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AAPM&R EMG Academe
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 20 activities offering about 32 hours.
Awarded by....AAPM&R.
Cost for Credit....Prices are very variable. See the individual activity. Members receive about a 30% discount. Some activities are free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures, Case-based interactive, Text-Only.
Target Audiences...NEURO, PHYSIATRY.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial support...Some activities have support from pharmaceutical companies.

CME activities are presented in 4 formats. "Courses" combine audio, video, slides and interactive learning activities: Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound; (3.75 hours); and Chemodenervation in the Management of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders (5 hours). There are 5 slide-audio lectures on various topics (1.5 hours). You will find 6 "cases": EMG, Musculoskeletal, Pain and Spinal Cord Injury. The new online journal, PM&R, currently has 6 articles each offering 1 hour of credit. Podcasts offer no credit.

American Headache Society (AHS)
Last visited...5/2009.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...2 courses offering a total of 4 hours.
Awarded by....American Headache Society.
Cost...........Free or reduced fees for members, $15 to $20 per credit for non-members. Membership costs $60 or $99 per year.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio lectures, Slide-Video lecture.
Target Audience...NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial support...GlaxoSmithKline.

Two courses are now available: 
Presidential Symposium: How Pain Becomes Chronic (1.0 hours: free for members; $15 non-members).
Headache Medicine Certification Exam Review (3.0 hours: $40 members; $60 non-members) - aimed at preparing applicants for this exam.
You must register and pay before you can view the material.

American Heart Association Professional Education Center
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...Online courses, webcasts and webinars: 12 activities offering a total of 37 hours.
Podcasts: 7 activities offering 0.75 to 1.5 hours (total of 7 hours). 
Awarded by....American Heart Association.
Cost...........Most are free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio, slide-video, podcast.
Target Audience...CARD, FP, IM, NEURO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

The American Heart Association Professional Education Center offers live and televised sessions as well as distance learning through print and CD. To find the online and podcast material, choose Course Catalog, then Delivery Method, then either Online Courses, Webinars and Webcasts or Podcasts/Audiocasts. All activities are concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease.

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
Last visited....6/2008.
Reviewed by Janice Flahiff, Medical Librarian.
Credit hours....0.5 to 1.5 hours per course; most are 0.5 hour; about 35 courses offering about 25 hours.
Awarded by....ASNR.
Cost for Credit....Free to members of ASNR; $10 to 40 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Streaming -Video with Slide accompaniment.
Target Audience....NEURO, NS, RAD.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...None stated.

Some newer titles are: Diagnostic Imaging of the Spine: Spinal Vascular Disease: Alzheimer's Disease: Sinonasal Cavity: New Imaging Modalities: and Biological Treatment with Gene Therapy and Stem Cells.

Cleveland Clinic Neuroinflammatory Diseases in Rheumatology
Last visited...3/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours....4 podcasts (0.5 or 0.25 hours each); 4 webcasts (slide-video lectures, 0.5 or 0.25 hours each); and 1 monograph, 1.75 hours). Total about 6 hours.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video lectures; podcast; monograph.
Target Audiences...RHEUM, NEURO.
Educ. material last updated....2008
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical and device companies.
CME Credit Expires...2010.

After completing this course, you should be able to: classify neuropsychiatric complications of SLE and describe the sequence, order, and interpretation of neurodiagnostic testing needed to accurately diagnose these complications; differentiate the common clinical subsets of CNS vasculitis from their important mimics and describe the interpretation and limitations of common neurodiagnostic testing used for its evaluation; identify the common clinical and electrodiagnostic features of vasculitis neuropathy and associate and correlate such findings to neurovascular pathologic findings; and define the role of immunosuppressive and biologic therapies in the pathogenesis of opportunistic CNS infections.

Head-Defender Cyberounds-Migraine
Last visited...5/2009.
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.

Neurology (Journal of the American Academy of Neurology)
Last visited....12/2008.
Credit hours...1.5 per issue (150 hours available).
Awarded by.....American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Cost............Free to members of the Academy. By annual subscription to others (The previous fee was $441 per year; I am unable to find the current fee).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this weekly online journal contains two articles offering CME. You must complete the quiz for each CME article in the issue before receiving credit. You must be a subscriber (or member) to read the titles or content of the articles. 

Practical Reviews Online in Neurology (formerly JournalBytes Neurology)
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month).
Awarded by.... American Academy of Neurology.
Cost..........$349 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. 

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program: Multiple Sclerosis Management
Last visited...6/2008.
Credit hours...20 activities, each 0.5 to 1.0 hour, for total of 17.5 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio and Text.
Target Audience....NEURO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Biogen Idec, Genentech, Novartis and Teva Neuroscience.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

These activities examine strategies for treating and managing patients with multiple sclerosis.
After concluding this series, you will be able to assess the etiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of MS; apply knowledge of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and markers to formulate treatment strategies for patients with MS; determine the appropriate use of current and emerging MS agents; and customize therapies for MS patients. This series began in May 2008. The first activity is already posted (6/15/08); the other 19 will be posted as the year goes on.

WE MOVE (Movement Disorder Virtual University)
Last visited...5/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13 activities offering a total of 11.75 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...2009.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Expiration of CME credit...2010. 

Program titles, each offering multiple activities, are: Drug Induced Movement Disorders: Overview; Drug Induced Movement Disorders: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Prevention; The Role of Chemodenervation in the Management of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders; and A Core Curriculum in Movement Disorders.