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NEW! PharmedOut CME Modules
Drug Approval in the US: How Drugs get to Market
Credits available: CME 1.00
Generic Drugs: Prescribing Sensibly
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 3/13/11
Northeastern Ohio Universities Collegse of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) Information Mastery Practicum: How to Select and Use the Best Hunting and Foraging Tools
Credits available: CME 2.50 CEU 0.25 (Pharmacy)
Expires 6/6/11
Northeastern Ohio Universities Collegse of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) What's Hype? What's Right? Assessing New Information from Pharm Reps to the Latest Journals
Credits available: CME 2.00 CEU 0.20 (Pharmacy)
Expires 1/1/11
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) offers CME credits on the following:
An Introduction to the Improved FDA Prescription Drug Labeling
Credits available: CME 1.00 CNE 1.00 CPE 0.10
Expires 11/22/10
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
No expiration date listed
Office of Minority Health offers Cultural Competence courses.
Credits available: CME 9.00 CEU (Nursing) 9.00 CEU (Pharmacy) 9.0
Expires 12/31/08
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
Credits available: CME maximum of 12.0 (1.0 per case)—
also accepted by the ANCC
Expires 03/01/09
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Hospital Medicine
Triple Handoff
Medicine
Elopement
Antiseizure Medication Disorder
Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem
Hidden Heparins: HIT Happens
Public Reporting of Hospital Quality
Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?
Double Trouble
Nursing
Moving Pains
Pediatrics
Failure to Report
The "Customer" Is Always Right
Radiology
The Wet Read
Surgery/Anesthesia
Do Not Disturb!
Medication Reconciliation: Whose Job Is It?
Beeline to Spine
Right? Left? Neither!
Is the "Surgical Personality" a Threat to Patient Safety?
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers epidemiology case studies. Register or log-in
Gastroenteritis at a University in Texas (CB3076)
Credits available: CME 2.75 CNE 3.20 CEU 0.25
Expires 01/17/09
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) offers over 60 CME credits (listed below) for reading selected MMWR articles.
Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC
Credits available: CME 2.75 CNE 3.20 CEU 0.25
Expires 12/16/08
A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part 1: Immunization of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Credits available: CME 3.25 CNE 3.80 CEU 0.30
Expires 12/23/08
Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005
Credits available: CME 3.50 CNE 4.00 CEU 0.35
Expires 12/30/08
Surveillance Guidelines for Smallpox Vaccine (vaccinia) Adverse Reactions
Credits available: CME 1.75 CNE 1.90 CEU 0.15
Expires 02/3/09
Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 1.75 CNE 1.75 CPE 0.15 CEU 0.25
Expires 03/23/09
Preventing Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Among Adolescents: Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 2.75 CNE 3.10 CPE 0.25 CEU 0.25
Expires 03/24/09
Recommendations to Improve Preconception Health and Health Care --- United States: A Report of the CDC/ATSDR Preconception Care Work Group and the Select Panel on Preconception Care
Credits available: CME 1.75 CNE 2.00 CEU 0.15
Expires 04/21/09
Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 2.80 CEU 0.20
Expires 05/19/09
Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible: Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.25
Expires 06/9/09
Prevention of Varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 2.25 CNE 2.25 CEU 0.02
Expires 06/22/09
Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease: Associated with Animals in Public Settings, 2007 National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV)
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.25 CEU 0.10
Expires 07/06/09
Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC Endorsed by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, and the American Correctional Association
Credits available: CME 2.10 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.20
Expires 07/7/09
Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
Credits available: CME 1.80 CNE 1.80 CEU 0.18
Expires 09/22/09
General Recommendations on Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 2.75 CNE 2.75 CEU 0.25
Expires 12/01/09
A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part II: Immunization of Adults
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.25
Expires 12/08/09
Preventing Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Among Adults: Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and Recommendation of ACIP, supported by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), for Use of Tdap Among Health-Care Personnel
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.25
Expires 12/15/09
Strategies to Improve External Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems: Recommendations of the CDC Workgroup for Improvement of External Cause-of-Injury Coding
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.20
Expires 03/28/10
Human Rabies Prevention --- United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.00 CEU 0.20
Expires 05/23/10
Prevention of Herpes Zoster: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Credits available: CME 2.75 CNE 2.75 CEU 0.25
Expires 06/06/10
Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Similar Mass-Casualty Events — United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.20
Expires 08/01/10
Other web-based courses offered by CDC:
A New Era in Newborn Screening - Saving Lives, Improving Outcomes (Webcast on Demand)
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.40 CEU 0.20
Expires 09/19/08
Immunization: You Call the Shots – Module Three: Polio (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.00 CNE 1.20 CPE 0.10
CEU credits available: 0.10
Expires 10/24/08
Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Web on Demand)
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.40 CEU 0.30
Expires 01/17/09
Immunization: You Call the Shots – Module Four: Hib (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.70 CPE 0.15
CEU credits available: 0.15
Expires 02/15/09
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 2008, Session 1
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.30
Expires 03/31/09
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 2008, Session 2
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.30
Expires 03/31/09
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 2008, Session 3
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.30
Expires 03/31/09
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 2008, Session 4
Credits available: CME 3.00 CNE 3.00 CEU 0.30
Expires 03/31/09
Radiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.40
Expires 03/31/09
Viral Hepatitis Serology: Hepatitis A-E (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.60
Expires 04/01/09
Preparing for Radiological Population Monitoring and Decontamination (Web on Demand)
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.30 CEU 0.10
Expires 04/12/09
Immunization: You Call the Shots – Module Six: Hepatitis A (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.25 CPE 0.15
CEU credits available: 0.15
Expires 04/30/09
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Primer for Allied Health Professionals
Credits available: CME 2.50 CNE 2.80 CEU 0.20
Expires 06/30/09
Hemochromatosis: What Every Clinician and Health Care Professional Needs to Know
Credits available: CME 2.25 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.20
Expires 07/30/09
Disaster Behavioral Health: Tools & Resources for the WA State Healthcare Workforce (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.00 CNE 1.00 CEU 0.10
Expires 07/01/09
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.00 CEU 0.20
Expires 08/01/09
Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis: Modules 6-9
Credits available: CME 16.0 CNE 16.0 CEU 1.60
Expires 09/19/09
Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition provides an introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics; it consists of six lessons: Introduction to Epidemiology, Summarizing Data, Measures of Risk, Displaying Public Health Data, Public Health Surveillance, and Investigating an Outbreak.
Credits available: CME 17.0 CNE 17.0 CPE 1.70 CEU 1.70
Expires 09/30/09
Immunization: You Call the Shots – Module Five: Influenza (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.50 CPE 0.10
CEU credits available: 0.10
Expires 12/01/09
Self-Study STD Module: Genital Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.30 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Self-Study STD Module: Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.20 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Self-Study STD Module: Gonorrhea
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.20 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Self-Study STD Module: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.20 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Self-Study STD Module: Syphilis
Credits available: CME 1.00 CNE 1.20 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Self-Study STD Module: Vaginitis
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.30 CEU 0.10
Expires 05/31/10
Immunization: You Call the Shots – Module One: Understanding the Basics: General Recommendations (Web-based)
Credits available: CME 1.75 CNE 1.90 CPE 0.15 CEU 0.15
Expires 01/12/11
Building Relationships with Native American Populations 101
Credits available: CME 6.00 CNE 6.00 CEU 0.60
Expires 01/31/11
Diabetes and Depression in the Workplace
Credits available: CME 1.25 CNE 1.25 CEU 0.10
Expires 03/03/11
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) offers case studies in environmental medicine (listed below.)
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Pediatric Environmental Health
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.30 CEU 0.20
Expires 06/29/08
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Disease Clusters: An Overview
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.60 CEU 0.10
Expires 09/29/08
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Radiation Exposure from Iodine 131
Credits available: CME 2.25 CNE 2.50 CEU 0.20Expires 11/29/08
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Asbestos Toxicity
Credits available: CME 2.00 CNE 2.00 CEU 0.20
Expires 04/19/10
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Environmental Triggers of Asthma
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.80 CEU 0.15
Expires 10/17/10
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Beryllium Toxicity
Credits available: CME 1.50 CNE 1.50 CEU 0.15
Expires 05/23/11
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
Credits available: CME 8.00 (1 credit per lecture) CNE 9.60
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Overview of CAM
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
Clinical Directors Network, a not-for-profit network that supports community health centers, offers CME.
Adolescents and Emergency Contraception: Debunking the Myths
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Athletic Foot Care
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Challenges in Adolescent Immunization: Can School Based Health Centers (SBHC) Improve Adolescent Immunization Rates
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Contribution of Homeopathic Medicines to the Treatment of Influenza-like Syndromes
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional’s Passport – Meet the Authors
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
eClinician Tool of the Month: Asthma - The Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management of Adults and Children with Asthma
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
eClinician Tool of the Month: Update on Immunizations - Back to School
Credits available: CME 1.50 Expires 04/1/09
Education Initiatives in Emergency Preparedness
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Effective Measures for the Reduction of Indoor Asthma Triggers
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Environmental/Occupational Health for the Primary Care Provider
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
From Shots for Tots to Vaccines for Teens: Emerging Issues in Immunizations
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Globalization of Rare Diseases: Rare Health Conditions Among Migrants in the U.S.
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Guide to Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs in Community Health Centers: 101
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Healthcare Issues for Migrant Women
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Homeopathy and Nanopharmacology: A Review of High Quality Clinical and Basic Science Trials
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Incident Command System (ICS) and Community Health Center
Credits available: CME 0.50 Expires 04/1/09
Integrating Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) into a CHC Setting
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Integrating Promotores(as) Into Emergency Management Plans
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Introduction to Mind-Body Medicine
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
It’s Not Just Condoms and STDs: Addressing The Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Young Men
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Management of Binational Tuberculosis Patients
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Meet the Authors - "Access Granted: The Primary Care Payoff"
Credits available: CME 0.50 Expires 04/1/09
Message in a Bottle - Communications During a Crisis and Lessons Learned: Anthrax 2006
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus): An Update for Clinicians
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Pandemic Influenza Preparation
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Pandemic Influenza: Preparing the Center and the Staff
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Plan B Emergency Contraception: Effective Approaches for Serving Adolescents and Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Project - Innovative Approach to Training and Implementation
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Principles of Integrative Medicine
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Proposing Solutions to the Maternal Mental Health Capacity and Financing Issues
Credits available: CME 0.75 Expires 04/1/09
Public Health Preparedness and Response in Special Populations
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
3 Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide – Meet the Author
Credits available: CME 0.50 Expires 04/1/09
Treatment of Opioid-Dependant Pregnant Women: Clinical Research and Issues
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
USPSTF Recommendations: Evidence-based Screening for Cancer in Women
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Vaccines and Cervical Cancer: Opportunities and Needs for New Research Initiatives
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
War, Terrorism, and Public Health
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
What We Have Learned From the Women's Health Initiative: What Should I Eat Now? - Meet the Author
Credits available: CME 1.00 Expires 04/1/09
Radiology Cases
MedPix COW (Case of the Week) hosted by the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS)
Credits available: CME 1.00 (per 4 cases) CNE 1.20 (per 4 cases)
No expiration date listed
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Outsourced to India: Clinical Drug Trials
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FDA Adds Suicide Warning to Epilepsy Drugs
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