(The) Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (formerly called ACCESS)
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours....18 activities offering a total of 18 hours.
Awarded by....ACCESS Medical Group.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only, Text-and-Graphics, Slide-Audio (webcasts)
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ANES.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial support...None Stated.

One case study (Exploring Strategies to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic Patients With Dyslipidemia); one monograph (Reducing Residual Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients With Diabetes: The Unique Macrovascular and Microvascular Benefits of Fenofibrate); 8 monographs (mostly on anesthesia topics and lipid control); 6 slide-kit modules in anesthesia; and 2 webcasts (anesthesia; use Internet Explorer).

AMA Pain Management: The Online Series
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...12 modules, each offering 1.0 hour of credit.
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Text-and-Graphics with occasional audio.
Target Audiences....ANES/PAIN, General Interest.
Educ. material last updated....9/07.
CME Credit Expires...12/09.
Financial support...Purdue Pharma.

Twelve modules on the assessment and management of pain in a variety of areas:
Pathophysiology of Pain; Overview of Management Options; Barriers to Pain Management; Pain in Patients with Substance Abuse Concerns; Pain in Older Adults; Pediatric Pain Management; Persistent Nonmalignant Pain; Common Persistent Pain Conditions; Neuropathic Pain; Cancer Pain; and End-of-Life Care.

Anesoft Medical Simulation Software
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours....6 courses offering a total of 106 credit hours.
Awarded by....Anesoft Corporation.
Cost...........Typically about $10 per hour (see site for cost details).
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....ANES, ER, CARD, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial support...None Stated.

You will find these simulator courses: course (credit hours): ACLS (10); Anesthesia (36); Bioterrorism (12); Critical Care (20); Hemodynamics (10); and Sedation (18). You can see a demo of each course before ordering.

Anesthesiology Online
Last visited....6/2006.
Credit hours....1.0 per module, 2 per article, 2 for the slide shows. (Total of "more than 60" credits available)
Awarded by....Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.
Cost...........$99.99 per year.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ANES.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial support...Purdue.

Anesthesiology Online is now a subscription-based online informational and educational resource for anesthesia professionals. You will not be able to view any content until you have registered and paid your fee.

California Society of Anesthesiologists Online CME Programs
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...One hour per article (12.0 hours).
Awarded by....California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA).
Cost...........Free to CSA members, $25 per credit for all others.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ANES/PAIN.
Educational material last updated....2007
Financial support...None Stated

These articles were created to meet the licensure requirement of the California Medical Board for 12 hours CME in pain and end-of-life studies. The twelve courses are: Summary of Pain Management and End-Of-Life Care Series, and Neuromodulation; Neurosurgical Options for Refractory Pain Management; Improving Patient Safety for Pain Blocks: Lessons Learned from Medical Malpractice Claims Review; Pain and the Brain: What We Have Learned from Functional Neuroimaging; Rehabilitation in Pain Management; Palliative and End-of-Life Care; Opioids for Pain: Risk Management; Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Pain Physiology; Concepts in Opioid Tolerance; Is Untreated Pain a Disease? and Repeal of Triplicate Prescribing. 

Cleveland Clinic Traditional and Emerging Approaches to Challenging Cases in Anesthesiology
Last visited...7/2006. 
Credit hours....6 courses, each offering 1.0 credit hour.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...ANES.
Educ. material last updated....2006
Financial Support...Hospira.

A series of articles and related questions will help you stay up-to-date with the most current topics related to anesthesiology. Titles include: The Adult Difficult Airway: Malignant and Benign Tumors; Anesthesia for Revascularization of the Lower Extremity: Perioperative Decisions and Outcome; Anesthesia for Major Hepatic Resection; Anesthetic Management for Morbid Obesity During Craniotomy; Obese Patients and Laryngeal Mask Airways; and Airway Challenges In the PACU/ICU.

HemostasisCME.org
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...5 short courses, each 0.75 hours; total of 3.75 hours.
Awarded by....FCG Institute for Continuing Education.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type... Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences...ANES, HEMA, SURG.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

You will find 5 CME activities relating to hemostasis and coagulation issues: Use of Traditional Blood Products and Novel Hemostatic Agents for the Treatment of Traumatic Bleeding; Rational Use of Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients; Optimizing the Monitoring of Coagulation; Monitoring of Patients Receiving Multiple Anticoagulants; and Challenges in Hemostatic Management of Patients with Hemophilia.

MediCom Worldwide
Last visited...3/2008.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Medicom.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience...PAIN MGMT.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...Abbott and Alpharma.

Two courses are available: Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Pain and Tomorrow's Vision of Pain Management.

National Pain Education Council (NPEC)
Last visited...2/2007.
Credit hours.....1.5 hours for each monograph; 1.0 to 3.0 for each case study; total of 15 hours.
Awarded by....CME Scholar.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Varied.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2005.
Financial Support...Janssen.

Programs include the Monograph Series: Management of Chronic Pain in Patients With Cancer and HIV/AIDS; and Improving Functionality in Patients With Chronic Pain.
Case Studies features Case-Based-Interactive instruction in Cancer Pain; Low Back Pain; Osteoarthritis Pain; Diabetic Polyneuropathy; and Whiplash Pain.

Pain.com has CME instruction in four sections.

Access all sections from the main page. To find the CME content, Click on "Professionals," at the top left of the page.

• Pain Modules
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours....1.0 per CME program or module; 3 modules per month for total of 36 modules per year. (36 credits)
  Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
  Cost...........Free
  Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
  Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
  Educ. material last updated....2005.
  Financial Support...Purdue Pharma.

These articles are organized into modules of 10 articles each, and three new modules are offered each month. There are now 36 modules available. Each module is followed by a 10-question multiple choice post-test and a short evaluation.

• Pain Programs
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours....N/A. See ==>
  Awarded by...N/A.
  Cost for Credit....N/A.
  Instruct. Type...N/A.
  Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
  Educ. material last updated....2006.
  Financial Support...N/A.

A set of links to other sites offering pain treatment programs.

• CME/CE Articles
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...13 articles totaling about 13 hours.
  Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
  Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
  Educ. material last updated....2006.
  Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

A variety of pain topics in text-only format. These include: CME Fibromyalgia 2006; End-of-Life Care: The Management of Pain in Palliative Medicine; Lumbosacral Plexopathy and Femoral Neuropathy; Pain Report #9: Update on the Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Pain; Chronic Pain Management Resource System: Regulatory Resource Kit; and Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity.

• CME/CE Slide Presentations
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...about 12 courses offering about 12 hours.
  Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
  Cost...........Free.
  Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
  Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
  Educ. material last updated....2004.
  Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

About 12 lectures on a wide variety of pain management topics. Recent titles include: Neuropathic Pain; Persistent Pain Management: Challenge of Long Term Opioid Therapy; Cancer Pain; Opioid Analgesics; and The Pain Processing Pathways.

PainEDU.org
Last visited....1/2008.
Credit hours...4.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....Many Medical Specialties.
Educational material last updated....12/07.
Financial Support...Endo Pharmaceuticals.
CME Credit Expires...12/31/08.

The Case-based Course features 24 brief case studies of patients with various pain problems. You earn one hour of CME credit for each six cases you complete. You need to be registered and logged-in in order to view the names of each activity. 

StopPain.org Online Education for Professionals 
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...9 hours.
Awarded by.... Beth Israel Medical Center.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video lectures.
Target Audience ...General Interest (PAIN).
Educ. material last updated.....2005.
Financial Support...Pfizer, Elan.

You will find two courses: Assessment & Management of Diabetic Painful Polyneuropathy (7 hours); and Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based, Interactive Module (2 hours).