CMEList.com - Online CME: Hematology/Oncology

CMEInfo - Programs in Medical Oncology (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...55 or 35.
Awarded by....George Washington University Medical Center
Cost...........Prices vary according to the format and number of credits, from $1195 to $2095.
Instruction Type...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.
Target Audience...HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial support...None Stated.

Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices (55 hours). This program features a panel of hematology-medical oncology experts to help you prepare for your certification/recertification exam and aids practitioners evaluated through the ABMS Maintenance of Certification process, The self-study program lets you learn without the expense of travel or time away from your practice and repeat lectures as needed to reinforce learning of difficult topics.
Medical Oncology Best Practices (35 hours). Topics include: hematologic malignancies, pharmacology and toxicology of anti-neoplastic drugs, epidemiology of malignant diseases, cancers of the lung, breast, gastrointestinal tract, gynecologic and genitourinary malignancies, HIV related malignancies and new developments in the biologic therapy of cancer.

CMEInfo - Programs in Hematology (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD,
Credit hours...3 courses, offering 55, 34 or 19.5 hours.
Awarded by....George Washington University Medical Center or Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Cost...........Prices vary according to the format and number of credits, from $650 to $2095.
Instruction Type...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.
Target Audience...HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2008, 2009.
Financial support...None Stated.

Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices (55 hours). This program features a panel of hematology-medical oncology experts to help you prepare for your certification/recertification exam and aids practitioners evaluated through the ABMS Maintenance of Certification process. The self-study program lets you learn without the expense of travel or time away from your practice and repeat lectures as needed to reinforce learning of difficult topics.
Hematology Best Practices (34 hours, scroll to middle of page) is more narrowly focused on hematology as compared to the above program which covers oncology as well as hematology. After viewing this activity, you should be better able to understand: red cell disorders, recent clinical advances in coagulopathies, anticoagulant and thrombolytic therapies, blood and marrow morphology and hematopathology, and clinical advances in immunohematology, bone marrow transplantation, and hematopoietic growth factors.
The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium (19.5 hours, scroll to bottom of page) is intended for individuals actively engaged in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, oncology, surgery, gynecology, and genetics. This activity includes a forum of discussions and presentations in laboratory and clinical research concerning the care of patients with breast cancer.

CMEInfo Thrombosis and Thromboembolism
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13.5.
Awarded by....Harvard Medical School.
Cost...........$850 to $1150 (varies according to format).
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...Two years after date of publication.

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.

Osler Radiation Oncology Board Review (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Vary according to format. See ===>
Awarded by....Osler Institute.
Cost..........Vary according to format. See ===>
Instruction Type... Live or audio recordings.
Target Audience...ONCO
Educational material updated on an ongoing basis.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The Osler Radiation Oncology Board Review offers learning in a variety of venues and formats.
The next Radiation Oncology (Biology and Physics) Board Review will be May 15-8, 2011 in Louisville.
Credit Hours...40. Price... $400 for Residents; $600 for practicing physicians.
The next Live Osler Radiation Oncology Board Review will be May 19-22, 2011 in Louisville. Topics include all major areas of Radiation Oncology.
Credit Hours...40. Price... $640 for Residents; $960 for practicing physicians.
The next Osler Radiation Oncology Mock Oral Review Course will be in 2011. Mock oral exams are one-on-one simulations of the board exam with faculty examining candidates and providing feedback. Price...$125.
Credit Hours...30. Price...$960, Residents; Practicing physicians, $960.
The Osler Radiation Oncology Course on 5 MP3 CDs w/Electronic Syllabus. Each CD includes a full days' lectures from the most recent live meeting in MP3 format which you can play on your MP3 player, computer or CD player.
Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$325.
The Osler Radiation Oncology Course Creative MP3 Player Preloaded with the Course Review Audio MP3s. The player contains selected lectures from the most recent live meeting.
Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$395.

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... 36 per year (3.0 per month).
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins.
Cost.......... $299 per year.
Instruction Type...Text-Only; Audio.
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.

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AML Tour (Cyberounds Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Elderly)
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...9.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive Game.
Target Audience....HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial support...genzyme oncology.
CME Credit Expires...December 6, 2010.

The program is in the form of a bicycle tour game. Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to discuss the incidence, prevalence and survivor rates for adult AML (acute myeloid leukemia); discuss the advantages and disadvantages of available therapies for adult AML; discuss the results of clinical trials in adult AML; describe the role of PCR and FISH in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up; and describe the mechanisms of action of potential new treatments.

Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower
Last visited....5/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...7 courses offering a total of 8 hours.
Awarded by....Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio and Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audience....Plastic Surgery, HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated.....2009.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Although the courses are spread out over a number of web sites, they are all sponsored by Annenberg. Plastic Surgery courses include: Perfecting the Use of Neurotoxins in Facial Aesthetics; Perioral Volume Correction: The Global Approach; and Differentiating Neurotoxins in Aesthetic Medicine. Hematology courses include: Evolving Strategies for Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Case Reviews in Porphyria and Case Reviews in Management of Myelodysplastic Syndrome. You will also find Glaucoma Medications – Impact of Preservatives on Safety and Stability.

CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 29 articles in 3 issues (2008, 2009 and 2010) offering about 29 hours of credit.
Awarded by....American Cancer Society.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...Yearly.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting.

Some recent articles (2010 and 2009) are: Bladder Cancer in 2010; Exciting New Advances in Neuro-Oncology: Malignant Glioma; American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer; Developing a Quality Screening Colonoscopy Referral System in Primary Care Practice; Adult Cancer Survivorship: Evolution, Research, and Planning Care; Patient Decision Aids for Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Literature; Treating Tobacco Dependence in a Medical Setting; New Molecular Classifications of Breast Cancer; Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Breast Cancer; and Screening for Prostate Cancer. In order to take the quizzes, you must first obtain a username, password and customer number and then register with your personal information.

Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
Last visited..7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 activities each offering 1 credit.
Awarded by....University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Cost...........$15.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....4/10.
Financial support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

This site contains full-text online versions of articles from a peer-reviewed cancer journal. Each issue focuses on one type of cancer and contains four or more major articles. A new issue comes out every two months. Currently, three of these issues offers CME credit: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Putting New Treatment Options Into Perspective; Iron Overload in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management; and Enhancing Survival Outcomes in the Management of Patients With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Each module contains a set of 20 post-test questions; you need to score at least 75% to earn credit.

CancerNetwork.com
Last visited...5/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...10 activities offering 29.5 hours.
Awarded by....The Beam Institute.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....4/10.
Financial support...Many pharmaceutical companies.

You will find:
9 issues of the Journal, Oncology. Each issue contains 2-3 articles on various subjects; each issue offers up to 3.0 hours of CME credit.
Some recent topics include: Essentials for Tailoring Multiple Myeloma Therapy; Monoclonal Antibodies in Advanced B-cell Lymphomas; HDAC Inhibitors in Cancer Care; Lung Cancer in ‘Never-Smokers’: A Unique Entity; Inhibition of Poly(ADP)-Ribose Polymerase as a Therapeutic Strategy for Breast Cancer; Cancer Chemotherapy in the Elderly Patient; and Biology and Management of Rare Primary Extranodal T-cell Lymphomas.

Cleveland Clinic Hematology/Oncology
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours....About 30 activities offering a total of about 24 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....2010.
Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support.
CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include: MDS and AML Therapeutic Strategies: Similarities, Differences, and Overlap; Patient Involvement in Personalizing Therapy; Clinical Implications: Applying MDS Therapies to AML Patients and Vice-Versa; Biologics III: The Newer Agents; and Driven Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Clinical Care Options Oncology
Last visited...6/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 40 activities offering about 20 hours.
Awarded by....Various Sponsors
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-with-Slides or Case-Based-Interactive).
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Credit Expires...One year after posting.

About 40 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of cancer. All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases.
The current Featured Content is Spanning the Continuum of Care in Multiple Myeloma (Review patient cases applying current data on optimal strategies to manage multiple myeloma).
Not all activities offer CME; look for the term, "CME-certified".

CME Credits Online
Last visited....4/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1 activity, 1.5 hours.
Awarded by....Purdue University School of Pharmacy.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2/15/2010.
Financial Support...Genentech.
CME Credit Expires...2/14/2011

A single presentation, New Developments with Targeted Therapies for Patients with Advanced Renal Cell Cancer. After viewing this course, you should be able to:
identify the molecular alterations frequently seen in clear cell RCC in order to develop comprehensive treatment plans; develop individualized treatment plans incorporating biologically targeted therapies in treatment plans for patients with RCC to improve survival rates; evaluate potential biomarkers predictive of response to antiangiogenic agents in RCC in order to improve patient outcomes.

CME LLC Oncology
Last visited...6/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...19 activities offering about 30 hours total.
Awarded by.....CME LLC.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-and-Text.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

19 e-Updates offering 0.5 to 3.0 credits each (total of about 30 hours). Recent topics include: Lung Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer and Breast Cancer.
Links to 10 issues of the journal, Oncology, found at CancerNetwork. Some recent topics include: Essentials for Tailoring Multiple Myeloma Therapy; Monoclonal Antibodies in Advanced B-cell Lymphomas; HDAC Inhibitors in Cancer Care; Lung Cancer in ‘Never-Smokers’: A Unique Entity; Inhibition of Poly(ADP)-Ribose Polymerase as a Therapeutic Strategy for Breast Cancer; Cancer Chemotherapy in the Elderly Patient; and Biology and Management of Rare Primary Extranodal T-cell Lymphomas.

Emerging Management Strategies for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in High-Risk Patients
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech, and Genzyme.

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:
Utilize appropriate tests and biomarkers to quickly and accurately diagnose, stage, and do risk assessment for patients with CLL;
Design optimal treatment protocols for individual patients;
Provide appropriate supportive care for patients;
Incorporate data from clinical trials to guide adoption of new treatment options when available and appropriate.

GliomaEd.com
Last visited....5/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 10 activities offering 0.25 to 1.0 hours each (total of about 8 hours).
Awarded by...AKH Inc, Advancing Knowledge and Healthcare.
Cost.............Free.
Instruction type...Text-Only, podcast, streaming video.
Target audience...NEURO, ONCO, NS.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial support....Schering-Plough.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

A series of about 20 activities on the diagnosis and treatment of glioma and glioblastoma.

HITeducation.com
Last visited…8/2010
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.”

Hollywood Arcade (Cyberounds - Metastatic Breast Cancer)
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...9.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine and interMDnet Corporation.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Interactive Game.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...BristolMyers Squibb.
CME Credit Expires...July 10, 2011.

The instruction is presented in the form of a pinball game. After completing this activity, you should be able to: discuss the current management of taxane-resistant metastatic breast cancer; describe recent clinical trials involving newer taxanes and newer chemotherapy (e.g., capecitabine); describe recent clinical trials involving novel agents, e.g., epothilones, as monotherapy or in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of taxane-resistant, metastatic breast cancer; and discuss the mechanisms of action of the various proposed new agents.

Imedex eLearning Center
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 71 activities; the number of hours is estimated at 130 (not counted).
Awarded by....Imedex, Inc.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video lectures, podcast, text.
Target Audiences... ONCO, HEMA.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

A variety of courses in oncology. Most activities (43) in Oncology; other areas are Hematology (22), Gastroenterology (3), Infectious Disease (1) and Dermatology (2).

InforMEDical Oncology CME
Last visited....2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...5 activities offering a total of 12 credits.
Awarded by....InforMEDical Communications, Inc.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only
Target Audience....HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.
Expiration of CME Credit...1 - 2 years after posting.

Five programs currently offered: Novel Agents in the Treatment of Lung Cancer: New Approaches to First-Line Therapy; Lung Cancer: Case Studies Assessing Novel Agents in First-Line Therapy; Lung Cancer: Assessing Maintenance and Early Second-Line Therapies; Colon and Rectal Cancers: Pathologic Staging and Assessment; and Innovations and Challenges in Renal Cancer.

ITPeducation.org
Last visited…8/2010
Reviewed by…Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours…5 activities offering a total of 7.75 hours.
Awarded by…The France Foundation.
Cost for Credit…Free.
Instruction Type… Podcast, Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only.
Target Audience.... HEMA, GI, ONCO (and other physicians who treat patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura - ITP).
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

ITPeducation.org focuses on managing patients with ITP and related thrombocytopenic complications. There are 4 sections:
Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (5-10 minute clips; 1.25 hours of credit).
4 Webinars: ITP: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies (1.0 hour);
Quality of Life Instruments in Risk/Benefit Analysis of Therapeutic Options (0.5 hour);
Thrombopoietic Agents and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches to ITP (0.5 hour); and
Managing Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease (0.5 hour).
3 Clinical Primers (1.0 hour each): Assessing Recent Advancements in the Management of ITP and Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Other Disorders; An Update of Evidence from 2008; and Chronic Immune/Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).
ITP Performance Improvement Tool (1.0 hours) is a resource you can utilize to assess how well you are managing your patients who have ITP.
The Applications in Practice Clinical Tool Kit (2.0 hours) is a collection of resources created to improve ITP management. It consists of a Newsletter, Clinical Pearls, and Performance Improvement Tool.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Oncology
Last visited...3/2010
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... 4 activities offering a total of 8 hours.
Awarded by... Johns Hopkins.
Cost... Free.
Instruction Type... Podcast, text.
Target Audiences...ONCO, NS, RAD.
Education material last updated... 2009.
Financial Support... Various pharmaceutical companies.

This site promises CME activities concerning a wide variety of cancers, but only 4 activities are in fact present. They are: Case-Based Discussion of Emerging Evidence: Comprehensive Treatment Planning for Patients with High-Grade Gliomas (Journal Club); Case-Based Discussion of Emerging Evidence: Comprehensive Treatment Planning for Patients with High-Grade Gliomas; Monograph - Perspectives In Central Nervous System Malignancies; and Podcasts - Perspectives In Central Nervous System Malignancies.

Managing Myeloma
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...15 activities offering a total of 16.0 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: 2010
Financial Support: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Centocor Ortho Biotech

After registering and logging in, click on Education to find these activities:
Accredited Newsletter Series –The Multidisciplinary Cancer Care™ accredited series of newsletters covering a variety of topics related to the care of patients with multiple myeloma (12 activities; 1.0 hour each).
CE Journal Supplements – Articles authored by top thought leaders on treatment goals, transplantation, and new therapeutic directions (3 articles; 2.5 hours).
Audio/Video Programs – A single slide-audio program: Approaches to Appropriate Treatment Sequencing in Multiple Myeloma (1.0 hour).
Point of Care CME (PoC) – Read the instructions for PoC and search an answer to a specific clinical question, find your answer and complete the online PoC evaluation report form in order to receive credit (0.5 hour).

Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Last visited...4/2010.
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.

MelanomaCare.org
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours: 13 webcasts and 1 text publication, 1.5 hours each activity (21 hours).
Awarded by: The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and PharmAdura, LLC.
Cost... Free
Instruction Type... Slide-Video Lecture, audio podcast, Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences... DERM, ONCO, SURG.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial support... Schering Corporation.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

You will find 13 webcasts/podcasts; the newest are: The Management of In-Transit Melanoma; Current Status of Adjuvant Interferon-α (IFN-α) Therapy in Melanoma; The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) in Prior Resected and Recurrent Melanoma; Immunotherapy of Melanoma Using Checkpoint Blockade; and Melanoma Brain Metastases. You will also find a single text publication, Update on Advances in Melanoma: Current Progress and Future Promise.

Meniscus Limited
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...2 activities offering a probable total of 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....Meniscus Educational Institute.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture and Text-Only.
Target Audiences...ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

There are 2 activities at this time: CINV (chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting): Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Patient Outcomes; and Systemic Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Issues in Preoperative and Adjuvant Treatment.

MyCME.com Oncology Courses from Johns Hopkins
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...10 one-hour courses.
Awarded by....Johns Hopkins.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2009.
Financial support...None Stated.

One new course per month. Recent activities include: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Management based on EGFR Mutation Status; Colorectal Cancer and Evidence for Cure by Adjuvant Chemotherapy; Oncofertility in Clinical Practice; Evidence for the Use of Circulating Tumor Cells in the Prognostic Stratification of Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer; and Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Changing Paradigm in the Era of Molecular Profiling.

NSCLCeducation.org
Last Visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit Hours: 3 activities offering a total of 4 hours.
Awarded by...The France Foundation.
Cost….Free.
Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care.
Target Audiences… ONCO, CHEST MEDICINE (and other physicians who diagnose and manage non-small cell lung cancer - NSCLC).
Educational material last updated….2010.
Financial Support…Boehringer Ingelheim.

NSCLCeducation.org is a set of activities designed to help you to diagnose and treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Webinar: Moving Toward Individualized Therapy in Lung Cancer (0.5 hour);
Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hours) features commentary from a multidisciplinary group of experts.
The Applications in Practice Clinical Tool Kit (2.0 hours) is a collection of resources you can utilize to improve NSCLC management. It consists of a Newsletter, Clinical Pearls, Credit Extender, and Practice Improvement.

New Paradigms for Systemic Therapy in Advanced/Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Lilly.
Expiration of CME credit...March 10, 2011.

After completing this activity, you should be able to:
* Discuss current treatment standards for locally advanced and metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, including risks and benefits of new drug options that may benefit their patients
* Compare the clinical data associated with the use of various systemic therapies in the maintenance setting for patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, including survival benefits
* Define the role of histologic types as an important predictive factor for some systemic therapy agents
* Identify various biomarkers emerging as potential predictors in the assessment of NSCLC

(The) Oncologist
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours..."Over 200"
Awarded by....Society for Translational Oncology.
Cost for Credit....$15 per hour or $200 for 20 hours (includes membership in the Society for Translational Oncology).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....HEMA, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...sanofi-aventis, OSI Oncology and Takeda.

"Over 200" courses in a wide variety of hematology and oncology areas. Some major areas are: Acute and Chronic Leukemias and Multiple Myeloma; Breast Cancer; Cancer Biology; Clinical Pharmacology; Gastrointestinal Cancer; Genitourinary Cancer; Lung Cancer; Lymphoma; Radiation Oncology; Schwartz Center Rounds; and Symptom Management and Supportive Care. Some newer activities are: Contemporary Imaging in Sarcoma; The Assessment and Management of Delirium in Cancer Patients; Plasma Fibrinogen Levels and Prognosis in Patients with Ovarian Cancer; and Should Patients With High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy?

OptumHealth Education
Last visited...4/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD
Credit hours...About 50 activities offering 1 credit each (abut 50 total credits)
Awarded by....various sponsors.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience....PSYCH, CARD, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

The slide-video lectures currently available are in the following areas: Cardiology (12), Diabetes(2), Infectious Disease (2), Gastroenterology (5), Neuroscience (32), and Oncology (9).

Practical Reviews in Cancer Management
Last visited...4/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours... 36 per year (3.0 per month).
Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins.
Cost.......... $299 per year.
Instruction Type...Text-Only; Audio.
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...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...About 7 activities offering about 21 hours.
Awarded by....Various sponsors.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Only or Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Not all activities offer CME credit. Some recent activities offering CME credit are:
prIME Downloadable Slides from the 2010 Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago (2.5 hours);
Expert Perspectives in Clinical Practice: Daily Clinical Updates from the 2010 Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago (2.5 hours);
Hematologic Malignancies Demystified (4.75 hours);
Daily Update Roundtable Discussions from the 4th Annual International Breast Cancer Conference (IBCC4) (2.25 hours);
prIME Oncology Cases in Breast Cancer (3.5 hours);
prIME Downloadable Slides from the 51st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition (3.75 hours).

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program: Breast Cancer Management II
Last visited...1/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...13 activities for a total of 11.5 credits.
Awarded by...Projects in Knowledge.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Audio.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated...1/2010.
Financial Support...Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and Genentech BioOncology.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

After completing this program, you should be able to: apply evidence-based guidelines to determine optimal treatment interventions for patients with or at risk for developing breast cancer through an understanding of the epidemiology, risk factors, and disease burden imposed by breast cancer, including genetic factors, dietary modification, morbidity, and mortality; assess the role of genetic and other markers in determining optimal treatment selection in breast cancer patients, and in evaluating treatment response to therapy to improve patient outcomes; evaluate the appropriate use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy agents in treatment strategies for breast cancer patients that improve outcomes through knowledge of their efficacy and safety; and assess the challenges in promoting treatment compliance, including long-term compliance, and address the long-term consequences of treatment.

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...10 activities for a total of 8.5 credits.
Awarded by…Projects In Knowledge.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Audio Podcast.
Target Audiences...GI, ONCO , SURG.
Educational materials last updated...12/09.
Financial Support...Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

After completing this course, you should be able to: assess the importance of screening, surveillance, diagnosis, and optimal treatment intervention of patients with or at risk of developing HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) through an understanding of the risk factors, disease burden, imaging, and biomarkers to customize interventions leading to improved patient outcomes; analyze the benefits of liver transplantation, surgical resection and ablation therapies in eligible patients with HCC to optimize patient outcomes; compare the benefits of various adjunctive therapies, including ablative therapy, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and chemoembolization; as well as conformal or stereotactic radiation, including radiotherapeutic microspheres, to select single or combined strategies that improve outcomes of patients with HCC; evaluate the benefits of targeted therapeutic agents, based on their efficacy and safety profiles and mechanisms of action, to improve treatment outcomes in patients with HCC; assess tumor- and patient-related factors as predictors of response to determine which patients with HCC are likely to benefit from specific therapies to improve their outcomes; and describe the potential role of systemic chemotherapies in combination with targeted agents, in the future treatment of patients with HCC.

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program: Lung Cancer Management II
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...17 activities, ranging from 0.75 to 1.5 per course, for a total of up to 16.5 credits.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text, Slides, and Audio Lectures.
Target Audience....ONCO, HEMA.
Educational material last updated....2/10.
Financial Support...Genentech BioOncology and OSI Oncology.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

This 12-month curriculum explores both non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with respect to Guidelines, Assessing at-risk individuals, Screening, Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment. Current and emerging innovative treatment options and strategies in lung cancer are emphasized, such as chemotherapy (including newer agents such as paclitaxel, pralatrexate and talotrexin), chemoradiation, neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy), consolidative chemotherapy, targeted therapies (including vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGF] inhibitors, epidermal growth factor [EGFR] inhibitors, matrix metalloprotease (MMP) inhibitors, farnesyl transferase [FT] inhibitors, multikinase inhibitors, inhibitors of Ras, HDAC, mTOR, Met, MEK, toll and p13K, that include gefitinib, erlotinib, bevacizumab, sunitinib, sorafenib, lonafarnib, vandetanib and cetuximab).

Projects In Knowledge Certificate Program in Advanced/Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...16 activities, each 0.5 to 1.5 hour, for total of 15.0 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb and ImClone Systems, Genentech BioOncology, and Sanofi-Aventis U.S.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

After completing this program, you should be able to: determine the importance of environmental, dietary, and hereditary risk factors associated with the development of colorectal cancer; analyze the guidelines/recommendations and options for treatment of patients with stage two and stage three colon and rectal cancer; assess the first-line and subsequent treatment options available for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer; and evaluate the options available for multimodal management of patients with resectable metastatic colorectal cancer.

Projects In Knowledge Living Medical Textbook Hematology Edition: Insights into Managing Leukemia
Last visited...2/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 chapters, each offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics with links to audio podcasts.
Target Audience....ONCO, HEMA.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

Three chapters at present: Overview of Leukemia; Lymphoid Leukemia; and Myeloid Leukemia.

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer
Last visited...5/2010.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....11 sessions, each with 2-4 topics. I cannot find the number of CME hours (probably about 35)
Awarded by.....American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
Cost...$499 for non-attendees of the live meeting; $199 for attendees of the live meeting.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio, Podcast, pdf
Target Audience....ONCO, OB-GYN.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.
CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

This website features selected lectures from the 41st annual meeting, held in San Francisco in March 2010. Not all sessions offer CME credit and I could not find the total number of hours or the number of hours per session. Some topics are: Fertility-preserving treatment in young patients with endometrial carcinoma and atypical hyperplasia; Progression-free survival and overall survival in patients diagnosed with stage III/IV ovarian cancer and treated with primary surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without delayed debulking surgery; Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy; and Lymph Node Dissection in Ovarian Cancer.

Texas Medical Association’s Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP)
Last visited...3/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...7 activities offering a total of 26.5 hours.
Awarded by....Texas Medical Association.
Cost for Credit....About $15 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only, Point-of-Care.
Target Audience...FP, IM
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

The seven activities are: Ovarian Cancer, pdf version (1.5 hours); Ovarian Cancer: Designed for the Primary Care Physician (online module) (1.0 hour); Pain Primer for Primary Physicians: Essential Concepts (1.5 hours); Performance Improvement (PI) Continuing Medical Education Project for Primary Care Physicians (20 hours, fee not stated); Potential Endocrine Effects of Anticancer Therapy (1.5 hours); Tobacco Intervention and the Health Care Provider (1.0 hour); and Survivorship (Lance Armstrong Foundation: Professional Training Opportunities) (probably no CME credit)

CMEList.com - Online CME: Hematology/Oncology

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A series of about 20 activities on the diagnosis and treatment of glioma and glioblastoma.

A variety of courses in oncology. Most activities (43) in Oncology; other areas are Hematology (22), Gastroenterology (3), Infectious Disease (1) and Dermatology (2).

There are 2 activities at this time: CINV (chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting): Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Patient Outcomes; and Systemic Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Issues in Preoperative and Adjuvant Treatment.

The slide-video lectures currently available are in the following areas: Cardiology (12), Diabetes(2), Infectious Disease (2), Gastroenterology (5), Neuroscience (32), and Oncology (9).

Three chapters at present: Overview of Leukemia; Lymphoid Leukemia; and Myeloid Leukemia.

Last Updated August 30, 2010.