Online CME: Neurology
Last Updated May 6, 2008.

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The sites described on this page are primarily concerned with neurology. You may find additional online CME sites and courses with neurology content at the main online CME site.

AAPM&R EMG Case-of-the-Month Series
Last visited...12/2007.
Credit hours...1.0 per case (total of 26 hours presently available).
Awarded by....AAPM&R.
Cost for Credit....Free for AAPM&R members; non-members pay $15 per hour or $40 for 3 hours.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...NEURO, PHYSIATRY.
Educational material last updated....11/07.
Financial support...None Stated.

The AAPM&R (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) EMG and Musculoskeletal Case-of-the-Month Series is a programmed learning series of case studies in electrodiagnosis (19), musculoskeletal disorders (2), pain cases (2) and spinal cord injury  (3). Instruction is by interactive text. To receive CME credit, print the CME application and evaluation form, and mail it to AAPM&R with your payment.

American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Webcasts
 Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...170 courses offering more than 200 hours of credit.
Awarded by....American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Cost...........$20
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2006. 
Financial support...None Stated.

The webcasts from the 2006 meeting include 170 educational programs covering more than 20 neurology topics and offering more than 200 hours of CME credit (average cost about $20 per credit). The subjects areas include: Movement Disorders; Neuromuscular Disease and Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG); Headache and Pain; Cerebrovascular Disease and Critical Care; Child Neurology and Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG). 

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
Last visited....3/2007.
Credit hours....0.5 to 2.5 hours per course; most are 0.5 hour; about 78 courses offering about 52 hours.
Awarded by....ASNR.
Cost for Credit....Free to members of ASNR; $15 to 20 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture or Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....NEUR, NS, RAD.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...None stated.

Some newer titles are: New Imaging Modalities; Biological Treatment with Gene Therapy and Stem Cells; Presurgical Mapping: MEG; Presurgical Mapping: fMRI and DTI; Emerging Applications in Restorative Neurosurgery and Functional Neuroimaging; Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging Update 2006; DTI: Use of Fiber Tracking; and DTI: Use of Fractional Anisotropy.

Baylor Neurology
Last visited...3/2006.
Credit hours...5.5.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures, Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educ. material last updated....2004.
Financial Support...Ortho-McNeil.

This section contains a four-lecture set, New Advances in Stroke Management (3 hours), a monograph in pdf format, Essential Tremor: A Practical Guide to Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment; and Emerging Treatments and Therapies in the Management of Brain Tumors (1.5 hours).

Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based Interactive Module
Last visited....5/2006.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by.....Beth Israel Medical Center.
Cost for Credit....$25.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive
Target Audience....NEURO, ANES.
Educational material last updated...3/2005.
Financial Support...Elan Pharmaceuticals.
CME Credit expires: June 2007.

You review the comprehensive assessment of a patient with neuropathic pain and formulate an initial treatment strategy. You assess the patient by reviewing the history prior to the present pain complaint and then the history of the present illness and formulate an initial treatment strategy by selecting from a list of possible treatments. As you make your formulation, you receive feedback on each of your selected treatments. You must have Windows Media Player in order to view this activity. You may need to alter your screen display to view it properly. To receive CME credit, print and mail the post-instruction test and evaluation along with your payment.

Head-Defender Cyberounds-Migraine
Last visited...5/2008.
Credit hours...9.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Interactive Game.
Target Audience....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.
CME Credit Expires...February 15, 2011.

In this cyber-game, you play the superhero, Head Defender, a Pac-Manesque hero designed vanquish the dreaded and awful Migrones. Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: discuss the pathophysiology of migraine; discuss the findings from recent neuroimaging studies; describe the multiple mechanisms that occur during migraine, including nociceptive, peripheral and inflammatory components; and discuss the new treatment options available that address the mechanisms of migraine.

JournalBytes Neurology
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month).
Awarded by.... American Academy of Neurology.
Cost..........$240 per year.
Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio.
Target Audience...NEURO.
Educational material updated monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication. 

Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours. 

Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery
Last visited...11/2006.
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....NEURO, NS.
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 neurologists and neurosurgeons. 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.

Neurology (Journal of the American Academy of Neurology)
Last visited....5/2006.
Credit hours...3.0 per issue (72 hours available).
Awarded by.....American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Cost............Free to members of the Academy. By annual subscription to others ($441 per year).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...Twice monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this twice-monthly online journal contains a set of articles offering CME. You must complete the quiz for each CME article in the issue before receiving credit. The May 23, 2006 issue contains CME articles on these topics: Revised diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica; Hippocampal electrical stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Neuromyelitis optica diagnosis in clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis; Long-term follow-up of patients with thalamic deep brain stimulation for epilepsy; and Diagnostic evaluation of clinically normal subjects with chronic hyperCKemia.

WE MOVE (Movement Disorder Virtual University)
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...30 courses offering 1.0 credits each (total of 30 hours). 
Awarded by....We Move.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive (Text-and-Slides or Slides-and-Audio)
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Expiration of CME credit...2009.

Courses deal with Restless Legs Syndrome (7 hours), Chemodenervation in the Management of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders (9 hours) and Parkinson's Disease (9 hours). There is also a section entitled Core Curriculum in Movement Disorders (5 hours).

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This list was compiled by Bernard M. Sklar, MD, MS