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Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices (Sponsored Link) 
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...61.
Awarded by....George Washington University Medical Center
Cost...........Prices vary according to the format, from $1395 to $2095. 
Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card. 
Use coupon code BESTBUYA.

Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.
Target Audience...HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY.
Educational material last updated...October 1, 2011.
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...September 30, 2014.

Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices is designed for the physician planning to take the hematology or medical oncology certifying examination.
After participating in Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices, you should be able to:
• Recognize red cell disorders;
• List both established information and recent clinical advances in coagulopathies, anticoagulant and thrombolytic therapies;
• Describe blood and marrow morphology and hematopathology;
• Interpret both established information and recent clinical advances in immunohematology, bone marrow transplantation, and hematopoietic growth factors;
• Describe the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hematologic malignancies;
• Identify strategies for taking the board examinations;
• Recognize the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hematologic malignancies;
• List the most recent advances in the pharmacology and toxicology of antineoplastic drugs;
• Summarize the epidemiology of malignant diseases and management of the medical complications of malignancy;
• Recognize the latest advances in cancers of the lung, the breast, and the gastrointestinal tract;
• Summarize the principles of management of gynecologic and other genito-urinary malignancies; and
• Explain the complexity of HIV-related malignancies.

CMEInfo Hematology Best Practices (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...35.
Awarded by....George Washington University Medical Center.
Cost...........Prices vary according to the format, from $1195 to $1695.
Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card. 
Use coupon code BESTBUYA.

Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD.
Target Audience...HEMATOLOGY.
Educational material last updated...December 1, 2010.
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...December 1, 2013.

Hematology Best Practices is designed for the fellow in training, the practitioner of hematology who wishes to review both established standards of care and recent basic and clinical advances in hematology, and the physician planning to take the hematology certifying examination.
After viewing Hematology Best Practices, you will understand:
• Red cell disorders;
• Established information and recent clinical advances in coagulopathies, anticoagulant and thrombolytic therapies;
• Blood and marrow morphology and hematopathology; and 
• Established information and recent clinical advances in immunohematology, bone marrow transplantation, and hematopoietic growth factors.

CMEInfo Thrombosis and Thromboembolism (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13.5.
Awarded by....Harvard Medical School.
Cost...........$850 to $1150 (varies according to format).
Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card. 
Use coupon code BESTBUYA.

Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures.
Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.
Target Audience...CARD, CRIT CARE, CHEST MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...May 31, 2012.

The Harvard Thrombosis and Thromboembolism course provides an overview of critical developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of venous and arterial thromboembolic disorders. Areas covered are:
New guidelines to manage acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and DVT;
Antithrombotic therapy with low molecular weight heparin, fondaparinux, and antiplatelet therapy for acute coronary syndromes;
Drug-eluting coronary stents and percutaneous coronary interventions;
Novel drug therapies such as oral anti factor Xa agents, and oral direct thrombin inhibitors;
Idiopathic and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension;
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; and
Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of venous thromboembolism.

OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit
Conversations and Controversies in Hematologic Malignancies and Hematology
(Sponsored Link)
Live Online on September 7, 2011, and then available on demand through March 7, 2012.
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...4.5.
Awarded by....Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide- Video Lectures, Q & A, Live Chat.
Target Audiences...Hematologists, oncologists, pathologists, oncology nurses, advanced practice nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who care for lymphoid leukemia patients.
Educational material last updated...September 7, 2011.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies. 
Expiration of CME credit...March 7, 2012.

OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit was presented live Online on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, and is now available on demand through March 7, 2012.
Presentations include:
• The State of Cancer Care in the Coming Decade; 
Multiple Myeloma;
CLL-- Treatment of High-Risk Disease in a Young Patient;
New Agents in NHL: Where Do They Fit in the Treatment Paradigm?; and 
Debate: ALL in Adolescents and Young Adults – Is It a Different Disease?
After participating in OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit, you will be able to:
• Explain the role of newer agents in the treatment of patients with lymphoid leukemia;
• Evaluate novel therapeutic regimens as induction therapy for patients considering stem cell transplantation;
• Identify patient- and disease-associated factors that impact the choice of therapeutic agents;
• Formulate patient management strategies using a risk-adapted approach to the treatment of lymphoid leukemia;
• Integrate novel therapeutic regimens that improve outcomes in patients ineligible for stem cell transplantation; and
• Discuss the unique management needs of clinically important patient subgroups including those with asymptomatic, advanced, and refractory disease.

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...14 issues (56 credits) per year.
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins.
Cost..........Varies from $399 to $898 according to the number of issues per year (12 or 24) and the audio format you choose.
Instruction Type...Text Plus Audio (Online Audio Only or Online Audio plus Audio CD).
Target Audience...ONCO.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Cancer Management each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 12-15 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned. 

Practical Reviews On-Demand (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Unlimited. See ==>
Awarded by....Johns Hopkins.
Cost..........$599 for Unlimited CME in 30+ Specialties for One year.
Format...Text Plus Audio (Online and downloadable).
Target Audience...30+ specialties.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Practical Reviews On-Demand offers:
• Unlimited online access to more than 30 specialties; 
• Unlimited CME/CE credits with your one-year subscription;
• Stay current on sub-specialty topics;
• Search the Practical Reviews database; download that information to your computer and update with important articles for quick reference;
• Review key points and strengthen what you’ve learned with online self-assessment quizzes.

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Free CME Hematology. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Hematology CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.  

Free CME Hematology. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Hematology CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.  

CancerLearning.com (Also called Physician's Education Resource)
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...60 activities offering 0.25 to 1.0 hour each (total not counted).
Awarded by....Physicians' Education Resource.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...."Conference Presentations, Interviews, Lectures, Articles and Case Based."
Target Audience....HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....3/11.
Financial support...Many pharmaceutical companies.

From the main page, choose Online CME to find 60 activities which offer CME credit. You can search by disease, topic or activity type. Some recent activities are: Treatment of a 54-Year-Old Patient With Early-Stage Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma; Treatment of a Never-Smoker With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Adenocarcinoma Histology; Treatment of a 66-Year-Old Patient With Newly Diagnosed Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma; Best of Communities of Oncology Practice: Focus on Relapsed/Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer; Treatment of a 67-Year-Old Patient With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer; Treatment of a 61-Year-Old Postmenopausal Woman With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer in the Adjuvant and Metastatic Setting; Expert Perspectives: Integrating New Data Into Best Practices for Breast Cancer; and Emerging Options for Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer: Novel Microtubule-Targeted Agents.

Cleveland Clinic Hematology/Oncology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours....11 activities offering a total of 7.75 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only.
Target Audiences...GI.
Educational material last updated....2011.
Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support.
CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include: 
Patient with Early Stage Lung Cancer and Severe Emphysema: Balancing the Treatment Options;
• Endometrial Cancer;
• Cancer Primary Prevention: Cervical Cancer;
• Prostate Cancer Prevention;
• Small renal masses: Toward more rational treatment;
• A practical guide to prostate cancer diagnosis and management;
and
• HIV Virtual Grand Rounds - Malignancy and HIV.

CME LLC Oncology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 activities offering 3 hours total. 
Awarded by.....CME LLC.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-and-Text.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2011.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Only 3 activities currently found:
Evolving Treatment Paradigm for HER2+ Breast Cancer;
• Effective Treatment Approaches for Follicular Lymphoma;
and
• Optimal Care for HER2+ Breast Cancer.

eHemeMalignancies Review
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0 per newsletter, 0.5 per podcast.
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only (pdf) or audio podcast
Target Audience...HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2011; Monthly issues.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
CME Credit Expires...April, 2013.

Each month, participants receive an email linking to a current topic in hematologic malignancies. You can also view or listen to any of the archived subjects at the web site. 12 activities are currently available. Some recent topics include: Indolent Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma; Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML); and Minimal Residual Disease (MRD).
By participating in the ongoing Reviews, you should be better able to: 
• Identify treatment regimens appropriate for patients who are refractory or intolerant to standard agents;
•  Describe the current thinking on tailoring treatment based on new prognostic factors; 
•  Explain the new concepts involving the etiology and pathogenesis of these malignancies; 
•  Review state-of-the-art management of acute and chronic leukemias, lymphomas, myeloma and MDS; 
• Discuss the efficacy and toxicity profiles of FDA-approved and novel investigational therapeutic agents; and 
•  Summarize the scientific rationale for common combination regimens.

HITeducation.com
Last visited…2/2012.
Reviewed by…Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours…3 activities offering a total of 3.5 hours.
Awarded by…The France Foundation.
Cost for Credit…Free.
Instruction Type… Podcast, Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only.
Target Audience.... ER, HEMA, CRITICAL CARE (and other physicians who manage heparin-induced thrombocytopenia).
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

HITeducation.com focuses on heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) risk factors, presentation, diagnosis and management, and therapeutic options.
There are 3 sections:
The Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hour of credit) "features timely, clinically relevant topics surrounding HIT."
Four Webinars: Risk Factors and Clinical Presentations of HIT (1.0 hour); Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT): Management of a Patient with Suspected HIT; Best Practices for Managing HIT in the Critical Care Setting; and The Management of HIT: Case based Scenarios (1.0 hour).
HIT Performance Review Tool (1.0 hours) is a resource you can utilize to "review specific patient charts, or as a guide to think about which components are currently implemented in your standard protocols for patients at risk for or undergoing treatment of HIT.”

Imedex eLearning Center
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 55 activities; the number of hours is estimated at 80 (not counted).
Awarded by....Imedex, Inc.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video lectures, podcast, text.
Target Audiences... ONCO, HEMA, GI.
Educational material last updated....2011.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

A variety of courses. Most activities (41) are in Oncology; other areas are Hematology (8) and Gastroenterology (6).

IMER (Institute for Medical Education and Research) On-Demand CME
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 10 activities offering about 10 CME credits.
Awarded by....University of Nebraska and IMER.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences...ONCOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

You will find activities in these areas of interest:
Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Hematology, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Oncologic Emergencies, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Symptom Management and Targeted Therapies.
Not all activities are online and not all offer CME so you will have to read the description carefully before starting.

Journal of Supportive Oncology
Last visited...11/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.75 hours each (Total of 3.5 hours).
Awarded by....Meniscus Educational Institute.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (PDF)
Target Audience...ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...April 30, 2011.

You will find two activities at this site:
Best Practice Management of CINV (chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting) in Oncology Patients includes: Physiology and Treatment of CINV: Multiple Neurotransmitters/Receptors and the Need for Combination Therapeutic Approaches; and Antiemetic Guidelines and Rationale for Use.
Highlights from the Fifth Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference includes 12 brief articles: Key Supportive Care Studies from ASCO 2009; Managing Psychological Issues; Cancer and Nutrition; Peripheral Neurotoxicities; Cancer Pain Management; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Enhancing Sexual Function and Preserving Fertility; Improving Palliative Care at a Global Level; Communicating with Cancer Patients; Palliation of Advanced Disease; Managing Gastrointestinal Side Effects of Cancer Treatment; and Pharmacologic Complications: When Good Drugs Do Harm.

Managing Myeloma
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...6 activities offering a total of 5.75 hours.
Awarded by....CME Consultants and Center of Excellence Media, MediCom Worldwide, Inc., Medical Education Resources, Inc. (MER).
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text, Slide-Audio Lectures
Target Audiences...ONCO.
Educational material last updated: 2011
Financial Support: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Centocor Ortho Biotech 

After registering and logging in, click on Education/CE Activities to  to find these 6 multimedia courses:
Diagnosis, Staging, Risk Stratification, Prognosis and Response Assessment for the Newly Diagnosed MM Patient; Live from ASCO: Managing Myeloma Conference Highlights!; Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma: Addressing the Challenge in 2011; Peripheral Neuropathy: Assessment and Management in the Multiple Myeloma Patient; Considerations When Treating the Elderly Patient With Multiple Myeloma — A Case Study; and Tailored Pain Management Strategies for Multiple Myeloma Patients.

Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... Varies from time to time. 
Awarded by....Medscape and 50 other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....HEMA, ONCO.
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 hematologists and oncologists. 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.

(The) Oncologist
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 150 activities; most offer 1.0  hour. About 150 hours total (not counted).
Awarded by....Society for Translational Oncology.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics; also a few slide- video lectures.
Target Audiences....HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2011.
Financial Support...Astra Zeneca, sanofi-aventis, and Pfizer.

About 150 text-only courses in a wide variety of hematology and oncology areas. Some major areas are: 
Breast Cancer, Symptom Management and Supportive Care, Clinical Pharmacology, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lymphoma, Gynecologic Oncology
and Regulatory Issues: FDA
You will also find 4 activities, each offering 3 hours, in Public Health and Policy Issues.
The newest section has 5 slide-video lectures on Breast Cancer. 

OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit
Conversations and Controversies in Hematologic Malignancies and Hematology
(Sponsored Link)
Live Online on September 7, 2011, and then available on demand through March 7, 2012.
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...4.5.
Awarded by....Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide- Video Lectures, Q & A, Live Chat.
Target Audiences...Hematologists, oncologists, pathologists, oncology nurses, advanced practice nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who care for lymphoid leukemia patients.
Educational material last updated...September 7, 2011.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies. 
Expiration of CME credit...March 7, 2012.

OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit was presented live Online on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, and is now available on demand through March 7, 2012.
Presentations include:
• The State of Cancer Care in the Coming Decade; 
Multiple Myeloma;
CLL-- Treatment of High-Risk Disease in a Young Patient;
New Agents in NHL: Where Do They Fit in the Treatment Paradigm?; and 
Debate: ALL in Adolescents and Young Adults – Is It a Different Disease?
After participating in OncologyCareLive – Lymphoid Leukemia Education Summit, you will be able to:
• Explain the role of newer agents in the treatment of patients with lymphoid leukemia;
• Evaluate novel therapeutic regimens as induction therapy for patients considering stem cell transplantation;
• Identify patient- and disease-associated factors that impact the choice of therapeutic agents;
• Formulate patient management strategies using a risk-adapted approach to the treatment of lymphoid leukemia;
• Integrate novel therapeutic regimens that improve outcomes in patients ineligible for stem cell transplantation; and
• Discuss the unique management needs of clinically important patient subgroups including those with asymptomatic, advanced, and refractory disease.

OptumHealth Education Oncology
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours...Most activities offer 0.5, 0.75 or 1.0 credit-hour. 24 activities offering a total of 21.5 hours.
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience....HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Some recent topics include:
Letting Go: Negotiating End-of-Life Issues With Patients and Their Families;
The Mystery of Melanoma: Emerging Breakthroughs for Targeted Therapy;
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL): Are We Seeing Advances in Treatment for Our Aging Population?
Immunotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer;
New Trends in Neuro-Oncology;
Is the Role of Allogeneic Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Changing?
Late Effects of Childhood Cancers: Research and Preservation of Fertility;
The Challenging Nutritional Needs During Cancer Therapy and Recovery;
The Relationship Between Obesity and the Risk of Cancer and Cancer Relapse;
Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Cancer;
Breast Cancer Update;

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...14 issues (56 credits) per year.
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins.
Cost..........Varies from $399 to $898 according to the number of issues per year (12 or 24) and the audio format you choose.
Instruction Type...Text Plus Audio (Online Audio Only or Online Audio plus Audio CD).
Target Audience...ONCO.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Cancer Management each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 12-15 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned. 

prIME Oncology Web Activities
Last Visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Several hundred Oncology live and archived activities; not possible to count the number of courses or credit-hours.
Awarded by....Various sponsors.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Only or Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audience....ONCO, HEMATOLOGY.
Educational material last updated...2011.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Not all activities offer CME credit. Look for the phrase, "A CME-certified activity." Some recent activities offering CME credit are:
prIME Oncology Cases in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer;
• Targeting Angiogenesis in Solid Tumors: Contemporary Approaches and Practical Considerations; 
• Critical Analysis and Clinical Application of Key Data from the 2011 Malignant Lymphoma Meeting in Lugano;
• Daily Clinical Updates from the 2011 Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago;
• Contemporary Approaches in Targeting Angiogenesis;
• prIME Oncology Cases in Oropharyngeal Cancer;
and
• Roundtable Discussions from the 5th Annual International Breast Cancer Conference (IBCC5).

Projects In Knowledge Living Medical Textbook Hematology Edition: Insights into Managing Leukemia& MDS Edition
Last visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...4 chapters, each offering 2.0 credits.
Awarded by.....Projects In Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to authenticated web resources, such as videos, journal articles, illustrations, animations, and podcasts.
Target Audience....ONCO, HEMA, Radiation Oncologists, Family Practice, Primary Care.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Genentech BioOncology.
CME Credit Expires...October 2011.

The four chapters that make up this Living Medical Textbook offer comprehensive, peer-reviewed medical information. 
Chapter 1, Overview of Leukemia, focuses on understanding the molecular biology underpinnings of the leukemias and highlights what is known about the relationship between the genetic changes that distinguish the different types of leukemias and the clinical implications of these changes. 
Chapter 2
focuses on assessing, treating, and monitoring acute lymphocytic leukemia vs. chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 
Chapter 3
offers a discussion of the rationale for treatment approaches now in use for chronic myeloid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. 
Chapter 4
covers myelodysplastic syndromes.

VTEeducation.com 
Last Visited...2/2012.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit Hours: 4 activities offering a total of 5.75 hours. (plus Point of Care, see ===>)
Awarded by...The France Foundation.
Cost….Free.
Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care.
Target Audiences…CRITICAL CARE, GENERAL SURGERY, ONCO (and other physicians who prescribe thromboprophylaxis in at-risk patients).
Educational material last updated….2009.
Financial Support…GlaxoSmithKline.

VTEeducation.com focuses on "promoting better thromboprophylaxis... through adherence to evidence-based guidelines and appropriate use of all available therapies."
Primer: A Call to Action: Practical Guidelines in Support of New Standards for VTE Prophylaxis (1.0 hour);
Peer-to-Peer Dialogues: 6 audio-only discussions between experts (0.25 hour each);
The VTE Educational Resource, Newsletter, Clinical Pearls, Performance Improvement (2.0 hours); and
Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hour of credit) "features timely, clinically relevant topics surrounding VTE."

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