Canadian Online CME Sites
This is the Canadian Section of the Annotated List of Online CME.

Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS) (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...16 hours (for all 5 modules).
Awarded by....AAFP or CFPC (Canada).
Cost...........$39 per module (except Module 2 which costs $49). When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).
Instruction Type....Case-based interactive (simulation).
Target Audiences...ENDO, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....2009
Financial Support...None.
CME Credit Expires: 18 December 2010 (will probably be extended).

After completing the Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS), you will be better able to start and adjust insulin programs for a variety of patient types. You will be evaluating a group of simulated patients and ordering and scheduling the appropriate insulin to stabilize their condition. Each time you order insulin ISIS will calculate the new blood glucose levels and will update the patient’s logbook accordingly. The patients will also communicate with you describing their progress. You will continue to treat the patients until you have effectively stabilized them. Along the way ISIS will give you expert help and opinions which will guide you in your task. As you work through each patient you’ll be developing a useful diabetes reference library which will help you in your day to day practice. 3 of 5 modules are presently available: Starting Insulin (3 cases); Making Adjustments (4 cases); and Advanced (3 cases). Pregnancy and Insulin Pumps are not yet posted. When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).

AdvancingIn
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 57 activities; number of hours not stated.
Awarded by...Various Canadian Specialty Societies.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type...Not Stated.
Target Audience....Multiple Specialties.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication.

Each program is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada. You will find activities in these areas: Women's Health; Lung Health; Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes; Rheumatology; Cardiovascular Health; Paediatric Health; Pain Management; Obesity; Medication Management; and Eye Health.

CME on ADHD
Last visited......6/2010.
Credit hours......3 in English.
Credit Type....MainPro-M1or MainPro C.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...Shire.

Conferences by experts concerning ADHD: You will find 3 presentations in English:
Do We Know What is Best? Understanding Stimulant Adherence in ADHD.
How prodrug technology will impact the treatment of ADHD.
ADHD and Addiction.

CME On Diabetes
Last visited......6/2010.
Credit hours......About 295 activities.
Credit Type....Not clear if CME credit is offered to either Canadian or US physicians.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

Conferences by experts in endocrinology concerning type 2 diabetes: You will find presentations on Prediabetes; Metabolic Syndrome; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Insulin Resistance; Endocrinology; Genetics; Pathophysiology; Treatment therapies; Life Style and Behavior; Epidemiology; Prevention; Childhood Type 2 Diabetes; Guidelines; and Various Others.

CME on Hemophilia
Last visited......7/2010.
Credit hours......About 83 activities.
Credit Type....Not clear if CME credit is offered to either Canadian or US physicians.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...Pfizer Canada.

You will find expert presentations on Hemophilia General; Hemophilia Management; Inhibitors; and Other Inherited Coagulopathies.

CME on HIV.com
Last visited......7/2010.
Credit hours......About 180 activities.
Credit Type....Not clear if CME credit is offered to either Canadian or US physicians.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

You will find expert presentations on Antiretroviral Therapy; New Agents and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Salvage Therapy; Treatment Related Complications; HIV Related Complications; Immunotherapy and Vaccinations; Epidemiology; Basic Science; Social Science; and Others.

CME on Transplantation.com
Last visited......7/2010.
Credit hours......3.
Credit Type....MainPro-M1or MainPro C.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....Transplant Specialists.
Educational material last updated.....Not Stated.
Financial Support...Not Stated.

Only healthcare providers working in the transplantation field can subscribe and become members of CMEonTransplantation.com. Three presentations: Chronic Kidney Disease in Heart, Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients; Barriers to Transplant Tolerance; and Mechanisms of T and B Cell Tolerance.

Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...16 hours (for all 5 modules).
Awarded by....AAFP or CFPC (Canada).
Cost...........$39 per module (except Module 2 which costs $49). When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).
Instruction Type....Case-based interactive (simulation).
Target Audiences...ENDO, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....2009
Financial Support...None.
CME Credit Expires: 18 December 2010 (will probably be extended).

After completing the Insulin Simulation Instructional System (ISIS), you will be better able to start and adjust insulin programs for a variety of patient types. You will be evaluating a group of simulated patients and ordering and scheduling the appropriate insulin to stabilize their condition. Each time you order insulin ISIS will calculate the new blood glucose levels and will update the patient’s logbook accordingly. The patients will also communicate with you describing their progress. You will continue to treat the patients until you have effectively stabilized them. Along the way ISIS will give you expert help and opinions which will guide you in your task. As you work through each patient you’ll be developing a useful diabetes reference library which will help you in your day to day practice. 3 of 5 modules are presently available: Starting Insulin (3 cases); Making Adjustments (4 cases); and Advanced (3 cases). Pregnancy and Insulin Pumps are not yet posted. When you register, be sure to enter Affiliate Code "APOLLO" (without the quotes).

McGill Continuing Medical Education
Last visited: 6/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours: 346 archived multimedia streaming videos, Sect 2 for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), MainPro M2 College of Family Physicians of Canada, AMA Physician recognition award (see comment) ====>
Live streaming multimedia: about 100 hours per year, section 1 RCPSC, AMA PRA 1. Main PRO M1.
Awarded by: McGill University
Cost: Viewing the presentations is free, accreditation charge $10 per hour or $100/year.
Instruction type: Video with slides, interactive text chat with live streaming.
Target audience: Multiple Specialties
Educational Material last updated: 2006.
Financial support: Merck Frosst Canada.

The McGill CME site has archived videos and slides presented mostly by McGill professors. The content deals with current therapy, diagnosis and the treatment of disease. Currently the site delivers more than 1000 hours of video per month. The site lists current local and national CME events and links to the Canadian Portal for CME. Links are provided to join the live streaming broadcasts as well as the on-line courses.

mdBriefCase
Last visited......7/2010.
Credit hours......About 36 activities.
Credit Type....MAINPRO M1 and Maintenance of Certificate Category 1.
Awarded by......Various Canadian universities and associations.
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Case-Based Interactive and Online Discussion.
Educational material last updated......2010. Three new cases posted each month.
Financial Support...Various.

Some featured cases are: Chronic Pelvic Pain of Bladder Origin/Interstitial Cystitis; Diabetic Neuropathic Pain; Diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome; HIV in the workplace; Overactive Bladder; and The Diabetic Foot. Some newer cases are: A hypertensive snow bird; Actinic Keratosis; Basal Cell Carcinoma; Bipolar Disorder; Community Acquired Pneumonia; Diabetes and Sexual Dysfunction; External Genital Warts; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; Genital Herpes; and Metabolic Syndrome.

MDcme.ca
Last visited...7/2010.
Credit hours...
Awarded by.....College of Family Physicians of Canada or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with online facilitator.
Target Audiences....GP, FP.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Various commercial companies and governmental agencies.

MDcme.ca is produced by a consortium of 16 Canadian medical universities. The primary emphasis is to help rural MDs maintain medical competence. You will now find 4 on-demand courses:
Demystifying Pain: Differentiating the Types of Noncancerous Pain
Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Tools and strategies for front-line clinicians
Osteoporosis - Assessing Fracture Risk: An Evidence Based Approach
PPIs and the Treatment of GERD, Dyspepsia and NSAID-associated Peptic Ulcer Disease

MedicalRounds
Last visited......5/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......Many hundreds of hours (not counted).
Courses on this site DO NOT offer AMA Category I credit, See ===>
Credit Type....MainPro-M2 or AMA Category II.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio-Lecture (or you can choose slides and text).
Target Audience....Most Specialties.
Educational material last updated......2010.
Financial Support...None Stated.

MedicalRounds webcasts multimedia presentations and conferences for many contributing medical groups. Many Canadian medical schools have contributed lectures to this series. All talks were originally presented at grand rounds of quality educational institutions or at accredited medical meetings. In addition, the website maintains an extensive database of hyperlinks to other free multimedia medical presentations available on the web.
(N.B. Although the courses on this site DO NOT offer AMA Category I credit, I have included the site on CMEList.com because of the very extensive array of high quality lectures, searchable by medical topic or specialty.)

Responding to Domestic Violence in Clinical Settings
Last visited.....7/2010.
Credit hours......1.0 Mainpro-M1 credits per hour to max. of 6.0 credits (12 English modules; 8 French modules)
Credit Type....MainPro-M1 / ENAO credits; 0.5 per scenario to maximum of 6.0 credits .
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada) / The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada / The Emergency Nursing Association of Ontario.
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Case-Based Interactive, "Game"
Target Audience....Primary Care and ER.
Educational material last updated.....2007.
Financial Support...Province of Ontario.

The program presents a series of typical emergency room encounters with victims of domestic violence. It waits for you, the user, to make the correct responses before continuing. Done with very nice audio (trained actors) and graphics.

Self Learning (College of Family Physicians of Canada)
Last visited......4/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......Up to 30 credits per year.
Credit Type....MainPro M1. (Also AAFP prescribed credit for members of the AAFP)
Awarded by......College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Cost......$198 (Canadian).
Instruction Type......Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience....FP.
Educational material last updated......Every 2 months.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Self Learning allows you to evaluate yourself on how well you are able to keep in touch with current issues in medical literature. Each issue contains a blend of questions from peer-reviewed medical journals, such as American Family Physician, Canadian Family Physician, Medical Journal of Australia, etc. Each question gives you immediate feedback with justification. Each educational point offers a concise summary of relevant information and highlights major points and each reference links directly to Pub Med abstracts and to available full text articles.

Queen's University
Last visited......7/2010
Credit hours......See individual courses.
Credit Type....MainPro M1.
Awarded by......University of Calgary.
Cost......See individual courses.
Instruction Type......See individual courses.
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated......2010.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Online Basic Infection Prevention & Control Course
The next course begins on September 7, 2010. To find out whether this course is suitable for you, please read the course website thoroughly. For more information, contact Cynthia Mangan at 613-533-6000 ext. 77621 or e-mail cynthia.mangan@queensu.ca. Registration is now open.
CAPRE (Critically Appraised Practice Reflection Exercise)
Learning modules based on critically appraised current literature in a variety of therapeutic areas.
Radiographic Examination of the Carpal Bones. Before you can start the course, you must print and complete the Registration form and fax or mail it to the CME office. You will then be sent a password to access the course.

Last Updated August 24, 2010.