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Pharma-Free CME

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NEW! Planning a CME event? Use a pharma-free provider! Download a list of Accredited Providers of CME that do not Accept Commercial Support. (.doc .pdf)

PharmedOut CME Modules

    Pharmalyzer: Are you prescribing under the influence?
    Credits available: CME 3.00 Expires 3/30/12
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Federation of State Medical Boards , offers a number of online CME modules

    Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), Provided by Meyers Primary Care Institute
    Credits available: CME 0.75
    Expires 12/31/2011

    Provider-Pharmaceutical Representative (PR) Communication, Provided by Meyers Primary Care Institute
    Credits available: CME 0.75
    Expires 12/31/2011

    Communicating with Patients, Provided by Meyers Primary Care Institute
    Credits available: CME 0.75
    Expires 12/31/2011

    Organizational Influences on Prescribing, Provided by Meyers Primary Care Institute
    Credits available: CME 0.75
    Expires 12/31/2011

    Using Evidence to guide Drug Therapy Decisions, Provided by Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research
    Credits available: CME 1.50
    Expires 1/31/2012

    Critical Appraisal: Randomized-Controlled Trials for Drug Therapy, Provided by Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research
    Credits available: CME 1.00
    Expires 1/31/2012

    Critical Appraisal: Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Drug Therapy, Provided by Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research
    Credits available: CME 1.25
    Expires 1/31/2012

    Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing and Influence, Provided by Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research
    Credits available: CME 1.50
    Expires 1/31/2012

    Pharmalyzer: Are you Prescribing Under the Influence?, Provided by PharmedOut (Georgetown University Medical Center)
    Credits available: CME 3.00
    Expires 3/30/2012

    Marketing of Medicines, Provided by University of California, San Francisco
    Credits available: CME 2.50
    Expires 1/1/2012

    Pharmacologic Management of Pediatric Acute Pain, Provided by University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (PEDS)
    Credits available: CME 1.00
    Expires 9/29/2011


FDA web-based CME courses:


The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) has two new CME sessions available through the NCFH Resource Center. These sessions are free of charge and available as CD-ROMs.


Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), NIH offers a course on Sex and Gender. All six sections must be completed to receive CME credit.
Credits available: CME 6.00
Expires 2/28/13


The Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) site on Mortality and Morbidity has “Spotlight modules” which are actual case studies with “expert commentary addressing issues of patient safety and medical errors.”Register or log-in.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers epidemiology case studies. Register or log-in.
Expires 3/31/13

This STD Clinical Intensive CME module, hosted by the Boston University School of Medicine and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of primary care providers and obstetricians/gynecologists in the recognition and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web-based courses:


National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), NIH offers a series of online video lectures that can be taken for CME and CEU credit. Register or login.
Credits available: CME 8.00 (1 credit per lecture) CNE 9.60

Lectures available:
  1. Ten Years of Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promising Ideas from Outside the Mainstream
  2. Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements
  3. Mind-Body Medicine
  4. Acupuncture: An Evidence-Based Assessment
  5. Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation
  6. CAM and Aging
  7. Integrative Medicine
  8. Health and Spirituality
  9. Studying the Effects of Natural Products
  10. Neurobiological Correlates of Acupuncture

Clinical Directors Network, a not-for-profit network that supports community health centers, offers CME.


 


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