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ACPM'S CME OFFERINGS
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education defines
what content is acceptable for activities that are certified for
CME credit:
Continuing
medical education consists of educational activities which serve
to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and
professional performance and relationships that a physician uses
to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.
The content of CME is that body of knowledge and skills generally
recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic
medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, and the
provision of health care to the public.
A broad
definition of CME, such as the one found above, recognizes that
all continuing educational activities which assist physicians in
carrying out their professional responsibilities more effectively
and efficiently are CME. A course in management would be
appropriate CME for physicians responsible for managing a health
care facility; a course in educational methodology would be
appropriate CME for physicians teaching in a medical school; a
course in practice management would be appropriate CME for
practitioners interested in providing better service to patients.
Not all
continuing educational activities which physicians may engage in
however are CME. Physicians may participate in worthwhile
continuing educational activities which are not related directly
to their professional work and these activities are not CME.
Continuing educational activities which respond to a physician's
non-professional educational need or interest, such as personal
financial planning or appreciation of literature or music, are not
CME.
Providers are
not eligible for ACCME accreditation or reaccreditation if they
present activities that promote recommendations, treatment or
manners of practicing medicine that are not within the definition
of CME, or known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the
benefits or known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
An organization whose program of CME is devoted to advocacy of
unscientific modalities of diagnosis or therapy is not eligible to
apply for ACCME accreditation.
The American
College
of Preventive Medicine has been accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CME to
physicians since June 1975.
How Physician’s Receive CME
Credit
In order to receive credit, physicians must attend
(either in person or via other electronic options) and complete
the CME Activity and then apply for a certificate of credit in one
of the following ways:
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Live event or Jointly Sponsored Event –
Participants submit a request form, stating number of credits
they are eligible for based on the number available for the
educational activity they completed along with their address
information. Certificates are processed at the ACPM office and
generally take 4-6 weeks once all supporting materials have
been received by ACPM following the activity. Certificates
are then mailed to participants.
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Enduring Material – There are several ways
participants using enduring materials may receive CME. Some are
generated automatically (i.e. webcasts), some are processed
through an online system, and some are submitted by use of a
request form similar to live events.
ACPM'S CME OFFERINGS
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