferences, online education, and independent study programs to physicians and other health care professionals.

  • University of Wisconsin Continuing Medical Education Online Instruction Center - selected non-medical fee-based online courses on the Internet, computers, paralegal, business, and personal enrichment are offered to meet the needs of physicians, other medical and office staff, and for anyone who is curious about learning something new.

  • Washington University - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) courses for physicians and other health care professionals.


PRIVATE SECTOR:

  • Academy of Continuing Education Programs - online continuing medical education CME and medical and therapeutic information, HIV neurology newsletter. Materials in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, well-written and referenced. Note that the CME quiz includes an essay question!

  • Age Related Macular Degeneration - the aim of this CME course is to give the general ophthalmologist and primary care physician an overview of age-related macular degeneration. Included is information about: natural history, diagnostic techniques, therapeutic options, and new horizons in the treatment of these disorders.

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology - the purpose of this site is to help the practicing ophthalmologist identify and participate in Web-based educational opportunities, and it is our intent that the Center serve as the location you use to access these educational opportunities.

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - a source for lifelong orthopaedic learning, the academy, continues its role in medical education by extending into online CME with Orhopaedic Campus.

  • American Venous Forum - multidisciplinary initiative designed to highlight new developments in diagnostic methods, endovascular techniques, surgical procedures, and management protocols for one of the most common and challenging of venous complications. Major elements of VEIN include a major national symposium, CME programs, clinical research, consumer awareness, and this web site.

  • Annenberg Center for Health Sciences - Three online programs with continuing education credit for health care professionals - Outsmarting Stroke: Treatment and Prevention, Recognizing IBS as a Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes: Early Diagnosis, Optimal Care.

  • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - the seminar consists of an audio recording, the written transcript of the presentation, and the slides and other audio visual aids utilized by the speaker. You may earn up to 3 hours of category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.

  • American Health Consultants - video-on-demand CME in Acute Thombosis Management in Emergency Medicine.

  • ArcMesa Educators - online CE/CME courses for an ever-expanding variety of professional licensees. ArcMesa Educators is an ACCME, ADA CERP, ACPE, AGD, ANCC nationally approved provider for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and radiological technologists.

  • Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - free, without subscription - online course Urologic Pathology: Bladder and Virtual Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Biopsy course (CME credit available).

  • Audio-Digest - WebCast - provide high-quality, low-cost, and convenient continuing medical education to physicians and other healthcare professionals so that they can meet the growing requirement to learn and to improve patient care.

  • Baylor College of Medicine - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Available courses - Diagnostic Approach to Cardiac Tachyarrhythmias, Diagnostic Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain, and Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. All are authored by cardiologists on staff at Baylor. Non-cardiology material for primary care physicians are also available on treatment of hypertension, medullablastoma, and type II diabetes.

  • Breastfeeding Basics - an academic, non-commercial, short course on the fundamentals of breastfeeding. It is geared primarily for the medical practitioner, although anyone is welcome to browse or take the course.

  • CancerFacts - an online community for oncologists featuring personalized newsfeeds, chat, and forums, articles, resources, drug information from Medical Economics, as well as CME online courses.

  • CardioVillage - content is presented by way of Q&As -- not just in the interactive tutorials and case presentations but also the library section, pretest and post-tests, and a Board Review section. Content appears directed at primary care physicians more than specialists.

  • CE4Techs - continuing education for medical imaging and radiologic technologists. All courses have been approved by the ASRT for Category "A" credit.

  • Cedars-Sinai Health System - offers a course in HIV therapy and quality survival. Supported by pharmaceutical companies.

  • Cine-Med - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians with embedded Audio/Video components, courses also available on CD-ROM.

  • The Cleveland Clinic - a wide variety of U.S. and International CME courses.

  • CMEA, Inc. - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

  • CME-CE - provides a full range of online educational opportunities for medical and healthcare professionals.

  • CME Courses - dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with convenient, inexpensive access to reliable continuing education. The mission is to build the healthcare industry's most comprehensive education resource on the Web.

  • CME Corner - source for free CME offers continuing medical education designed specifically for the Internet as well as a large library of programs that will be sent directly to your home or office free-of-charge.

  • CME Infostore - store for medical and mental health education! A unique selection of products and comferences designed for the health industry. Keep informed and earn CE credits with CME, Inc. and CMEA, Inc.

  • CME Interactive - provides Internet-based continuing medical education courses designed to help you further your postgraduate medical education using the latest Internet technologies.

  • CME Reviews - an educational web site for Medical Professionals that offers category 1 CME credits.

  • CME Search - a free, searchable database of continuing medical education (CME) courses.

  • CME Supply (CANADIAN SITE) - provides access to CME conferences held in varied locations on any particular subject within 48 hours.

  • CMeGateway - a variety of CME-accredited programs through various media to the medical community. Amount of CME credit and accrediting body vary for each course. See individual courses for details.

  • CMEweb - The Global Continuing Medical Education Resource - Continuing medical educational course and medical education resources online. Physicians can register online, take electronic CME tests over the Internet, and receive feedback and credit immediately.

  • CME Web Credits - includes CME Courses Online, slide shows on cost-effective management of diabetes (five of its 18 credit hours are freely available to Pacificare providers), and enhancing patient compliance, satisfaction and member retention. Content is freely available to all, but the CME quiz and credit is available only to those who pay.

  • Contemporary Pediatrics - online versions of journal CME: one article per monthly issue. Active CME archives from the past 12 months are online as well.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN - online versions of journal CME: one article per monthly issue. Active CME archives from the past 12 months are online as well.

  • Cyberounds - requires to register but is free to use, produced by interMDnet Corporation, an information company owned by the moderators, software developers and the editors. Each conference is moderated by a distinguished academic. Every month, the conference moderators post new presentations. Members then have the opportunity to pose questions and comments directly to the moderators. Previous conferences are archived and available for review.

  • Drug Addiction Treatment-New Research Findings - a CME course based on the conference at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

  • EduNet - delivers Academically Accredited Continuing Medical/Health Education courses for Medical/Health Professionals ... as well as Patient Education information and courses.

  • ErgoMedLinks - ErgoMedLinks offers discounted continuing education courses for medical professionals, healthcare therapists, and consumers. This interactive healthcare professional Web site offers discussion boards and online resources for healthcare professionals and consumers.

  • Family Medicine Review II - is designed as a study tool for family physicians preparing for certification and recertification examinations for Continuing Medical Education.

  • Florida Medical Educational Services - a Florida-based company offering continuing education credits (CEU's) to licensed medical personnel. Our programs offer online course materials, web-based tests, and instant grading.

  • Frontiers in Biomedicine - program focuses on cutting edge research which will impact on the treatment of disease in the 21st century. Leading scientists will speak about AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, and other high priority topics in 34 showcase lectures. The major objective is to accelerate the communication of scientific discoveries by exploring the impact of technology's newest distance learning modality to connect physicians, scientists and students of science and medicine the world over.

  • Frontiers in Clinical Genetics - varied and interesting series of lectures by top experts in the field. Content is separated from all CME quizzes and registration forms.

  • GE Medical Systems - a division of General Electric Company ("GE") and its affiliated sites, provides an online resources, including CME/CE courses, for health care professionals.

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute - continuing education for physicians and oncology professionals

  • Healthcare Management University - Category 1 CME courses via Internet video, CD-ROM, and downloadable course formats for physicians.

  • HEALTH-e - Advances in Irritable Bowel Syndrome - free online course, registration required for those wishing to participate in continuing education.

  • HealthStream University - offers e-learning to physicians, including continuing medical education online. Some of our specialities include internal medicine, family practice, primary care, obstetrics and gynecology (ob/gyn), pediatrics, radiology, and cardiology.

  • Helix - the Healthcare Education Learning & Information Exchange developed by Claxo Wellcome for healthcare practicioners as a source of on-line education and professional resources on a range of therapeutic and practice-management issues.

  • Hemoncboardreview - one of the most innovative and efficient means available anywhere of preparing for the certifying and/or re-certifying examinations in hematology and medical oncology.

  • HIVCME - continually creates, captures, updates and disseminates downloadable accredited HIV CME materials on cutting-edge treatment issues, under the guidance of the nation's leading HIV medical experts. Site materials are accessible without charge as a service to the HIV provider community. Visitors may also review the materials for individual CME credit.

  • Home Study Solutions - Home Study Solutions offers independent home study courses for the dental and medical community designed specifically for today’s busy professional.

  • Hospital Practice - offers continuing education credits to qualifying readers. Readers may receive three credits per test either as Category I credits of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association, or as three Prescribed credits of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

  • Infection Control Certification Course - computer-based training module created to enable New York State-licensed health professionals to fulfill their requirement for mandatory infection control training.

  • InforMed - grouped according to state requirements but the content and the CME are available to all physicians. Courses: 1999-2000 updates on bloodborne pathogens, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, risk management, Massachusetts Board regulations, and 1998-1999 update on medical ethics. Site maintains records of past credits, and allows for electronic transactions.

  • Integrated Medical Curriculum (IMC) - through this web site, physicians, nurses and radiologic technologists can earn credits quickly, easily and inexpensively. Our on-line registration process, online testing, and immediate feedback and submissions make it easy to earn credits.

  • Interactive Grandrounds - features original, CME-certified case studies in contemporary medicine. Written by leading authorities in their respective specialties, IGR cases focus on practical issues dealing with the diagnosis and management of a variety of diseases and conditions.

  • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry - five articles and one supplement on clinical aspects of psychiatry, with an academic edge. Solid articles are written for psychiatrists but are appropriate for primary care practitioners as well.

  • Knowledge Linc - earn up to 16 hours Category 1 credit from the convenience of your home or office! This conference will help you consider the use of psychopharmaceuticals for severe mental disorders and review recent developments in neuroimaging.

  • KnowSleep - courses relating to sleep medicine are offered. Professionals may choose between a variety of challenging programs including a KnowSleep original - the Expert-to-Expert interview. It contains audio conversations with sleep experts, researchers, and doctors about advances in sleep medicine. Other engaging course formats include the Challenge Case Study and the Featured Article Review.

  • Legal Medicine-The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - CME credits meet the criteria for Category 1 credit for the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association and Category 2A by the American Osteopathic Association.

  • MDConsult - full text of medical journals and reference books; practice guidelines; medical news; drug information; MEDLINE. Study and receive your CME credits on-line. Choose from over 200 modules to earn category 1 credit, with instant feedback.

  • Medcom - numerous accredited Nursing Continuing Education courses and training for nurses, hospitals, allied health, schools of nursing. Medcom also produces and distributes health related videos, manuals, workbooks and CD-ROMs.

  • MedEd Interactive - courses on radiology. To earn credits, you will have to pass a course quiz and complete a short evaluation. You will be e-mailed a completion notice after a course is completed successfully. A certificate will be mailed within 24 hours.

  • Medical Cybersessions - an easy and cost-effective way for doctors to learn about the latest ground-breaking research in their field. Healthcare professionals can attend live formal discussions, receive CME accreditation, and participate in panel discussions without leaving the convenience of their home or office.

  • Medical Risk Management, Inc. - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing education for physicians. Medical Risk Management, Inc. designates these educational activities for the designated number of hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award.

  • Medi Com - offering physicians and nurses a convenient way to stay updated on current topics and earn CME credits in continuing education.

  • MedLecture - MedLecture's affiliation with 7 medical schools offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit lectures streamed on demand over the Internet without a testing function. MedLecture serves as an easy, convenient and reliable alternative to expensive, time-consuming travel for CME seminars.

  • Medscape - a selection of free, continuously updated continuing education activities for physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals. All activities marked "CME" have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and have been produced in collaboration with ACCME-accredited CME providers.

  • Medsite - provides services to physicians directly, as well as to organizations that serve physicians, including pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic and managed care organizations.

  • Medway - Fast and convenient online continuing education for healthcare professionals.

  • Meniscus - continuing education programs for nurses, pharmacists, and physicians. Programs are available at no charge to participants thanks to unrestricted educational grants from various sources.

  • Meniscus Educational Institute Grand Rounds Online - A continuing education activity designed to increase primary care physicians', nurses', and pharmacists' understanding of hormone replacement therapy in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Wyeth-Ayerst.

  • Mental Health InfoSource - offer online CME: Progress in Pharmacology: Psychotic Disorder Update; Psychiatric Times' Online CME, and its Bipolar Disorders Letters and Clinical Puzzles ; Medicine and Behavior (direct access to CME articles, only three of which currently grant CME); Practical Psychopharmacology symposia.

  • Neurology and the Internet - this course puts the power of the Internet at your fingertips--from learning about basic equipment needs to doing sophisticated, comprehensive on-line searches that accesses the very latest in medical and scientific thinking, world-wide. You can complete this course at your own pace, in the convenience of your home or office, and earn 3 hours of CME.

  • Pain.com - pain site on chronic pain sufferers hosted by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation offereing CME courses with CME/CE certificates printed upon successful completion of the post-tests!

  • PDRNet - Providing medical, drug and disease management information including the PDR or Physicians' Desk Reference database. The site has also CME/CE section.

  • Physician Assistant Journal - articles written by and for physician assistants, for which physicians can receive CME credit as well. Ten question CME test, and registration information, is submitted online.

  • Physicians Online - In addition to core services (information and communication for physicians), sponsors also subsidize educational programs, including Continuing Medical Education (CME) and "ask-the-expert" discussions, to support physicians in the practice of medicine. Limited to U.S. physicians.

  • The Physician and Sportsmedicine - offers continuing education credits to qualifying readers of The Physician and Sportsmedicine. Readers may receive 3-6 credits per issue either as Category 1 CME credits of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association (AMA), or as ACSM CECs or National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) CEUs.

  • Postgraduate Medicine - offers CME credits to qualifying readers of Postgraduate Medicine. Online, readers can earn multiple credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association or multiple Prescribed hours from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

  • Power-Pak C.E - online continuing education lessons are available at no charge for pharmacists, technicians, nurses, physicians, registered dietitians and dietetic technicians (registered).

  • Pragmaton Office of Medical Education - dedicated to continuing medical education, CME CE activities, audio tapes and conferences, reprints and reviews.

  • Preventive Cardiology Clinic - articles and case presentations from the editors of Cardiology Review on HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. CME quiz can be submitted electronically. HeartInfo is an "independent, educational" Web site created and maintained by laypersons with physician advisors.

  • Primary - a biweekly internet publication for primary care physicians, offers clinical pearls, evidence-based medicine, and expert medical advice to the primary care practitioner in an issue-oriented, topically-focused format. In addition, physicians can gain useful continuing medical education from an ACCME accredited institution.

  • Projects in Knowledge - An ACCME and ACPE accredited provider of continuing medical education programs created by medical educators and designers in electronic, print, live, computer, and dimensional communications.

  • Prouse Science - internet broadcast of "Heart Failure: Beyond Y2K", a plenary session presented by the American Heart Association in cooperation with the European Society of Cardiology and World Heart Federation. Participants who successfully complete the online self-assessment test will receive 1 hour in category credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Update Online - Each month our distinguished editorial board of expert clinicians will provide two lessons featuring timely, concise, diagnostic information on current pulmonary and critical care medicine issues. Increase and enhance your knowledge of pulmonary and critical care medicine. Learn clinically useful practice procedures. Earn up to 24 Category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credits. One (1) credit hour will be awarded for each completed lesson.

  • Radiological Society of North America Electronic Journal - use CME Articles link on the sidebar to access articles eligible for CME from this specialty journal. Credit is freely available.

  • Radiology CE - the goal is to facilitate career advancement through continuing education. The medical imaging professional should take advantage of the continuing education requirements by enhancing their career mobility.

  • The Radiology Information Network - is a service for physicians providing online CME programs in MRI, MRA, ultrasound, CT, X-ray, PET, PACS and interventional angiology, cases, protocols, clinical commentary, interviews with innovators, two-way communications with experts and much more.

  • Respiratory Associates of Texas - American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Approved Category 1 Continuing Education for Respiratory Therapists. We provide live seminars in Texas and computer/internet-based courses.
  • Scientific American Medicine Online - Scientific American Medicine Online. The practioner's one-stop source for the most up-to-date, authoritative clinical information including online CME

  • SEASONS Geriatric Care Management - seminars for for nursing home administrators, social workers, nurses, activity directors and licensed professional counselors.

  • Texas Heath Research Institute - invites experienced spine surgeons and their operating room teams to explore this continuing medical education enduring material, which addresses their need for information about the use of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) procedures with cage implantation.

  • Thrombosis-Consult - clinical applications of thrombolytic studies, PEs and DVTs, and Acute Coronary Syndromes. The non-academic, entertaining lecture fare is available in text, audio, or multimedia (audio, video, and slide show).

  • U.S. Geriatric and Long Term Care Congress Online - this course will provide you with a broad understanding of the growing elderly population and offer you the most practical treatments. By participating in Geriatric Congress Online, you will review practical clinical developments in geriatrics.

  • The Virtual Lecture Hall - offering interactive, online Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses and AMA Category 1 credits for physicians. All courses can be taken free of charge; CME credit certificates can be printed out online for a modest fee, or, in some cases, for FREE. All courses are peer-reviewed.

  • Virtual Operating Room - dedicated to continuing medical education using streaming video in live interactive webcasts and an archived video library of surgical procedures, lectures, and new technologies.

  • VistaLink - free registration with a health megasite, is required to access content. Topics presented include: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Hematology, Rheumatology, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Dermatology/Epidemiology/Genetics, Neurology, and Renal Disease/Hypertension. Manually advance from one slide to the next; audio streams between slides. Transcripts accompany each slide, in English some of the transcripts can appear in Spanish.

  • WebMD Practice - the convenience of interactive education with more than 1100 accredited courses available to you with your WebMD Practice subscription.

ASSOCIATIONS:

  • Academy of Medicine of New Jersey - accredited by The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Academy provides executive and educational services for medically related and specialty organizations and serves as a unifying and coordinating body for these groups.

  • American Academy of Family Physicians - provider of CME courses and CME acreditation organization.

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - one hour of Category 1 CME credit is available per case. AAPM&R is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

  • American College of Cardiology - accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians and others providing cardiovascular health care.

  • American College of Physicians & American Society of Internal Medicine - Clinical Problem-Solving Cases (CPSC) is a new and innovative educational program. Two cases published per month present interactive, clinically based patient care scenarios addressing differential diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Written and reviewed by respected physicians who are well known for their expertise in the fields of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties.

  • American Heart Association - to identify and address the educational needs of healthcare professionals in the areas of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The AHA, through the generous support of accredited CME providers, is pleased to offer continuing medical education online.

  • American Medical Association - provides information about online CME courses currently offered by the association.

  • American Medical Women's Association - Domestic Violence Course - this program is designed for physicians, residents in all specialities, medical students, and other health care professionals.

  • American Psychiatric Association - on line symposia are available for access without charge. There is, however, a fee for processing the self-test and provision of a CME certificate. A copy of the RealPlayer is required to access the symposia.

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology - clinical practice guidelines offering CME: unresectable small-cell lung cancer, use of tumor markers in breast and colorectal cancer, recommended breast cancer surveillance guidelines, and hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors. Registration required to access content.

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology-1999 Virtual Meeting - this activity requires you to register and establish a unique user name and password. There is a modest fee associated with this activity. ASCO Members desiring CME credit will be charged $8.00 a credit hour and non-members will be charged $10.00 a credit hour.

  • The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) - strives to be the preeminent organization responsible for providing comprehensive national and regional continuing education programs to physicians, physician trainees, and other health professionals who perform or provide nuclear medicine services.

  • Association of Reproductive Health Professionals - accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Education (ACCME). ARHP also provides continuing education units (CEUs) and other forms of credentialing (such as ACOG cognates) to reproductive health professionals who participate in our clinical programs.

  • International AIDS Society - USA - the goal of the CME programs is to provide advanced-level courses that present balanced, timely, scientifically rigorous, and clinically relevant information about HIV disease management. The activities are designed for physicians who are actively involved in HIV disease management.

  • MedWatch-U.S. Food & Drug Administration - free Continuing Education articles for health professionals. Articles are in PDF format. At present only one article still offering current CME: Post-marketing Surveillance for Adverse Events After Vaccination: The National Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

  • National Institute of Health - one can receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for successful performance on the quizzes.

  • National Institute of Health Consensus Program - online distance learning program. Each of the quizzes have been accredited for 1 hour of Continuning Medical Education credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Your answers to these tests will be graded immediately, and you will receive by mail a certificate for 1 hour of credit for each test you successfully complete.

  • Southern Medical Association - these articles are provided by the Southern Medical Association for medical informational purposes. When completed as directed, Southern Medical Association awards CME credit for reading and evaluating a selection of three articles each approximately 20 minutes in length for a total of 1 CME hour per submission.

  • Texas Medical Association - all available courses help satisfy Texas requirements for ethics CME, in addition to being available for all physicians as AMA Category I courses.

  • The Philippine Medical Association (PHILIPPINES) - aims to become one of the pioneering, most successful and widely recognized online CME accreditation programs in Asia and the global medical community.


ONLINE EDUCATION STUDIES:

  • Computer-Mediated Creation & Management of Curricular Material - McGill University - objectives of this project are to: identify tools for the cost-effective creation and management of large bodies of curricular material; and use those tools both to create material for use in our curriculum and to create databases, retrieval interfaces, etc., for exploiting that material.

  • Technology in Medical Education - Monash University - a guide to developing interactive multimedia (IMM), computer assisted learning (CAL) and world wide web (WWW) applications for medical education.

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