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ACP MKSAP 15 Digital Edition
Last visited...12/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....166.
Awarded by....American College of Physicians (ACP)
Cost...........$439 ($329 for ACP members)
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...IM.
Educational material last updated....January 2010.
Financial support...None.

Over 1,000 multiple-choice questions and over 2,500 pages of supporting content are organized into 11 books covering the gamut of Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hematology, Oncology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care. Self-assessment format provides immediate feedback with full critiques explaining not only the correct answer but also the rationale and evidence and explanations for each incorrect item, as well.

AMAprimarycare.org
Last visited...8/2008.
Credit hours...1.0 hour each (total of 16 hours).
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Video and Slide-Video..
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2008.
CME Credit Expires...(Probably) one year after posting.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Current subjects include depression (6 hours), Parkinson's disease (4 hours) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (6 hours). 

AMA Therapeutic Insights
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1.0 hour for each newsletter (total of 4.0 hours).
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Text-Only (pdf).
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....12/07.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.
Financial support...None Stated.

AMA Therapeutic Insights is a "disease-specific CME newsletter with the latest treatment guidelines and unprecedented prescribing data views." The four newsletters are: Management of depression in primary care; Current management of dyslipidemia; Initial treatment of type 2 diabetes--oral hypoglycemics; and Diagnosis and Treatment of Migraines.

American Diabetes Association Self-Assessment Program (ADA-SAP™) - Module 2- Pharmacological Treatment of Hyperglycemia
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...5.0.
Awarded by....American Diabetes Association.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer (either online or as downloadable pdf).
Target Audience....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated...10/08.
Financial support...Merck.
CME Credit Expires...Oct. 31, 2010.

This program is designed to assess and strengthen your knowledge of diabetes and provide you with a better understanding of the options available for managing patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. You can complete this program at your own pace. After you answer 75 multiple choice questions, the program directs you to a discussion of the correct responses.

American Kidney Fund
Last visited...12/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...1.5. 
Awarded by....American Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lecture
Target Audience...FP, IM, NEPH.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial support...American Kidney Fund.

A single activity, Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease and Slowing Its Progression. After completing this course, you will be able to "describe the demographics of the CKD population; list the medical interventions needed to prevent or slow the progression of CKD; identify complications associated with the progression of CKD; and recognize the importance of early referral to a nephrologist."

California Academy of Family Physicians Online CME (CAFP)
Last visited...8/2008.
Credit hours...One hour per course (7.0 hours). Some programs give additional AAFP credit for being "evidence-based."
Awarded by....California Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio or Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...One or two years after posting.

Activities are: Shrinking Health Care Disparities in Women: The Depression Dilemma; Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain; Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult ADHD; Treating Musculoskeletal Pain; The Diabetes Dilemma; COPD: Putting Guidelines Into Practice; and Chronic Pain With a Focus on Neuropathic Pain.

Cleveland Clinic Medicine Today: Internal Medicine Webcast Series
Cleveland Clinic Medicine Today: Internal Medicine Webcast Series
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours...12 webcasts offering 1.0 hour each (total of 12 hours).
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....IM.
Educ. material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...Audio-Digest Foundation.

This series presents topics from the Division of Medicine's Medical Grand Rounds. Some recent topics are: Bariatric Surgery; Statin Treatment in African-Americans; Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; The Future of Platelet Transfusion. 

Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project Clinical Decisions Cases
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours...Each activity awards 0.5 or 0.75 credit-hours; 18 activities offering a total of 11.25 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM. 
Educ. material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Audio-Digest Foundation. 

This series applies practice guidelines to clinical practice. Each case includes didactic information as well as interactive 
case-based lessons to aid in patient management. Some specialty areas are: Cardiology; Gastroenterology/Hepatology; 
Hematology/Oncology; Infectious Diseases; Nephrology; Neurology; Pulmonary Diseases; and Rheumatology.

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.5 for each issue (18 hours currently available).
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Instruction Type... Text-Only.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Educational material last updated...1/10.
Financial Support...None Stated. 

You will find the full text and the CME questions from the last 12 months of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Articles in the January issue include: Acetaminophen: Old drug, new warnings; Lesions on the hands, high aminotransferase levels; Myelodysplastic syndromes: A practical approach to diagnosis and treatment; Food allergy and eosinophilic esophagitis: Learning what to avoid; and Abdominal pain in a 20-year-old woman.

Clinical Cornerstone
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...3 issues for total of 16 hours; 9 supplements for total of 22.5 hours.
Awarded by....Elsevier Office of CME (Excerpta Medica) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only (PDF).
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting

Each issue provides up to 8 CME or AAFP credits. Supplements provide up to 3 credits.  CME tests and evaluation must be completed on paper and faxed or mailed. Topics include: Management of Osteoporosis; Prevention of Thromboembolic Events; and Cardiometabolic Risk Management;  Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children; Advances in Cardiometabolic Health; Neutropenia; Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk; Osteoporosis in the Male Patient; Early Intervention for Optimal Outcomes; Dyslipidemia In Metabolic Syndrome; Realizing Near-Normoglycemia; and Treatment Options for Thyroid Disease.

Clinical Directors Network (CDN) - Clinical Leadership Webcasts
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 504 (not all activities have CME credit; probably 504 hours, not counted).
Awarded by....AAFP.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slides/Videos/Live interactive discussions.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...Daily.
Financial support...None Stated.

Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is dedicated to providing and improving primary and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and underserved populations. CDN online training sessions contain about 35 tracks including Access To Care; Adolescent Health; Alternative Medicine; Asthma/Pulmonary; Bioterrorism; Cancer Prevention and Care; Cardiovascular Disease/Hypertension; Clinical Ethics; Clinical Informatics; Clinical Leadership; Clinical Research; Cultural Competency; Dental/Oral Medicine; Depression/Mental Health; Diabetes; Geriatric Medicine; Health Disparities; HIV/AIDS; and many more. These sessions are delivered on a weekly basis by content experts from the specific clinical fields. Once the live session is completed, webcasts are added to the archived webcast database. Viewers can fill out an online CME questionnaire to receive CME certificate via email.

CMELectures.org
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.5 per lecture (about 133 lectures offering about 200 hours of credit).
Awarded by....Drexel University, Graduate Education Foundation.
Cost...........Annually $150 (payable monthly at $12.50 per month for 12 months); or quarterly ($44.95).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Graduate Education Foundation.

Online lectures are presented in Grand Rounds format.  Presentations are authored by more than 100 physician educators, most of whom have contributed to the basic text in their specialty. A record of lectures and credits are stored in a personal file for each subscriber. 

Consultant.Live.com
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...16 cases for 8 hours.
Awarded by....The Beam Institute.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....12/08.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this online journal presents a photograph and accompanying clinical information for two patients. The program asks you to select a diagnosis from a list of possibilities, then follows with a didactic presentation based on the correct diagnosis. Each case offers 0.5 hour of CME credit.

Crescent (Secondary Hyperparathyroidism)
Last visited...6/2007.
Credit hours...About 9 activities offering a total of about 11.5 hours.
Awarded by.....The France Foundation.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Only, Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....NEPH, IM.
Educational material last updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...Amgen.
CME Credit Expires...December 2008.

Crescent intends to increase your understanding of the physiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease. There are three types of instruction:
Interactive Cases (4 credits);
Peer-to-Peer Dialogue (4.5 credits); and 
Resource Modules (3.0 credits).
To receive CME credit, print the CME application and evaluation form, and fax or mail 
it to The France Foundation.

Cyberounds "Conferences" (Text-Only)
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...Up to 50.0 hours per year. Also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.)
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost...........$125, including an annual registration charge.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Cyberounds was the first producer of online CME, beginning in 1996. There are programs in 16 specialties, developed by a panel of academic clinicians from 15 U.S. medical schools.

Drexel University College of Medicine Virtual Grand Rounds
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...37 lectures offering 1.5 hours each (total of 55.5 hours).
Awarded by...Drexel University College of Medicine.
Cost... $25 per course.
Instruction Type ... Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Education material last updated...1/09.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies and Foundations.

There are 37 lectures on general internal medicine and medical subspecialty areas. Some lectures are almost 5 years old (2005) but have been recently reviewed and are eligible for credit. Recent subjects include: The Role of the Electronic Medical Record in Medical Malpractice; Beta-Blockers in Hypertension; Which Anti-RAAS Shall We Use?; Vaccination: A New Approach to RAAS Inhibition?; Pathophysiology of Clinical Disorders of Renal Tubular Electrolyte Reabsorption & Causes of Hypertension vs. Hypotension; and C. difficile – A Community Epidemic. Courses can be sorted by topic, date or speaker.

Harvard Medical School Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...50.
Cost for Credit....$325.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audiences...IM.
Educ. material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None stated.

This offering consists of ten modules, each of which is counted and priced as a separate course: Cardiology, Pulmonary, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Endocrine, General Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Hematology and Nephrology.

Internet-based Studies in Education and Research (University of Pittsburgh)
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 95 activities offering about 95 credit-hours.
Awarded by....University of Pittsburgh (UPMC).
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only; Slide-Video lectures. 
Target Audiences...IM, OPHTH, PEDS, PUB HEALTH.
Educational material last updated.....Modules are frequently updated.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The major offering at this site is now UPMC Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds, a set of 50 slide-video lectures, mostly aimed at internists. Another section contains 30 modules on angiogenesis with special emphasis on angiogenesis in ophthalmology. There are 2 grand rounds presentations in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; 4 activities concerning Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems of Older Adults; 3 in pediatrics; and 6 from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Practice.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine CME Programs
Last visited...6/2008
Reviewed by Julie Hughbanks, MLS
Credit hours... 1.0 to 2.0 per course.
Awarded by... Johns Hopkins.
Cost... Free.
Instruction Type... Podcast, text.
Target Audiences... Many specialties.
Education material last updated... 2008.
Financial Support... Various pharmaceutical companies.

Click on CME Programs to get started. The site offers courses in 23 medical specialty areas. Many courses have "CME expired" noted: make sure that is not the case if you need CME credits. New topics include: acne, pandemic influenza, Alzheimer's, MS, CNS malignancies, asthma management.  2008 special topic, Johns Hopkins Consultative Medicine Essentials for Hospitalists. Eight (8) interactive, case-based modules released in pairs beginning May 2008.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine Journal
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...3.25 hours per month (36 issues for total of 117 hours).
Awarded by......Johns Hopkins.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (pdf)
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Expiration of CME credit...2 years after posting.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

You will find 36 issues of Advanced Studies in Medicine. Each issue offers a set of CME Clinical Evaluation Articles (3 Credit Hours). In addition, each issue has a "Case of the Month" offering 0.25 hours of credit. The most recent issue (May 2006) contains these articles: Update on Pharmacologic Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation; Early Ovarian Cancer; and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. The "Case of the Month" features a 20-year-old morbidly obese woman presenting with progressive enlargement of her legs.

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
Last visited...2/2009.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per article (12 articles at present).
Awarded by....Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit...$9 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated..12/08.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...One year after date of publication.

The Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to helping physicians and managed care decision makers improve outcomes of care. Each issue of this journal contains an article offering one hour of CME credit. You may read the abstract without charge, but to read the entire article and earn credit, you must first pay $9. Some recent subjects are: Gallstone Disease; Preeclampsia; Primary Care Management of the Patient with Cirrhosis; Postoperative Delirium; and Anorexia Nervosa.

Medscape Nephrology
Last visited...9/2008.
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....NEPH
Educational material last updated...New activities posted frequently.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as WebMD.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to nephrologists. 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.
NEWS-CME - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of conference reports and peer-reviewed journals, including MedscapeGeneralMedicine (MedGenMed).
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. 
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...2/2010.
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.

National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI)
Last visited...8/2008.
Reviewed by... Medical Content Developers, India. Ph: +91-98700 18888.
Credit hours.....8 multimedia case studies offering 0.75 to 1.75 hours for a total of 9 credits; and 3 Payor Podcasts offering 0.5 hours each for a total of 1.5 hours.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive, Podcast..
Target Audiences....FP, IM, ENDO.
Educational material last updated....8/2008.
Financial Support...Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services. 

The National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI) offers several kinds of activities, all related to Type 2 Diabetes.
The only activities offering current CME credit are 8 multimedia case studies and 3 "Payor Podcasts."

Practical Reviews in Internal Medicine
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... 48 per year (4.0 per month).
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins.
Cost.......... $349 per year.
Instruction Type...Text-Only; Audio.
Target Audience...IM.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 24-28 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. 

Primary Care Education Network Online CME
Last visited...11/2009.
Credit hours...54 courses offering about 54 hours (not counted).
Awarded by....Primary Care Education Network.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lectures, Text-and-Graphics (pdf), Podcasts.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial Support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

You will find 3 types of CME activities: Online CME contains 17 slide-audio lectures, many dealing with diabetes; Primary Issues eNewsletter features 12 downloadable pdf newsletters on a variety of topics; and 25 Podcasts, also on a variety of topics. There is considerable overlap between the topics in the 3 types of activities. 

Pri-Med Online
Last Visited...9/2007.
Credit hours..."Over 300 activities" offering 0,25, 1.0 or 2.0 hours each (probably a total of about 450 hours - not counted).
Awarded by....Pri-Med Institute.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based Interactive, Slide-Audio lecture, Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...Probably None.

Instruction falls into 5 categories: Patient Case Studies, Slide Lecture Series, Clinical Reviews, Expert Perspectives and Morning Reports; content of these instructions is in 21 Condition Centers: Alzheimer's / Dementia; Anxiety; Asthma; Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy; Cancer in Primary Care; Depression; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; GI Motility Disorders; Heart Failure; HEENT; Hypertension; Infectious Disease; Migraine; Obesity; Overactive Bladder; Pain Management; Pediatrics; Sleep Disorders; Vascular Disorders and Women's Health.

Projects In Knowledge Living Medical Textbook - Osteoporosis - Fracture Prevention and Therapeutic Management
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...5 chapters, each offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to audio and video podcasts.
Target Audience....FP, IM, OB-GYN.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Amgen.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Five chapters at present: Overview of Osteoporosis; Identifying Patients at Risk for Osteoporosis and Fractures; Assessment of Fracture Risk Using FRAX®; Treatment of Osteoporosis; and Management of the Postfracture Patient.

Projects in Knowledge Osteoporosis Compendium
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...28 activities offering a possible total of 35.0 hours. (Some activities are the same as in the Osteoporosis Living Medical Textbook described above.)
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge and Endocrine Society.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to audio and video podcasts.
Target Audience....FP, IM, OB-GYN.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Amgen.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

The Osteoporosis Compendium is comprised of 28 courses. You may select courses that suit your particular needs or interests. Earn a Certificate of Achievement upon the successful completion of 5 courses. You may earn up to 5 Certificates of Achievement. Complete ALL 28 courses and earn the Compendium Certificate of Advanced Study.
After completing this course, you should be able to: assess risk factors and disease burden associated with the development of osteoporosis and fractures and diagnostic methodology to improve screening and diagnosis; evaluate the bone remodeling process to determine the impact of resorptive/catabolic pathways and anabolic pathways on osteoporosis and fractures; analyze how osteoporosis and fracture prevention therapies impact the pathophysiology of bone health to reduce fracture risk; formulate successful osteoporosis and fracture prevention and treatment regimens that include current antiresorptive/anticatabolic and anabolic agents; and assess the potential role of emerging osteoporosis and fracture prevention and treatment regimens in patients at risk for or with osteoporosis, when these agents are approved by the FDA.

Southern Medical Association's MedEd On-Demand
Last visited...12/2008.
Credit hours...69 activities offering a total of 69 hours.
Awarded by....Southern Medical Association.
Cost...........Free to SMA members; $25 per credit to others (or a one year subscription for $199).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....2008.
CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures are organized into groups. Some of the newer groups are: Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders; Osteoporosis; Ask The Experts; and Practice Management. You can also search for lectures by keyword.

Southern Medical Journal
Last visited...6/2008.
Credit hours...30.
Awarded by....Southern Medical Association.
Cost...........$15.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....Monthly.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each monthly online journal offers one to three hours of CME credit. Some recent articles are: Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Use of Aspirin in Diabetic Patients Remain Elusive; Platelet Function in Patients with Depression; Brain Abscess and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia; Human Trafficking and the Healthcare Professional; C-Reactive Protein: The Harbinger of Cardiovascular Diseases; and Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Lung Cancer.

Theory into Practice CME for PCPs (TiPS)
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 courses offering a total of 22.5 hours (more available for some courses ===>)
Awarded by....Boston University,
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures, Point-of-Care.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Takeda.

In these courses, you will participate as part of a group of learners, and you will use your own patient charts as well as learning from didactic presentations. Three courses are presently available: Advising Patients on Advance Directives (2.5 hours); Stepping up to Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes (10 hours); and Physician Counseling to Enhance Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines (10 hours). Additional hours are available from the 2nd and 3rd activity if you participate in the Card Study and Performance Activity Study. You should listen to the "Learn More Audio Presentation" and also view the individual course demo before registering.

University of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Self-Study Modules
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.5 per lecture (most activities offer 1.0); 67 activities offering a total of about 80 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, Davis Health System.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture (most courses also have pdfs of the slides).
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PED.
Educational material last updated....12/09 (most are from 2009).
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...3 years after posting.

Lectures on general medical subjects. Each lecture was originally presented as a video teleconference. Some recent lectures are: Enhancing Surge Capacity and Preparedness Effort: Crisis Care Guidelines; Osteoporotic Spinal Compression Fractures; Overview of Adult Occupational Lead Poisoning in California; “When is Chemotherapy Enough”? Integrating Palliative Care Into Usual Oncology; Healthy Brain Aging; and Varicose Veins, The Orphan and The Clinician Radiologist.  To receive CME credit, print and mail or fax the evaluation form.

Yale Online CME
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... 73 courses offering a total of 73 hours.
Awarded by...Yale University School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....$15 per hour or $200 per year.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audiences....Mostly IM.
Educational material last updated... 2009.
Financial Support...None Stated. 

The bulk of the instruction is in Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (39). The second largest group is "Connecticut Mandated Courses" (11). Other lectures are in Cancer (4), Surgery (5), Pediatrics (5), OB/Gyn/Reproductive Sciences (4), Neuroscience (1), Diabetes (2) and Dermatology (1).