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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2007 Psychopharmacology Update Online CME Program
Last visited...12/2007.
Credit hours....14.
Awarded by....AACAP
Cost for Credit...(Probably) $140 for AACAP members; $280 for non-members (you need to register in order to see prices)..
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences...PSYCH, PED
Educational material last updated....9/2007.
Financial Support...Lilly.
CME Credit Expires...9/5/2008.

The goal of the 2007 Psychopharmacology Update Online Program is to provide an update regarding the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications, comparing and contrasting children, adolescent, and adults. Practitioners are exposed to expert opinions and the most current data on developmental differences in the conditions being treated as well as the overall risks and benefits of the treatments.

American Academy of Pediatrics PediaLink

AAP PediaLink offers 3 kinds of instruction:

• eQIPP: Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...1 module with 22 credits.
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost for Credit.....Various plans from $79 to 169 depending on level of training and AAP membership status.
  Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with group discussions.
  Target Audience....PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated...2005.
  Financial Support...Pfizer Pediatric Health, GlaxoSmithKline.

eQIPP is a quality improvement CME program that allows you to evaluate your practice online. Each module has 4 units: Assessing Your Practice; Treating Your Patients; Developing Your Action Plan; and Next Steps For Your Practice. The current offering is: Managing Your Patients with ADHD.

• PREP Self-Assessment Online
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...40 (AAP) or 20 (AAFP) for each module (3 modules totaling 120 hours)
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost...........$130 to $190 depending on level of training and AAP membership status.
  Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience...PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated....2006.
  Financial support...None Stated.

Each PREP Self-Assessment Exercise offers over 250 multiple choice questions including critiques; links to many of the references; and search capabilities. You can now purchase the PREP Self-Assessment Exercise for 2006, 2005 and 2004.

• Other AAP online courses
  Last visited...6/2006.
  Credit hours...14 activities totaling about 114 hours.
  Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Cost...........$15 per credit for AAP members; $20 per credit for nonmembers.
  Instruction Type....Cased–based interactive, Text-Only, Streaming Video, Question-and-Answer.
  Target Audience...PED, FP.
  Educational material last updated....2005.
  Financial support...Various.

Other AAP online courses (and hours offered) are: Asthma Coding Clues (1.5); Early Education & Child Care (5); Dermatology: Skin Essentials (8); Childhood Hearing (5); Pediatric Leadership Alliance (7); NeoReviews 2005 (24) or NeoReviews "Plus" (36); New Spin On Childhood Obesity (6); Asthma Gadgets (7); 2006 Hot Topics - annual series of 6 - 20 minute CME modules (3); AAP Grand Rounds 2006 monthly review newsletter (18); and 5 Pediatric Prescribing Updates (PPU), each 1.5 hours: Allergy & Asthma; Analgesics & Sedation; Dermatology Agents; Psychoactive Medications; and Bioterrorism Counteragents. 

Baylor Pediatrics
Last visited...2/2008.
Credit hours...12 topics offering 13.25 hours.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED.
Educ. material last updated....2007.

This section has 12 pediatric topics: Some topics have multiple sections, and you must complete all sections to earn credit.  Some newer topics include: Counseling Adolescents About Sexual Health; Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors and Unintended Pregnancy; Meningococcal Disease; The Obesity Crisis;  Antimicrobial Usage Update and Diagnosing a Fever of Unknown Origin.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta CME Online
Last visited...8/2007.
Credit hours....About 28 activities, each offering 1.0 credit-hour.
Awarded by...Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio, Text-Only.
Target Audiences.... PED.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site is best visited with Internet Explorer. In the Physician Publication Learning Module, you can earn CME credit for answering questions based on the articles in the  "peds" online journal. In the Cardio Update Modules, you earn CME credit for answering questions based on the articles in any of the four modules. You can earn one credit for Disclosure of Unanticipated Events. Grand Rounds Online offers 23 slide-audio lectures on various pediatric topics, each worth 1.0 credit-hours.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Webcasts
Last visited...2/2008.
Credit hours....6.0
Awarded by...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video lecture.
Target Audiences.... PED.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Six slide-video lectures: Cystic Fibrosis: Breathing New Life Into Age-Old Treatments; Learn about the Vesicoureteral Reflux NIH Clinical Trial; Back to the Future - With Apologies to Sir William Osler; Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Otitis Media: Can We Agree?; Severe Neonatal Jaundice: Causes, Care, Outcome, Prevention; and Do Boys and Girls Grow Differently? The Evolution of Sexually Dimorphic Growth.

Children's Memorial Hospital - Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Last visited...11/2006.
Credit hours....7.25.
Awarded by... Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Text or Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences.... PED, FP.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Text or text-and-graphics articles from The Child's Doctor, Fall 2006 and Spring 2006 (each issue offers total of 2.0 hours) and six slide-audio lectures offering 0.5 or 0.75 hours each: Common Pediatric Complaints: When to Think about Cancer; Functional Bowel Disorders in Children; Evaluation of Stridor; Immunology Alphabet Soup; and Why is This Eye Red?

Children's of Minnesota Grand Rounds Online  
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...110 (one hour per lecture).
Awarded by...Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video
Target Audiences.... PED.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, a live lecture is presented and archived on the web shortly thereafter. Some recent lectures are: Diabetes Mellitus Update; Role of Whole Body and Selective Cerebral Hypothermia in Treatment of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Term Neonate; Best Baby Project: Reducing Children's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke; Sports Eye Injuries; Infant With A Seizure; and Medical Aspects of Childhood Obesity.. There is no post-lecture exam; just fill out the evaluation to earn your credit.

Contemporary Pediatrics
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...4.
Awarded by....CMEWeb.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...PED.
Educational material last updated...Monthly
Financial Support...Pharmaceutical Companies.

Activities are called "tests," and contain both content and questions. Recent titles include: The crying child: What are they trying to tell you? Parts I and II; First and second seizure: What to know & do; Safeguarding kids from environmental hazards; and NICU Micropreemies: How do they fare?

DDHealthInfo.org (Developmental Disabilities)
Last visited...10/2007.
Credit hours...About 50 activities, each offering 0.5 credit-hours (total of about 25 hours).
Awarded by....University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....Free. 
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, PEDS, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...California Department of Developmental Services.
CME Credit Expires...June 30, 2010.

This website is designed to assist physicians in caring for persons with developmental disabilities. Topics include: Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Cerebral Palsy; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Down Syndrome; Spina Bifida; and 
more than 50 additional conditions and associated medical issues. Each activity is presented in outline style followed by five multiple choice questions.

Focus on Immunization and Preventable Disease Management
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1 activity offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....FP, PED.
Educ. material last updated....2005.
CME Credit Expires...12/31/2008.
Financial support...Wyeth.

After completing this course, you should understand the vaccines that are recommended for routine use with children and adolescents; recognize the indications for childhood and adolescent vaccination; integrate the current immunization schedules and guidelines into clinical practice; and understand and implement strategies for optimizing immunization rates.

eNeonatal Review
Last visited...1/2007.
Credit hours......1.0 credits each month (40 issues offering total of 40 credits). Podcasts award 0.5 credits.
Awarded by...Johns Hopkins University.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type....Newsletter (pdf); also available via podcast.
Target Audiences....PED (Neonatal).
Educational material last updated....Monthly.
Financial Support...INO Therapeutics.
CME Credit Expires...3 years after posting.

Each month, participants receive an email linking to a current topic in neonatal critical care. For example, the January 2007 issue reviews the current literature on the use of ibuprofen in neonates with patent ductus arteriosus . You can also view any of the archived subjects at the web site.

Masters of Pediatrics
Last visited...2/2008.
Credit hours...16 lectures, most offer 0.5 hours of credit. Total of 8.25 hours.
Awarded by.....University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences.....PED.
Educational material last updated....2007.
Financial Support...MeadJohnson.

Lectures from the 2007 and 2008 meetings. Recent lectures include: Antibiotic Update; Treatment Approaches to Sleep Disorders; Acne Update; Psychopharmacology of ADHD; Asthma Treatment 2007; and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 

NICUniversity.org (Neonatology)
Last visited...9/2007.
Credit hours...1.0 each (total of 12 hours).
Awarded by....Total CME, Inc
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audiences....PED (NEONATAL).
Educational material last updated....2007
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies. 
Expiration Of CME Credit: One year after posting.

The lectures are intended for neonatologists. Some current lectures are: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension; Down Syndrome Screening; Chronic lung disease: Strategies for prevention; Consequences of prenatal and postnatal steroid use in premature infants; Prenatal inflammation and postnatal consequences; Limits of Viability: A 'gradual' approach to life support in the ELBW infant; and Risks and Benefits of Hypercapnia. After the lecture, submit answers to a 10-question exam to earn your CME credit.

NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers)
Last visited...7/2006.
Credit hours...1.0. 1.25 or 1.5 each (total of 4.5 hours).
Awarded by....CDC and NNPTC.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, GYN, UROL, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...CDC.

The series includes case presentations of common STD-related syndromes. The guided interactive process helps you to evaluate each case, arrive at a diagnosis and provide recommended treatment. There are four cases: Lydia, a 15-year-old recently incarcerated young woman complaining of vaginal discharge; Melissa, a 20-year-old college student presenting for evaluation of some painless "growths" on her genitals; Brian, a 30-year-old man presenting with a 2-3 day history of urethral discharge and moderate-severe dysuria; and Sam, a 31-year-old man complaining of a painful blister on his penis.

Emergency Medicine Practice and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
Last visited...3/2008.
Credit hours...4 hours per month (48 hours per year for each subscription). These are two separate journals.
Awarded by....Mount Sinal School of Medicine.
Cost........... $297.96 per one-year subscription. Individual issues may be purchased for $30.00.
Instruction Type...Text and Graphics.
Target Audiences....ER, PED.
Educational material last updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...None.
CME credit expires: 3 years from published date, AAFP: two years from published date.

Emergency Medicine Practice and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice are online journals focusing on one topic per issue, most often based on a single complaint; within that topic, ED evaluation (including history and findings), differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, treatment (including pharmacological therapies), special circumstances, controversies, common pitfalls and patient disposition are covered.

Pediatric Grand Rounds (University of Nebraska)
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...1 hour per lecture (about 34 hours at present).
Awarded by....University of Nebraska Children's Hospital.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience....PED.
Educational material last updated...11/07.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Almost every week, a lecture is videotaped and archived at the site within a few days. Some recent lectures include: Surfactant: Maybe It's Not Just for Babies Anymore; High Resolution CT of the Lung in Infants and Young Children: Application to Cystic Fibrosis and Diffuse Lung Diseases; Respiratory Viral Infections; Risk and Misconceptions of Acne Treatment; Data Based Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Eating Disorders; Pediatric Surgical Emergencies; and The Story of Vaccines.

PediatricGrandRounds (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...7 (1.0 hour per lecture)
Awarded by....Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cost for Credit....$10.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....PED.
Educational material last updated...2007
Financial Support...None Stated.

Present lectures include: Assessing the Threat of Pandemic Avian Influenza; Chronic Cough in Children; Hot Topics In Immunizations 2006-07; Growth Assessment and Disorders in Children; What Pediatricians Need to Know About Temperament; and Water, Water Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink: Nephrotic Syndrome In Children.

Pediatrix University (formerly Natal U) 
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...1.0 or 2.0 per course (currently approximately 59 courses available).
Awarded by....Pediatrix Medical Group.
Cost for Credit...$10.
Instruction. Type....Threaded Discussion, Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PED (Neonatology), Maternal and Fetal Medicine (Perinatology).
Educational material last updated....Monthly (in different weeks for each area).
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical and Other Companies.

You will find three areas presenting new CME on a monthly basis: Grand Rounds Amphitheater contains evidence-based topic presentations and discussions. The Radiology Wing and Pathology Gallery presents a new picture or X-ray. The Ultrasound Wing features case presentations with ultrasound images. Instruction is via a brief text or graphics case followed by online discussion among the users and then a brief multiple choice test.

PedsEducation.org
Last visited...11/2007.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.0 per course; most are 0.5 hours (about 130 courses offering about 75  hours).
Awarded by....Nemours Foundation.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture (also available in Slide-Text mode (pdf)). Several new courses available by podcast.
Target Audience....FP, PED.
Educational material last updated...11/07.
Financial Support...Nemours Foundation.

A large set of activities in most area of pediatrics. Some recent postings include:  Child Abuse: It’s everywhere; Update on Newborn Screening; The Ill Newborn: Suspect the Unusual; Molecular Mechanisms of Organ Failure/Apoptosis; Teenagers Who Weigh Too Much; Child with a Limp; and Pediatric End-of-Life, Palliative and Hospice Care.

University of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Self-Study Modules
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.5 per lecture (most activities offer 1.0); 64 activities offering a total of about 64 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.
Educ. material last updated....8/07.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures on general medical subjects. Each lecture was originally presented as a video teleconference. Some recent lectures are: Clinical Problem Solving: A 61 Year Old Man With Abdominal Pain; IgA Nephropathy and Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura Nephritis; Recent Advances in General Internal Medicine; Postprandial Inflammation: The Fire Within; Primary Care of the County Mental Health Patient; Stones and Bones: Saga of Hypercalciuria in Children; and Delirium Update. To receive CME credit, print and mail or fax the evaluation form.