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

AdvancingIn
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 34 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....2011.
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.

Canadian Medical Association
Last visited…2/2012.
Reviewed by…Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit Type….Mainpro M1 and Section 1 MOC credits.
Awarded by....Canadian Medical Association.
Cost….Free to CMA members.
Instruction type….e-learning modules.
Target audience…Family physicians and Specialists.
Educational material last updated...January 2012
Financial support…Various.
CME credit expires…1 year after release of course

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) online courses are free to CMA members and are accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for Mainpro M1 credits, and by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for Section 1 MOC credits. Courses currently available include Skin disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s dementia, Health literacy, Resistant hypertension. Courses coming soon include Combating Stigma, Obese patient, Chronic renal failure, Common emergencies, Heart failure, Lipid guidelines, Type II diabetes, Acute/chronic pain, Acute coronary syndromes, Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the community.

CME on ADHD
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
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....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated.....2011.
Financial Support...Shire.

Conferences by experts concerning ADHD:
You will find 3 presentations:
•What Is New In ADHD Pharmacology
•ADHD: Measuring Efficacy / Measuring Success
•How prodrug technology will impact the treatment of ADHD; the facts you need to know

CME On Diabetes
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......About 329 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.....2011.
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.
Here are the most viewed presentations:
• Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance
• Pre-Diabetes: Definition
• Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes
• Metabolic Syndrome - Does the Diagnosis Make a Difference?
• Measuring Insulin in Clinical Practice

CME on Hemophilia
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
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.....2011.
Financial Support...Pfizer Canada.

You will find expert presentations on Hemophilia General; Hemophilia Management; Inhibitors; and Other Inherited Coagulopathies.
Here are some of the latest presentations:
• Eighteen Years of Molecular Genotyping the Hemophilia Inversion Hotspot
• Estimating the cost of redundancy in molecular diagnostics
• Consider thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients
• The significance of T helper 1 cell-derived cytokines in patients with systemic..
• Autoantibodies as biomarkers for the prediction of neuropsychiatric events patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

CME on HIV.com
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......About 205 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.....2011.
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.
Featured Presentations:
• Antiretroviral Therapy in Naive Patient
• HIV/HCV Co-infection
• Management of ART-Experienced and Salvage Patients

McGill Continuing Medical Education
Last visited: 2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours: About 1200 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) ====>
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: 2011.
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.
Some recent activities are:
• ACLS Overview
• Alcohol Use and Pregnancy: What is the issue?
• Treating Thrombosis in the Family Physician's Office
• Respirology Emergencies in Pediatrics
• Sleeping Disorders and Hypoventilation
• Approach to the Breathless Patient

mdBriefCase
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......26 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......2011.
Financial Support...Various.

Some featured cases are:
• Managing LUTS secondary to BPH: Individualizing diagnosis and care
• Tuberculosis: Identifying active TB disease and the diagnosis and management of latent tuberculosis infection
• Meningococcal serogroup B disease
• Celebrating 90 years of Insulin
• Evidence Based use of Menopause Hormone Therapy
• Plant Sterols and Cardiovascular Health

MDcme.ca
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...6 courses; 12 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....2011.
Financial Support...Various commercial companies and governmental agencies.

MDcme.ca is produced by a consortium of 17 Canadian medical universities. You will now find 6 on-demand courses:
• Bugs, Drugs & Shots: Bone, Joint & Soft Tissue Infections
• Health Literacy, You talk to your patients, but do they understand? The importance of Health Literacy to your Practice
• Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Depression
• New Horizons in Fibromyalgia: Bringing hope through better patient care
• Ovarian Cancer
• Understanding Neonatal Jaundice

MedicalRounds
Last visited......2/2012.
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......2011.
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.)
Some recent presentations:
• A Novel Neurotoxin Linked to ALS-PDC - Biochemical Data
• Intussusception: Issues and Controversies Related to Diagnosis and Reduction
• Examination of the Adult Shoulder
• Examination of the Adult Hand and Wrist

Responding to Domestic Violence in Clinical Settings
Last visited.....2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
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.....Not Stated.
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......2/2012.
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......$204 (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......11/2011
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
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......2011.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Online Basic Infection Prevention & Control Course
The next course begins on January 10, 2012. 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.

VitalCME
Last visited......2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours......6 courses awarding a total of 20,5 credits
Credit Type....MainPro M1, MAINCERT or AMA PRA Category 1.
Awarded by......RxMedia Healthcare Communications,
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......
Target Audience....Primary Care.
Educational material last updated......2010.
Financial Support...Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche.

The featured courses are:
• Canadian Approaches to Stroke Prevention In Atrial Arrhythmias
• Accredited Cannabinoid Education (ACE) III
• Rheum to Grow Program II

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