Free CME

CME activities of special interest to transplant surgeons. 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.

Target Audience: Transplant Surgeons

CME activities of special interest to urologists. 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.

Target Audience: Urologists

This is a biweekly webinar series as well as archived slides/lectures.

Topics cross all domains of palliative care and are relevant to every member of the interdisciplinary team.

Target Audience:
Primary care physicians, multiple specialties, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

This site contains the pdf versions of current MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports) articles. You download and read the articles, then submit your quiz answers online.

Areas covered include: Maternal and child health, immunization, substance abuse, and reportable infectious diseases.

A new activity is posted every week. You have only 45 days after posting to submit your answers for CME credit.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Preventive Medicine or Infectious Disease

Some popular lectures on complementary and alternative medicine includes:
• Ten Years of Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promising Ideas from Outside the Mainstream
• Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements
• Mind-Body Medicine
• Acupuncture: An Evidence-Based Assessment
• Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation
• CAM and Aging
• Integrative Medicine
• Health and Spirituality
• Studying the Effects of Natural Products
• Neurobiological Correlates of Acupuncture

View lecture, read Q and A PDF, and answer multiple choice questions for credit.

Target Audience: Multiple Specialties

Some newer presentations are:
• Management of Bone-Mineral-Vascular Disorders: Insights Into Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease
• Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Nephropathy
• Achieving Better Outcomes for Kidney Transplant Recipients: Optimizing Patient Management — Integrated Management for Immunosupression
• Anemia in CKD Stage 5: Balancing Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality of Life
• Glomerular Diseases: Updates on Pathogenesis and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy and Hereditary Nephropathies (4 modules)
• Chronic Mild Hyponatremia Is Not Benign: Implications for Clinical Practice
• Bone-Intestinal-Vascular Renal Axis: Modeling and Managing Calcium and Phosphorus Disturbances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Nephrology

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database is an evidence-based collection of clinically relevant answers to natural medicines questions.

Tens of thousands of products are listed by either the ingredient name or the brand name of the natural product.

The Database shows ratings for effectiveness, safety, and significance of interactions, and gives United States Pharmacopeia (UPS) verified information showing products of the highest quality. The Database has a collection of over 1,000 patient handouts. Only subscribers can view the titles of CME activities.

Target Audience: Multiple Specialties

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.

Topics include:
Brain Death, Dementia, MS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dravet Syndrome, and more.

The site offers activities in a wide variety of medical and psychiatric topics.

Some popular activities include:
• Mature Mood Matters: New and Emerging Developments in Geriatric Depression
• Technologies to Advance the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
• RLS for RLS: Resources, Learnings, and Strategies for Improving Outcomes in Restless Legs Syndrome
• Improving Medication Adherence & Outcomes in Transplant Recipients: Strategies to Improve Medication Adherence
• Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Transplant Recipients: The Impact of Medication Nonadherence

Target Audience: Multiple Specialties, especially Psychiatrists

New perspectives in diabetes offers knowledge, competency, and practice improvements in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The following topics are discussed:
• The Role of the Kidney in Glucose Homeostasis
• Prevention of CVD Events in Diabetes
• The Role of SGLT2 Inhibition in T2DM
• Improving Patient-Provider Communication Techniques
• The Value of Managing the ABCs: A1C, blood pressure, and Cholesterol
• When Should We Use SGLT2 Inhibitors?
• Emerging T2DM Therapies Targeting the Kidney
• Interactive Case : Patient with inadequate control of A1C levels currently on metformin
• Interactive Case : Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with CV Risk
• Summaries of recently published articles with expert perspective on how results can be applied in clinical practice

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Endocrinology