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Living Medical eTextbook, Dermatology Edition: Immune-Mediated Dermatologic Conditions (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Specific credit information can be found on each chapter's web page.
Awarded by....Projects In Knowledge.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Online chapters with interactive links and resources.
Target Audience...Dermatologists, General/Internal Medicine providers, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physician assistants, and Pharmacists who care for patients with dermatologic conditions.
Educational material last updated...2011.
Financial Support...Abbott.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting date.

This point-of-care and online textbook presents six chapters that explore the role of immunology in dermatologic disease processes; current strategies for immunomodulation; novel therapeutic strategies for common dermatologic conditions; and challenges associated with immune-targeted therapy. Hyperlinks to external resources enhance your understanding of relevant issues. Each chapter also features a specific, relevant nursing statement that offers nursing professionals a clinical insight on practical application of the content.

Asthma IQ (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited....2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...20. 
Awarded by....American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Performance Improvement.
Target Audiences....ALLERGY, CHEST MEDICINE.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The “Asthma Specialist Tool to Help Manage Asthma and Improve Quality” (ASTHMA IQ) will help clinicians to: use evidence-based medicine to make treatment decisions; graph and report patients’ asthma status over time; analyze statistics for the asthma patients in their practice; report quality improvement measures for Maintenance of Certification or Pay for Performance. This course is available only to AAAAI members or upon invitation.

Cleveland Clinic Allergy and Immunology
Last visited...2/2012. 
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...7 activities offering a total of 3.5 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only. 
Target Audiences....ALLERGY, CHEST MEDICINE.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Some recent activities:
• Allergy blood testing: A practical guide for clinicians;
• Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical Aspects, Outcomes, and Measures;
• Ankylosing Spondylitis;
• Advances in Psoriatic Arthritis;
and
• Update on Safety of Biologics.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Online CME Program (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....51 articles and quizzes each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2011.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Some recent articles and quizzes include:
• Using biomarkers in the assessment of airways disease;
• Approaches to stepping up and stepping down care in asthmatic patients;
• Subcutaneous immunotherapy;
• Genetics and phenotyping in chronic sinusitis;
• Chronic rhinosinusitis: Epidemiology and medical management;
• What effect does asthma treatment have on airway remodeling? and
• Remodeling in asthma.

Medscape Allergy and Immunology
Last visited...2/2012.
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....ALLG.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as self-supported by Medscape.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to allergists and immunologists. 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.
CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals.
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. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)
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.

NEJM Weekly CME Program
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours ...One per exam, three per week. (Total of about 140 hours now available).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost..........Free to subscribers to NEJM; $15 (or $100 for bundles of ten) for non-subscribers).
Instruction  Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, IM subspecialists.
Educational material last updated....Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis ($15 per single credit or $100 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

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