Online CME Sites

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Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...62 courses, offering a total of 94.5 hours.
Awarded by.....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost for Credit....$795 for the entire course. You can also order fewer courses: 50 hours for $599; 20 hours for $249; or 10 hours for $149.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....CARD, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2001.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This series contains up-to-date information available in cardiology and its subspecialties with audio, thousands of clinical images, and case-based learning. The course is intended as a complete review of cardiology. Most physicians will probably use it to prepare for board certification or recertification.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Internal Medicine Review
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...60.
Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost..........$649 for one year's use.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....IM.
Educ. material last updated....2000.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Internal Medicine Review consists of 60 slide-audio presentations, originally presented as live lectures. It is a "comprehensive review of Internal Medicine designed for physicians preparing for the board examination in internal medicine or desiring a review of state-of-the-art developments in Internal Medicine." You may view an example of one module before registering.

Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Board Review
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...54 courses, offering a total of 86.5 hours.
Awarded by.....Cleveland Clinic.
Cost for Credit....$699 for the entire course. You can also order fewer courses: 50 hours for $599; 20 hours or $249; or 10 hours for $149.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....PED, FP.
Educational material last updated...2001.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This course is intended as a complete review of pediatrics. Most physicians will probably use it to prepare for board certification or recertification.

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Physician's Office Laboratory
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...Up to 20.0.
Awarded by.....University of Iowa.
Cost for Credit....$50 registration, $15 per module for up to 20 hours of credit. ($335)
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....PATH, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...11/01.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This is a course for physicians who wish to qualify as directors of moderately complex laboratories. The course is organized into 19 modules. Some modules are: Quality Control; Quality Assurance; Proficiency Testing; and The Inspection Process.

Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based Interactive Module
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by.....Beth Israel Medical Center.
Cost for Credit....$25.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive
Target Audience....NEURO, ANES.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Elan Pharmaceuticals.
CME Credit expires: 2004.

You review the comprehensive assessment of a patient with neuropathic pain and formulate an initial treatment strategy. You assess the patient by reviewing the history prior to the present pain complaint and then the history of the present illness and formulate an initial treatment strategy by selecting from a list of possible treatments. As you make your formulation, you receive feedback on each of your selected treatments. You must have Windows Media Player in order to view this activity. You may need to alter your screen display to view it properly. To receive CME credit, print and mail the post-instruction test and evaluation along with your payment.

CMEacademy.com
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 - 2.0 per course (total of 16 courses offering 17.25 hours).
Awarded by.....Academy for Healthcare Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture, Case-Based-Interactive, Monograph.
Target Audience....FP, IM, CARD, PSYCH, ONCO, HEMATOL, ENDO, ID.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Pfizer, Amgen, BTG .

This site contains 16 courses. Subject areas include Dementia, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Psychiatry and Involuntary Weight Loss. Some of these courses are also found at involuntaryweightloss.com, medscape.com, theheart.org, avdol.org or CMEcenter.com,

CME-CE.com
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...7 courses offering 7 hours.
Awarded by.....Strategic Institute for Continuing Health Care Education.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

Seven courses: Interrelationship Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder; Considering the Safety of Commonly Prescribed Fluoroquinolones in Respiratory Tract Infections; Evolution in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections; Managing Serious Respiratory Tract Infections; Remission and Beyond: Focus on Prevention of Relapse and Recurrence; Emerging Trends in Acute Pain and Surgical Pain Management: The Role of COX-2-Specific Inhibitors; and Evolving Trends in Understanding Pain Management: The Role of COX-2-Specific Inhibitors.

CMEcenter.com
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...None at site.
Awarded by.....Various Sponsors.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Various.
Target Audience....Many specialties.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial Support...Pfizer.

CMEcenter.com now serves as a portal for a number of sites and courses and apparently offers no original coursework.

CME Channel
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...2 courses; 1 hour each.
Awarded by.....Healthcare Management University.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....UROL.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Boston Scientific Microvasive.

This site offers two courses for urologists: Lower Pole Stones, Insights from the Lower Pole 1 Study; and Advancements in PNL, Breaking News. The site also offers a very nice set of links to about 50 other courses on urological topics. You will find these links near the bottom of the main page. You will also find links to about 25 neurological courses.

cmecorner.com
Last visited....5/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 4.0 per course (total of 8 courses offering 16 hours).
Awarded by.....Various academic providers.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial support...various pharmaceutical companies.

Eight courses: The newest are Current Management of COPD: A Case-Based Approach; and The Complete Gastroesophageal Reflux: Biology, Pharmacotherapy, and Therapeutic Pitfalls. Other courses are The New NCEP ATP III Guidelines and Management of Dyslipidemia in Primary Care; Treating Dyslipidemia: Implications of New Diagnostic and Management Guidelines; Understanding the Need for Aggressive Management of the Dyslipidemic Patient; Recent Advances and Current Trends in Managing Pain; Reducing Non-Compliance Due to Side Effects in the Management of Depression and Anxiety; and Therapeutic Options for Depression with Anxiety or Other Psychosocial Disorders. To receive credit, you must print the post-instruction quiz, complete and mail.

cmecourses.com (formerly called Health Stream University)
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 to 10 per course; most courses offer 1-2 hours of credit; probably about 50 courses offering about 100 hours.
Awarded by.....Various Sponsors.
Cost for Credit....From Free to $25. You can get free access to many of these courses through CE Medicus.
Instruction Type....Varies.
Target Audiences....Many. See ===>
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers many CME hours in a variety of formats, topics, fee schedules and payment modes. Specialties include Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Dermatologic Oncology, Legal and Managerial Issues, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Because of significant overlap between the various groups of courses, I can only give a very rough estimate of the number of courses and hours. The site also offers links to courses described elsewhere on this list: Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review; Cleveland Clinic Foundation Internal Medicine Review; Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Board Review; Duke Psychiatry; and radcourses.com (ultrasound obstetrics).

CME.DepressionClinic.com
Last visited...8/2003.
Credit hours...3 courses, 1.5 hours each.
Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...National Institutes of Mental Health.

CME.DepressionClinic.com is devoted to education about depression pathology and treatment. Currently accredited CME courses are (Depression Science) The Epidemiology of Major Depression and Dysthymia, Including Discussion of Risk Factors; (Best Practice) Screening for Depression in Adults in Primary Care; and Introduction to Screening, Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Depression in Primary Care: Debra, a 32-Year-Old Female, Complains of Fatigue.

CME Digest Online Medical Education
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...48 hours a year Category 1 AMA Credits (USA), and 96 credit hours (Section 3) of the RCPSC (Canada).
Awarded by....McGill University.
Cost...........$285 (US).
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated....Weekly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site contains "critical review of major neurology journals and conferences by world renowned editors." It includes weekly e-mail update notification. weekly print version of each issue, links to related articles thru PubMed abstract link for each reviewed article, and a discussion forum for each reviewed article.

CMEonCD
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...5 programs, each offering 6 to 7.5 credit hours (total of 32.5 hours).
Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).
Cost...........Free or $10 (if you received a disk from a pharmaceutical representative, it is free; otherwise you must pay $10 per credit).
Instruction Type...Text-Only or Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences....PULM, CRIT CARE, CARD.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

Although this site is called CMEonCD, the instruction is online. You can also order a CD containing the same instruction. There are 5 programs, each containing multiple short presentations, either in slide-audio or pdf format. They are: Extending Survival in Patients with Small Cell lung Cancer; Maintaining GI Integrity: An Evidence-Based Approach to Prophylaxis; Solving the Puzzle of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia; New Practice Strategies in Managing Patients with Severe Sepsis; and New Directions for the Management of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure.

CME Inc Online Learning
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 1.75 credits per course (total of 22 courses offering 24.5 hours of credit.
Awarded by....CME Inc
Cost...........$15.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio and Video Lectures.
Target Audiences....PSYCH, FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A wide variety of topics, mostly psychiatric. You must pay in advance before viewing the instruction.

CME- USA
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 2 hours (3 courses offering 4 hours of credit).
Awarded by....University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics, Video.
Target Audience....ENT, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2001.
Financial support...GlaxoSmithKline.

This site has one course for ENTs: Occupational Hearing Loss, Temporal Bone Anatomy and Facial Flaps and 2 courses for FPs: Understanding Allergy, Easy Ways to Help Your Patients and Common Problems in Ear Nose and Throat. There are some very nice videos of ENT examinations.

CMEweb
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.5 per course. There are now 1062 courses offering about 1607 Credit hours.
Awarded by....American Health Consultants, AAP, AAFP, ACEP or ACOG.
Cost..........$15 per session (or 15 hours for $100, 30 hours for $175 or 60 hours for $300).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....Most Specialties.
Educational material updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site is organized as a series of brief courses called "tests." Each test consists of a group of articles on one theme or topic, followed by one or several questions on each article. Tests may vary from one to five articles and from one to five questions. At the end of the session you submit all answers. For each incorrect answer, the abstract and question are shown again, and you get to read and answer again until all questions are answered correctly. A sample test is available through the "tour" page.

CME-WebCredits This site offers four groups of courses:
Community of Interest Network (COIN) in Pain Management & Palliative Care Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...4 courses offering a total of 9.5 hours). Awarded by....Various Sponsors. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences....General Interest, Educ. material last updated...2003. Financial Support...None Stated.	Click on PAIN MANAGEMENT in the left frame and download a special "installer." Follow the installation instructions. This will place a program called Pain Management in your program list. Choose that program and click on Educational Opportunities to view a set of lectures in pain management, palliative care, and drug diversion.
Managing Diabetes for Optimal Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours...18.0. Awarded by....California Medical Association. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, ENDO. Educ. material last updated...1999. Financial Support...None Stated.	The major offering is Managing Diabetes for Optimal Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness. You will need to register before viewing the cases and instruction. The course is based on the new American Diabetes Association Guidelines. Instruction is largely case-based and very interactive and leans heavily on the use of audio and video presentations by diabetes experts. Some of the areas covered are Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Diabetes, Management of Diabetes, Case Studies, Foot Care, Vascular Disease and Diabetes and Depression.
Shorter courses Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours...1.5 per course. Awarded by....California Medical Association. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....General Interest. Educ. material last updated...1999. Financial support...Astra Merck.	Two shorter offerings, both utilizing audio and video, are Enhancing Patient Compliance and Enhancing Patient Satisfaction and Member Retention.

Clinical Presentation of Primary
Immunodeficiency Diseases
Last visited...3/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Health Communication Research Institute.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....PED, FP, IM, ENT.
Educ. material last updated...2002.
Financial support...American Red Cross.

This course is a general discussion of the clinical presentation of primary immunodeficiency diseases and how to make the diagnosis. Before starting, you will download a special "installer." This will place an icon called "IDF-CME Course" on your desktop. Click this icon to start the course.

ConferenceSeek
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...6 courses; 38 hours.
Awarded by....College of American Pathologists, Rush-Presbyterian.
Cost........... About $10 to 12 per credit hour (but several courses are free).
Instruction Type...Slide-Video.
Target Audiences....ID, ONC, ENT, HEM.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Genentech.

A variety of courses of varying lengths and fees: HIV Treatment 2002: Management in the 3rd Decade (8 hours, free); The Ninth Annual Techniques in Head and Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology: The Course (8 hours, $150); HER2/neu Testing of Breast Cancer Patients in Clinical Practice (13.5 hours, free); Hematology Research Update: The Rush Review (5 hours, $50); Clinical Management Issues in HIV Treatment (2 hours, $25) and HER2 and The Future of Predictive Markers (1.5 hours, free). The fee courses require that you register and pay in advance.

Consultant.Live.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...32 cases for 16 hours; 6 symposia for 15.5 hours.
Awarded by....Thomas R. Beam, Jr., Memorial Institute for Continuing Medical Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Each issue of this online journal presents a photograph and accompanying clinical information for two patients. The program asks you to select a diagnosis from a list of possibilities, then follows with a didactic presentation based on the correct diagnosis. You must complete both cases in each issue to earn one hour of CME credit.
You will also find 6 text-only symposia on various topics in pdf format.

Continuing Cancer Education Curriculum for Health Professionals: Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Cine-Med.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...ONC, General Interest.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...National Cancer Institute.

This tutorial is intended for use by those involved in the design and conduct of research involving human participants. The tutorial presents "common concepts, principles, and issues related to protection of human participants. It is intended to act as a companion piece to your institutional policy, as well as local, state, and federal regulations applicable to human research. The tutorial will help you and your team identify research activities that involve human participants, and help you understand how to protect the rights and welfare of all human participants involved in research."

Critical Care Medicine 2003 (Seventeenth Annual Comprehensive Update and Board Review)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...41.5
Awarded by....CBC Biomed.
Cost...........$750 for the full course, or $150 per session (total of 8 sessions). Payment in advance.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated....4/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This is a set of webcasts from a live meeting. The course provides a comprehensive update of the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of the critically ill patient. It is intended to help you prepare for the critical care subspecialty examination of the American Board of Internal Medicine. You may view a free demo prior to registering. To receive credit, mail the completed posttest and evaluation. Certificates are e-mailed to participants who achieve a score of 70% or greater.

Cyberounds
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...Up to 50.0 hours per year. (143 hours available. Also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.)
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost...........$125, including an annual registration charge.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Cyberounds was the first producer of online CME, beginning in 1996. There are programs in 15 specialties, developed by a panel of academic clinicians from 15 U.S. medical schools. In June 2003, Cyberounds was voted "Best Online CME Provider" by MDNetGuide's physician readers.

Find sites by medical specialty or topic:
Allergy Anesthesia/Pain Management Bioterrorism Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics HIV/Infectious Disease Imaging/Radiology Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Orthopedics Pathology/Lab Medicine Pediatrics Physiatry Psychiatry Pulmonary/Critical Care Quality/Management Rheumatology Surgery Urology

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depression-anxiety.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP).
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....PSYCH, FP, IM, GERO.
Educational material last updated...5/03.
Financial Support...Forest Pharmaceuticals.

A single activity: Managing Mood Disorders in Older Patients: A Focus on Depression and Anxiety. This symposium consists of 3 presentations: Depression and Anxiety in the "Old-Old"; Sex Differences in Late-Life Depression; and New Treatments for Depression and Anxiety, followed by a panel discussion among the presenters.

Diabetes Roundtable
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...2 courses each offering 3 hours for total of 6 hours.
Awarded by....Washington Hospital Center.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences.....FP, IM, CARD, NEPH.
Educ. material last updated...8/03.
Financial support...None Stated.

Two courses: Optimizing Insulin Therapy in Patients With Diabetes; and Diabetes Update 2003: Keys to Control.

DiagnosticImaging.com
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...13 courses each offering one hour of credit.
Awarded by....American College of Radiology.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences.....RAD.
Educ. material last updated...2003.
Financial support...Cardinal Health.

Some recent courses include: MRI joins CT in modern evaluation of stroke; Adding PET to a practice requires clinical and business acumen; Digital mammography: interpretation challenges, data capture advantages; CT angiography offers noninvasive evaluation of renal arteries; and Unique considerations in pediatric MDCT require specific programs.

Digiscript
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...It is not possible to count the courses or hours, but there appear to be many hundreds.
Awarded by....Multiple Sponsors.
Cost for Credit....Varies from free to $20 after registration and subscription ($400 per year).
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio and Slide-Video-lectures.
Target Audiences....Multiple Specialties.
Educ. material last updated...2003.
Financial support...None Stated.

Digiscript contains many hundreds of audio and video slide lectures recorded at medical meetings. Some courses offer CME and some do not. It is not possible to give an accurate count. However the site is searchable by medical topic and by sponsoring organization. You may have to pay an additional fee for CME credit by any individual sponsor.

Discovery International
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 to 3.5 per course (total of 29.75 hours in 13 courses.
Awarded by....Discovery International.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct. Type...Most are Text-Only (pdf); one video course; some slide-audio.
Target Audiences....
Myofascial - NEURO, ANES, PHYS.
Breast Cancer - ONC, GYN, FP, IM.
Asthma - FP, IM, PULM, ALLG.
Arthritis...FP, IM, RHEUM.
Educ. material last updated...1999 & 2000.
Financial support...various pharmaceutical companies.

Two slide-audio courses on the use of Cox-2 inhibitors in arthritis; one pdf course on hormone replacement therapy; seven pdf courses on breast cancer therapy; four pdf courses on the use of leukotrienes in asthma; and one video presentation on Myofascial Pain Syndromes, showing techniques for trigger point injections using Botulinum toxin.

Disease State Compendium: Clinical Applications of Fibrinolytics
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per module, 9.0 hours total.
Awarded by....University of Minnesota.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...A separate Slide-and-Text module for each disease state and a pdf monograph discussing all of the disease states.
Target Audiences....Many specialties.
Educational material last updated....2/03.
Financial Support...Genentech.

After studying this course, you should be able to discuss the epidemiology of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, peripheral arterial occlusion, hemodialysis access, catheter clearance, pulmonary embolism, and nonvascular disease, such as empyema and pleural effusions, and explain the rationale for using fibrinolytic therapy in each of these conditions. You must answer 70% of post-instruction questions correctly. CME certificates will be mailed to you.

Doctors Guide Webcasts
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...Varies.
Awarded by....Many different medical schools.
Cost...........Some are free; others cost $10-15.
Instruction Type...Varies.
Target Audiences....Most Specialties.
Educational material last updated....10/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers links to about 1200 "webcasts" which were created within the past three years. The courses listed at Doctor's Guide Webcasts are located at the sponsoring sites, but Doctor's Guide offers a convenient jumping off place for these courses. You may search the database by subject or by date added. You may also personalize the site so that the courses in your specialty are automatically presented when you visit.

Drexel University College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (formerly known as MCP Hahnemann) has two different types of Online CME:
Virtual Grand Rounds Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5 each (total of 114 hours). Awarded by....Drexel University College of Medicine. Cost for Credit....$25. Instruction Type...Slide-Video-Lecture. Target Audiences...FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....10/02. Financial Support...Various Pharmas.	There are 76 lectures on general internal medicine and medical subspecialty areas. Some recent highlighted subjects are Cardiac Auscultation for the Generalist in Office Practice (1 lecture); Office Management of Early Renal Insufficiency (Chronic Kidney Disease) (6 lectures); Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Acid Peptic Diseases in the New Millennium (3 lectures); and Management of Hypertension, Heart Failure, Thrombosis and Renal Failure: Impact of Blocking Angiotensin and Sympathetic Common Mechanisms (10 lectures).
Internet Online Medical Monograph Series Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5 each (total of 18 hours). Awarded by....Drexel University College of Medicine. Cost for Credit....$25. Instruction Type...Text-Only. Target Audience...FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....1999. Financial Support...None Stated.	This site has 12 monographs on various internal medicine topics. Some of the monographs are quite old (1993), but the content has been reviewed and CME credit for all courses has been extended until December 31, 2004. Quiz answers may be submitted on line, or by mail or fax, but you must send your check or credit card information by surface mail.

Duke Psychiatry
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course ( 5 courses offering total of 5 credits)
Awarded by....Duke University School of Medicine.
Cost...........5 courses for $99.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....PSYCH, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Five lectures on common psychiatric disorders: Alzheimer's Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Delirium and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Allergy Anesthesia/Pain Management Bioterrorism Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics HIV/Infectious Disease Imaging/Radiology Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Orthopedics Pathology/Lab Medicine Pediatrics Physiatry Psychiatry Pulmonary/Critical Care Quality/Management Rheumatology Surgery Urology

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eCore - The Core Content Review of Primary Care
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...One hour for each 10 questions answered correctly (Total of 36.0 hours).
Awarded by.....Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians and Ohio Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost for Credit.....$10 per credit.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers a set of 360 questions and discussions in 22 different specialties, aimed at primary care physicians. The questions are by the authors of the Core Content Review of Family Medicine. You receive immediate feedback on how your first answer compares to the first answers of fellow participants. One hour of credit is available for each 10 questions correctly answered. You will also find 23 topic areas which can also be searched by specialty for non-primary care physicians.

eCornell
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...23.5
Awarded by.....Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Cost for Credit.....About $10 per hour.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, ORTHO, PED.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Various.

This site features three courses from Cornell's Hospital for Special Surgery. The courses are Athlete's Knee (10 hours); Sports Medicine for Children (3.5 hours); and Osteoporosis II (10 hours).

Ed Credits
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 5.0 hours per course (total of 26 hours available).
Awarded by.....Infusion, Inc.
Cost...........All courses for $55/year.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated...Not Stated.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site contains 11 courses, created to satisfy licensing requirements for the state of Florida, although all physicians may obtain credit through these offerings. Some courses are A.I.D.S Review, Domestic Violence, O.S.H.A. Bloodborne Pathogen, Tuberculosis, Alzheimer's Disease, and Overview and Advances In Oncology.

eMedHome.com CME Center
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (26.0 presently available).
Awarded by.....EMedHome.com.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....EM.
Educational material last updated...Two new articles each month; each article is valid for credit for one year,
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers 2 articles per month for a total of 26 possible CME credits per year. The newest articles are: Heat Illness; Mechanical Ventilation; Emergencies in Hematology and Oncology - Pearls & Pitfalls - Part 1; Pitfalls in Radiographic Interpretation, Parts 1 & 2; North American Snake Envenomations; New Drugs or Devices from 2002 That Might Change Your Practice; Medical Clearance of the Psychiatric Patient in the ED; Help For The Defendant: and Anatomy of an EM Medical Malpractice Case. Some other newer courses are Shock in the First Month of Life, Part 1; Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department, Parts 1 and 2; Transplant Emergencies; and Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Read the article and take a short quiz. Incorrect answers will return you to the appropriate section of the article and give you another try to answer correctly.

eMedicine CME
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...Typically 1.5 per article (8866 total hours of CME and about 40 free courses (60 hours).
Awarded by.....University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Cost............$7.50 for 1.5 hour.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....All Specialties.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

eMedicine offers 5911 courses (totaling 8866 credit-hours). Each article is like a textbook chapter on a single disease, written in outline style. There are two ways to receive continuing education credits. You can read an article, answer six questions correctly and receive 1.5 hours of medical education credits. Or you can read and correctly answer several questions in a subspecialty area correctly and receive 1.5 - 100 hours of medical education credits depending on the number of questions answered. If you subscribe to the email notification service, you will receive notice of free courses, presently about 40 courses. Most of the eMedicine courses are available without charge at CEMedicus.

The Endocrine Society
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...4 courses with a total of 15.0 hours.
Awarded by....Baylor College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....ENDO.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.

Three two credit-hour courses: Short & Long-Term Sequelae of Growth Hormone Deficiency Associated with Hypopituitarism; Clinical Control, Anti-Tumor and Anti-Proliferative Effects With Somatostatin Analogues; and Caring with Confidence: The Influence in Women's Lives. One nine credit-hour course: Hot Topics in Endocrinology. This course focuses on The Emerging Use of Genomics and Proteomics in Endocrinology; and The Molecular Basis of Metabolic Regulation.

Expert Preceptor Interactive Curriculum (EPIC)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours.....20.
Awarded by...University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Cost.........$30 per 2-hour module or $270 for all 10 modules. Free to North Carolina MDs.
Instruction Type....Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, GYN.
Educational material last updated....11/99.
Financial Support...None Stated.

EPIC is a faculty development curriculum in clinical teaching for community practitioners who serve as preceptors to health professions students. The course is divided into 10 modules which may be studied independently but are really part of a whole. The program makes good use of brief audio clips illustrating typical patient student preceptor scenarios. The course is highly interactive and requests the user to answer questions and give opinions before proceeding.

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FamilyPractice.com This site is sponsored by the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) primarily for its diplomates, but other physicians may participate.	The site has four kinds of instruction:
Image Quiz Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours ...2.5. Awarded by...American Academy of Family Physicians. Cost.........Free. Instruction Type....Image Question and Answer. Target Audience....FP. Financial Support...None Stated.	Earn CME credit while advancing your skills at identifying clinical images. The program presents you with 100 multiple choice questions related to 39 clinical images. If you answer the question correctly, you will continue on to the next question. If you answer incorrectly, the answer summary is presented for your reference.
In-Training Exams Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours ...27.5. Awarded by...American Academy of Family Physicians. Cost.........Free. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audience....FP. Financial Support...None Stated.	The CME consists of 27.5 hours of question and answer instruction called "in-training exams." You earn 0.25 credit hours for every 10 questions answered (total of 1100 questions).

Lifecycle of Obesity Diagnosis and Management Last visited...8/2003. Credit hours...3.5. Awarded by...American Academy of Family Physicians. Cost.........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audience....FP. Financial Support...Abbott Laboratories.	The curriculum includes seven case studies exploring the following topics: Diagnosis of Obesity; Assessment of the Overweight and Obese Patient; Non-Pharmacological Management; Surgical Intervention for the Treatment of Obesity; Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity; Childhood Overweight; and Metabolic Syndrome.
Slide-Audio or Slide-Video lectures Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...27. Awarded by...Various Sponsors. Cost..........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video-Lecture (and one case-based-interactive). Target Audience....FP. Educational material last updated.....2003. Financial Support (lectures only)...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	There are now 8 sets of lectures: Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder; New Legalities in Pain Management Issues: The Impact on Family Physicians; Real Life Experiences in Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Legal and Ethical Issues Affecting Pain Management; Drug Diversion and Abuse: The Facts; The Treatment of Geriatric Agitation; AFP Guide to Management of Patients with Intermittent Claudication; and Atherosclerosis & PAD: Weighing the Therapeutic Options. You will also find a link to Osteoporosis: Impact, Diagnosis & Treatment, a Case-Based-Interactive program.
Teen Smoking Cessation Cases Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audience....FP, PED. Educational material last updated.....2002. Financial Support...Illinois Public Agencies.	This course combines didactic material with case-based-interactive instruction. The cases will help you hone your interviewing skills through interactive dialogue with two young patients. After completing this course, you should be able to define the prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents today; identify the risk factors for and characteristics of adolescent tobacco use; understand the process of change as applied to adolescent tobacco use and treatment; and develop and implement effective tobacco-cessation interventions for adolescents.

Family Practice Update
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per lecture (20 lectures totaling 20 hours).
Awarded by...Professional Education Services Group.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated.....2002.
Financial Support...Aventis.

This series presents new information on a variety of subjects including allergy and immunology, osteoporosis, infectious disease and diabetes.

Florida Medical Association (FMA)Online Education
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each (except Prevention of Medical Errors, which awards 2.0 hours).
Awarded by...Florida Medical Association.
Cost.........$50 per hour ($30 for members of FMA).
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....General Interest.
Educational material last updated.....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Two courses are part of the licensure requirements for Florida physicians. They may also be taken for credit by non-Florida physicians. Those courses are: Domestic Violence in Florida and Prevention of Medical Errors. Four other courses are: Biological and Chemical Terrorism; Risk Management; Improving Your Medical Records; and Professional Boundaries.

Foundation for Better Health Care (FHBC)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hours for the HIV courses; 2.5 for communication course (total of 6.5 hours).
Awarded by...Foundation for Better Health Care.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Only or Text-Only.
Target Audience....ID.
Educational material last updated.....2002.
Financial Support...Many pharmaceutical companies.

There are five courses. Four are about aspects of HIV/AIDS: Management of HIV Healthcare in Correctional Institutions; HIV in Women: Treatment for a Rapidly Growing Population; HIV Infection in Diverse Communities; and Considerations for Treating Select Groups of HIV-Infected Patients. A fifth is Enhancing Care Through Communication.

freeCME.com
Credit hours...1.0 to 6.0 per course. 78 courses offering about 160 hours (not counted).
Awarded by...Thomson American Health Consultants (AHC).
Instruction Type....Mostly Text-Only; some Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....Multiple Specialties.
Educational material last updated.....2003.
Financial Support...Many pharmaceutical companies.

This new site offers free CME for many medical specialties and in many medical topics. The site allows you to search for courses in your specialty or area of interest.

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GAMA Longevity
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...4.0 (Longevity);
FP Longevity...2.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost..........$40 (Longevity); FP...$20.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....2001.
Financial Support...Novartis.

Longevity is an educational game produced by Cyberounds for GAMA (Global Academy for Medicine in Aging). It is designed to help geriatric caregivers assess and sharpen their diagnostic and clinical management skills. Players face more than 200 clinical challenges and earn "Longevity Points" as they guide their patients through the health care system, from the ICU to Assisted Living. You may play by yourself or in a group. There is also a shorter game, "Longevity FP," intended for non-geriatric specialists.

GeneticSolutions.com
Last visited...9/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hours each (total of 2.0 hours).
Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...National Cancer Institute and National Human Genome Research Institute.

Two courses discussing the role of genetics in primary care: Genetic Testing and Counseling for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer; and Introduction to Genetic Counseling.

George Washington University (GWUMC) has two groups of activities linked from the home page.

GWUMC Grand Rounds Archives
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per lecture (total of 14 presently available).
Awarded by....GWUMC.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences...PED, PSY, IM, GI.
Educ. material last updated....2003.

Complementary Alternative Medicine / Integrative Approach to Management of HRT; Primary Care Approach to the Management of Hypertension; Bioterrorism and the Civilian Response; Clinical Aspects of Bioterrorism; Leukotrienes and Bronchial Asthma; The Role of Spirituality in Health and Illness; Community Oriented Primary Care; Type 2 Diabetes in the Pediatric Population; Killing in the Name of God; Can Depression be Prevented? Evidence from Recent Randomized Trials; Understanding the Nature of Nurture: How Genetic Research Can Inform Prevention; Primary Maternal Preoccupation - Revisited; and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - New Insights into an Old Problem. To receive your CME credit, print and mail your certificate of completion.

George Washington University (GWUMC) Other Lectures (Click on "Web-Based Programs")
Last visited....10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 1.5 per course (Total of 9 courses offering 13.5 hours).
Awarded by....GWUMC.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....FP, IM, CARD
Educ. material last updated...2001.
Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi.

You will find these lectures: Frontiers in Hypertension: Systolic Blood Pressure and the New Treatment Paradigm; Beyond Statins: An Introduction to Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors; HIPAA Primer; Frontiers in Medicine: Focus on Type 2 Diabetes; Back to Beta-Blockers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Hypertension, CAD and CHF; Insights into Terrorism; Atherosclerosis: Strategies for Preventing MI and Stroke; and Treating the Post-MI Patient: Preventing Future Atherosclerotic Events.

Geriatric Times
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per article (total of 5 hours available).
Awarded by....CME, Inc.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, GER.
Educ. material last updated....8/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Some recent articles are: Epidemiology and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Pain in Older Adults; Involuntary Weight Loss and Malnutrition: Screening, Evaluation and Treatment; Diabetic Neuropathy, Mobility and Balance; and Post-Polio Syndrome, Part II: Treatment Strategies.

Geriatrics CME
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per article (total of 6 hours available).
Awarded by...Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Cost.........$15 per article.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated.....10/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME Credit...6 months after publication.

Each issue of this online journal contains one article in pdf format, which you can download and read. The Year 2003 features articles about heart disease. The recent articles are: Mitral valve disease in older adults; Diagnosis and surgical management of aortic valve disease in older adults; Hypercholesterolemia - The NCEP Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines; Echocardiography - The role of this noninvasive test in the geriatric population; The new ACC/AHA staging system for heart failure; and The new staging system for heart failure. The quiz must be printed and mailed along with your payment within 6 months of the publication date.

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HemostasisCME.org
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 2.0 (total of 6 hours).
Awarded by....FCG Institute for Continuing Education.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only, Slides-Only, Slide-Audio, Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ANES, GI, HEM, SURG.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

You will find 5 CME activities relating to hemostasis and coagulation issues: Excessive Bleeding in Surgery and Trauma (text); Treatment of Bleeding Complications in the Patient with Liver Disease (slides); New Approaches to Managing Catastrophic Bleeding Episodes (slide-audio); Hemostasis Management: New Perspectives and Expanding Opportunities (text-and-graphics); and Hemostasis Management Slide Decks (earn CME credit by reviewing the content of each slide deck and taking a short test. Create and download your own PowerPoint presentations.)

Hepatitis C Training
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.5.
Awarded by....Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...The instruction starts as Text-and-Graphics, then changes to Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PED, ID.
Educational material last updated...5/00.
Financial Support...None Stated.

"Hepatitis C: What Clinicians and Other Health Professionals Need to Know" is based upon the CDC's Recommendations for prevention and control of HCV Infection and HCV-related chronic disease. After completing this course you will be able to: describe the natural history of HCV infection; describe the risk factors for acquiring HCV infection; describe serologic and laboratory tests to diagnose and evaluate patients with HCV infection; discuss treatment options for patients who have chronic hepatitis C; and discuss the most effective methods to counsel patients who have HCV infection.

Horizon Series Online Offerings (Depression)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 6 hours available).
Awarded by....University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
Cost..................Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences...PSYCH, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Pharmacia.

Six lectures on various aspects of depression. Some titles are: Depression and Women; Antidepressant Side Effect Management; Cases in Treatment Resistant Depression; Norepinephrine and Depression; and Psychotic Depression.

Hospital for Special Surgery CME Online Programs
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...26.
Awarded by....Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Cost..................$25 for each lecture.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audiences...RHEUM.
Educational material last updated..2002.
Financial Support...Pharmacia.

The major offering at this site is the New York Rheumatism Association Rheumatology Board Review Course. You will find 24 lectures, covering the full range of rheumatology topics. You must register and pay before viewing each lecture. You will also find two free programs: Update on the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Special Emphasis on Biologic Agents; and Lyme Disease of the Nervous System: Tracking the Elusive Spirochete.

HSIL Detection in Abnormal Pap Management
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Medical Education Collaborative.
Cost..................Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Only.
Target Audiences...GYN, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated..2002.
Financial Support...Cytyc Corporation.

From the main page, register and log in choose Online CME Courses, HSIL Detection in Abnormal Pap Management. After completing this activity, you should be able to understand the epidemiology, etiology, and impact of cervical disease; understand how the identification of HSIL (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion) on Pap testing relates to cervical disease; and recognize the benefits of new technologies.

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Immigrant Medicine: An Essential Guide
for Health Care Professionals
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...6.0.
Awarded by....Thomson American Health Consultants.
Cost..........$39.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only (html or pdf).
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PED.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...5/2006

The purpose of this program is to help you to identify the symptoms and presentations of conditions likely to occur in recent immigrants to the United States; and to understand the recommended treatments for these conditions. You may read online or download as a pdf file (55 pages), print and read.

InforMed
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...9 courses; 15 hours.
Awarded by....InforMed.
Cost...........About $20.
Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

INFORMED specializes in providing CME that meets the requirements of states' mandates. The site offers activities for physicians wishing to renew their licenses in Florida and Texas; physicians seeking initial licensure in Florida; Pain Management for physicians in West Virginia; and OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogen Standard.

Inova - Advancing Health Care in the New Millennium
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per course (total of 3 hours).
Awarded by....Medical Society of Virginia.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....5/02.
Financial Support...Amgen, Lilly.

There are three courses presently at this site: Seventh Annual Advances in Pulmonary Medicine; Diabetes: Traveling the Road to Success; and Colorectal Cancer - Advances in Management. You must score 90% on the post-instruction test in order to print your certificate.

Institute for Advanced Medical Education
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 4.0 per course (19 courses offering 26 hours total).
Awarded by....Institute for Advanced Medical Education.
Cost for Credit....$25 for one hour, but as low as $10 per hour in bulk.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...CARD, GYN, RAD, SURG.
Educational material last updated....2/03.
Financial Support...GE Ultrasound.

19 courses in medical imaging. Some newer courses are: PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Three Dimensional Ultrasound in Gynecology: Where is it Applicable?; and Pyloric Atresia. Some nice pictures of black-and-white and color Doppler images.

Interactive Grand Rounds from Medsite
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course. Total of 26 hours available.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct. Type...Question-and-Answer based on a Text-Only review article.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, CARD, PED, OPHTH, OB/GYN.
Financial Support...Many pharmaceutical companies.
Educational material last updated..9/03.

Each course consists of a very brief case presentation followed by 10 multiple choice questions. The answers to the questions are found in an article that reviews the medical condition discussed. The subject areas are Cardiovascular/Renal (1); Immunology (4); Pediatrics (4); Endocrinology (1); Rheumatology (2); Ophthalmology (4); Optometry (4); Agents of Terror (3); Psychiatry (2); and Oncology (1).

Interactive Media Laboratory (Dartmouth)	Interactive Media Laboratory (Dartmouth) features two Case-Based-Interactive "mini-fellowships" (virtual practicum). You will need a high speed connection to access these courses online.
Genetics in Clinical Practice: A Team Approach Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...Up to 10. Awarded by....Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Cost...........$15 (CD version available for $25). Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, OB/GYN, General Interest. Educational material last updated...10/02. Financial support...CDC via a subaward from the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine.	Genetics in Clinical Practice: A Team Approach takes place in a "Virtual Genetics Clinic," where you can participate in a "Virtual Mini Fellowship" with a master clinician. The program features four simulated patients who have, or may develop, diseases where your decisions about, clinical genetics can affect outcomes. You can visit the Learning Resources Room and attend lectures, listen to interviews, engage in activities, and search the World Wide Web for relevant information.
Primary Care of the HIV/AIDS Patient: A Virtual Clinic Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...Up to 8. Awarded by....Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Cost...........$15. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, OB/GYN, General Interest. Educational material last updated..2001. Financial support...Pfizer, Simon and Schuster.	Primary Care of the HIV/AIDS Patient: A Virtual Clinic offers you a chance to play the long-term physician, and gives a first hand sense of the emotional impact of HIV/AIDS on individual patients. The interactive video, sound, and graphics move you through a "virtual clinic" that includes an orientation, a learning resources room, and encounters with a virtual patient.

Interactive Testing in Psychiatry (ITP)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per module (7 hours presently available).
Awarded by......New York University Post-Graduate Medical School.
Cost............$20 per module plus one-time fee of $5.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....1996.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site consists of questions and answers on psychiatric topics. Each of seven modules contains 30 board-style questions. You read and answer each question, submit the answers, and the program gives you immediate feedback. Although the material has apparently not been updated since 1996, CME credit is still available.

International AIDS Society - USA: Cases on the Web
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 4 hours available).
Awarded by....International AIDS Society-USA.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...ID.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

Four courses for AIDS specialists. After a brief text-based introduction, you are presented with cases and must make decisions as you move through each case. The courses are: Screening for and Management of Anal Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions; Current Applications of HIV Drug Resistance Testing; Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy; and HIV Therapy in ''Triple-Diagnosed'' Patients: HIV Infection, Drug Use, and Mental Illness.

InterNetCME (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 12 hours available).
Awarded by......Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience...FP.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site contains presentations on Myocardial Infarction; Ethics and End of Life Care; Medico-Legal Issues; Pediatric Asthma; Migraine; Allergic Rhinitis; Treatment of Depression and Sexual Side Effects; Erectile Dysfunction; Pre-Term Labor and pPROM; Diabetes; Adult Asthma and Impaired Physician. You may download and print the slides and follow along with the presentation.

IPRO CME Online
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 2.0 hours per course (total of 8 courses offering 9.5 hours).
Awarded by......Various Sponsors.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Text-only or slides-only.
Target Audience...FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

You will find PowerPoint or Word presentations on a variety of medical topics, including: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention & Management in Patients with Diabetes; Congestive Heart Failure; Inpatient Immunization Assessment; New Strategies for Managing Community - Acquired Pneumonia; and Outpatient Management of Congestive Heart Failure.

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JMC Offfice of CME (Jefferson Medical College)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...12 courses offering 15 hours of credit.
Awarded by.....Jefferson Medical College.
Cost for Credit......Free or $15.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video, Text-Only, Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, CARD, NEURO, UROL.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

This site has a variety of offerings: You will find six monographs offering 1.5 credit-hours each: four on headache; one on GERD and one on dyslipidemia in diabetes. You will also find 5 free one-hour video-slide shows: Small Incision Total Hip Replacement Surgery; 3-D CT-Guided Endoscopic Sinus Surgery; Integrating Disease Management; and Coronary Brachytherapy for Restenosis. Also, a case study: The Bottom Line: Achieving Diabetes Treatment Goals.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine CME Courses
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 2.0 per course (total of about 65 hours).
Awarded by......Johns Hopkins.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only or PowerPoint.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, CARD, ENDO, ID, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Expiration of CME credit...2 years after posting.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

Click on CME Courses to get started. The site offers pdf-based or slide-show courses in Cardiology (13), Critical Care (2), Endocrinology/Metabolic (6), Gastroenterology (1), Infectious Diseases (6), Nephrology (1), Neurology (10), Oncology (3), Pediatrics (3), Pulmonary Medicine (11), Psychiatry (3), Urology (3) and Women's Health (4).

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine Journal
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...3 hours per month (6 issues for total of 18 hours).
Awarded by......Johns Hopkins.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (pdf)
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Expiration of CME credit...2 years after posting.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

Click on Journal, then Issues to find 6 issues of Advanced Studies in Medicine. Each issue offers CME Clinical Evaluation (3 Credit Hours Maximum). For example, the June 2003 issue has these articles: Controversies in Cancer Prevention and Screening; Management of Hypertension in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes; and Sleep Disordered Breathing.

Johns Hopkins Arthritis
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...Up to 9.5.
Awarded by......Johns Hopkins.
Cost for Credit......$20.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ORTH, RHEUM.
Educational material last updated....6/01.
Expiration of CME credit...6/30/04.
Financial Support...McNeill, Nutramax.

A set of 10 lectures entitled Osteoarthritis: A Comprehensive Treatment Approach from Neutraceuticals to New Weight Bearing Surface. The course is divided into three sections. The first section presents medical, non-surgical approaches for the treatment of OA. The second section discusses surgical approaches for the treatment of OA. The third section focuses on novel tissue-engineered products for cartilage repair.

JointandBone.org (Rheumatology Online)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each (total of 6 hours).
Awarded by......Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education and University of Michigan.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences...RHEUM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Centocor, Genentech.

Click on Satellite Program to find 6 online CME programs: Fifth International Workshop on COX-2; Biologics come of age: 2002 Rheumatology International Roundtable; Analysis and commentary - Informed opinions from medical experts; World class debate: current and new anti-TNF agents in perspective; Treatment of RA: developing the optimal regimen for inhibiting TNF; and Expanding use of anti-TNF in rheumatic diseases other than RA.

Joslin Diabetes Center WebCME Activities
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 2.0 per course; total of 5 courses offering 7.25 hours of credit.
Awarded by......Joslin Diabetes Center.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only (Disease-Based Interactive).
Target Audiences...ENDO, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Many pharmaceutical companies.

You will find 6 courses offering credit. They cover various aspects of the diagnosis and management of diabetes.

Journalbytes.com now has editions for nine medical specialties. All versions are accessed through the same URL.
Journalbytes Chest Medicine Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours ...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience ... PULM. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Gastroenterology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...GI. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes General Surgery Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...SURG. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Integrative Medicine Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience... GENERAL INTEREST. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Internal Medicine Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours... 48 per year (4.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost.......... $264 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...IM. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 4.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Pathology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...PATH. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Pediatrics Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...PED. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Radiology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...48 per year (4.0 per month). Awarded by....University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Cost..........$264 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...RAD Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 4.0 CME credit-hours.
Journalbytes Urology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... American Urological Association. Cost..........$240 per year. Instruction Type...Most is Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...UROL. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Three years after date of publication.	Each issue contains a variety of types of presentations: Literature Reviews; Critical Discussion and Commentary; Vital Topic; Audio Reviews; Tables of Contents from Key Journals; and an E-quiz offering 3.0 CME credit-hours.

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per article (17 articles at present).
Awarded by....Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit...$9 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...Many Physicians.
Educational material last updated..4/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME credit...One year after date of publication.

The Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to helping physicians and managed care decision makers improve outcomes of care. Each online issue of this journal contains an article offering one hour of CME credit. Some recent subjects are: Hospital acquired acute renal failure - what hospitalists need to know; Glycemic control in the hospitalized patient with diabetes mellitus; Inpatient evaluation and management of acute decompensated heart failure; and Adolescent substance use: prevention and management by primary care clinicians. Fax or mail the evaluation form to receive credit.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry now has 9 sections offering CME credits. Many activities have financial support from pharmaceutical companies.	Click on "CME Online" to reach the list of all the available CME. Register for the Journal by joining the NetSociety (free). This gives you access to most of the CME activities.
Audiograph Series Last visited...5/2003. Credit hours...2.0 each. (Total of 14.0 hours of credit). Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press. Cost................$10 or Free. Instruct. Type....Text-and-Audio or Slide-Video. Target Audience...PSYCH. Educ. material last updated....2002.	There are now 7 courses, each offering 2 hours. Download the pdf description and print (or view online); then choose the mp3 or Windows Media Player version to hear the audio. Print and mail the quiz along with your check to receive CME credit. Some courses are: Intervention Strategies for Suicidality; Treating Depression: New Choices for a Chronic Problem; New Approaches to Managing Difficult-to-Treat Depressions; Long-Term Use of Mood Stabilizers in Bipolar Disorder; Treatment of Bipolar Disorder During Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Years; Trauma and Stress: Diagnosis and Treatment; Safety Profiles of Mood Stabilizers, Antipsychotics, and Broad-Spectrum Psychotropics; Recognizing Treatment-Resistant Depression; and Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry You must join the NetSociety (free). Last visited...5/2003. Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 30 hours). Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press. Cost................Free. Instruction Type...Text-Only. Target Audiences...PSYCH. Educ. material last updated....Monthly.	Each issue contains two articles each offering one hour of CME credit. Some recent articles are: Antidepressants and Driver Impairment; Models of Care for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Complicated by Depression or Psychosis; Noncompliance in Patients With Schizophrenia; Obsessive-Compulsive-Bipolar Comorbidity; The Impact of Treatment-Resistant Depression on Health Care Utilization and Costs; Features Associated With the Delayed Initiation of Mood Stabilizers at Illness Onset in Bipolar Disorder; Combining Antidepressants for Treatment-Resistant Depression; Selecting Methodologies for the Evaluation of Differences in Time to Response Between Antidepressants; and Effects of Antidepressant Treatment on the Quality of Daily Life. Print and mail the quiz along with check to receive CME credit.
SuppleNetCME Last visited...5/2003. Credit hours...3.0 to 5.5 hours per course (total of 15 hours). Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press. Cost................Free or $10. Instruction Type...Text-Only. Target Audience...PSYCH. Educ. material last updated....2002.	These are full-text versions of supplements to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Some are on the same topics and have the same faculty as Audiographs or newsletters. Courses include Novel Treatments for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adults; The Impact of Treatment-Resistant Depression on Health Care Utilization and Costs; Long-Term Use of Mood Stabilizers in Bipolar Disorder; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risks Associated With Schizophrenia and Antipsychotic Drug Treatment; and Safety Profiles of Mood Stabilizers, Antipsychotics, and Broad-Spectrum Psychotropics.

JCP Academic Highlights
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educ. material last updated....3/03.

Text summaries of sections of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and the Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. There are currently 2 available: Determining and Achieving Therapeutic Targets in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Using Atypical Antipsychotics in Primary Care.

JCP Visuals
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...3.0.
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educ. material last updated....2/03.

PDF versions of published newsletters. There are currently 3 credits available: Novel Treatments for ADHD in Children and Adults, Adjunctive Use of Anticonvulsants in Psychosis, and Use of Anticonvulsants as Augmenting Agents in Psychosis.

PCC Visuals
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....1/03.

PDF versions of published newsletters. There are currently 2 courses available: Treating Children and Adolescents with ADHD in Primary Care and Treating Adults With ADHD in Primary Care.

PCC (Primary Care Companion) Reports
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...FP, IM,
Educ. material last updated....4/03.

This newsletter is geared toward primary care physicians who treat psychiatric disorders or who are interested in learning more about them. The current offering is Clinical Strategies for Using Atypical Antipsychotics in Primary Care.

Online Insights
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educ. material last updated....11/02.

A single presentation: Treatment Recommendations Versus Treatment Realities: Their Effect on Compliance and Persistence in Patients With Depression.

CNS Discourses
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Physicians Postgraduate Press.
Cost................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...PSYCH.
Educ. material last updated....11/02.

PDF files of published newsletters. There is currently one credit available: Update on the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders.

Journal Watch Psychiatry
Last visited...9/2003.
Credit hours...12.5 AMA PRA category 1 credits per exam (2 exams per year, total of 25 hours).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost for Credit....$89.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....PSYCH, NEUR, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial support....None Stated.

Each exam includes questions from 50 brief articles on psychiatric topics posted in the 6 months before the exam is due. The exam is in pencil and paper form and must be mailed before each six-month deadline.

Journal Watch Women's Health
Last visited...9/2003.
Credit hours...12.5 AMA PRA category 1 credits per exam (2 exams per year, total of 25 hours).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost for Credit....$89.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....OB/GYN, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial support....None Stated.

Each exam includes questions from 50 brief articles on women's health topics posted in the 6 months before the exam is due. The exam is in pencil and paper form and must be mailed before each six-month deadline.

LabCorp CME
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hour. (Total of 13 hours).
Awarded by....LabCorp.
Cost for Credit....$10.
Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educational material last updated...5/03.
Financial support....LabCorp.

pdf articles on laboratory issues. Subjects include: Allergy Testing; Stool Testing; Hypertension; HIV Resistance Testing; HCV; Cystic Fibrosis; Testosterone; Thyroid Testing; HPV; Pharmacogenomics; PSA; Dimeric Inhibin; and Chelation Therapy. To receive credit, print and mail the answer sheet along with your check.

Legal Medicine
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...5.0 per issue. Total of 50 hours available.
Awarded by....Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Cost...........Free to full-time military and federal health care providers; $25 per issue for all others.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated..2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site contains articles concerning legal aspects of medical practice. You will find yearly issues back to 1992; credit is offered for all issues. I suggest you print and read the pdf files offline. Some titles from the 2002 issue are: Beyond Rhetoric: Teamwork, A Real Reponse to Patient Safety; Rules of Engagement for U.S. Military Medicine; Operation Noble Eagle: AFIP Responds to September 11th Pentagon Attack; Liability Risks Associated with Trocar Selection During Laparoscopy; Standardizing Medication Error Reporting Using MedMARx; and Obstacles to Error Reporting in a Patient Safety Program.

LipidHealth
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...12 courses offering a total of 15.5 hours.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive and others.
Target Audience...FP, IM, CARD.
Educational material last updated..2003.
Financial Support...Pfizer.

This site offers four ways to earn CME credits. Interactive Case Studies has 8 modules; each module concerns two patients with lipid disorders and awards one hour of credit. CD-ROM Online offers Evolving Issues in the Management of CHD. Virtual Case Studies offers one series of two cases. Newsletter Spring 2003 CME PostTest asks you to answer a set of questions from knowledge gained by reading 4 online lipid-oriented newsletters.

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Massachusetts Medical Society Online Managed Care and Public Health and Safety
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...2.0 each (except Homelessness; total of 21 hours).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost for Credit....$20 for MMS members; $40 for non-members.
Instruction Type...Slide-Text-Lecture.
Target Audiences...General Interest.
Educ. material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Four courses on Managed Care - Risk Management: Introduction to Managed Care; A Primer on Alternate Care Settings; Ethics in a Managed Care Practice; and An Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine.
Six courses on Public Health and Safety: Medical Errors and Perspectives on Patient Safety; Homelessness and Humanity -- Misery and Mission; Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence for Emergency Department Physicians; Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence for Pediatricians; Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence for Primary Care Physicians and Mental Health Professionals and Medical Perspectives on Impaired Driving.
Also, CME Accreditation: A Review for CME Providers and Surveyors, a "review and update for individuals involved in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of CME programs."

Masters of Pediatrics
Last visited...8/2003.
Credit hours...Eight courses, from 0.5 to 1.25 hours. Total of 5.0 hours.
Awarded by.....University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences.....PED.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...MeadJohnson.
CME Credit Expires...April 30, 2004.

A variety of subjects that should be of interest to pediatricians, including: Sleep Disorders; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Treatment of Viral Infection-Induced Asthma in Young Children; Acne for Pediatricians; Skin Signs of Systemic Disease; DHA and ARA Supplementation of Infant Formula; Neuroanatomical Basis of Behavior.

MDcme.ca
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...Canadian System.
Awarded by.....The Canadian medical university that develops the course.
Cost...........$25 (Canadian; about $18 USD). Osteoporosis course is free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive with online facilitator.
Target Audiences....GP, FP.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Health Canada, ACOA, Pfizer, Merck Frosst.

MDcme.ca is produced by a consortium of seven Canadian medical universities. The primary emphasis on helping rural MDs to maintain medical competence. Courses offer credit for US physicians as well as those in Canada. Current courses include: GERD; and Years of Our Lives: The Osteoporosis Continuum. Courses are offered in specific time periods and involve interaction with other students and an instructor.

MedCases is now a portal site with links to these groups of courses:
ADHD Point of Care: From Theory to Practice Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...22. Awarded by.... MedCases. Cost..........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture, Case-Based-Interactive, Reflective Questions. Target Audience...FP, IM, PED, PSY. Financial Support...Lilly.	This is a 3-Step continuing medical education program. In Step 1, Lectures, you are presented with a lecture by experts followed by a posttest. In Step 2, Simulated Patient Encounters, you complete a number of simulated patient encounters with two pediatric and two adult cases and complete a short survey outlining the key points learned. In Step 3, From Theory to Practice, you list up to five future improvements you will implement into your practice based on the information learned in Steps 1 and 2. Each month you will reflect on this list and your experiences with patients. Additional learning activities will be provided each month through clinical vignettes.
Adverse Effects of Anticoagulation: Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...2.0 hours per case; 12 cases for a total of 24 hours. Awarded by.... MedCases. Cost..........Free. Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audience...CARD, HEMA, SURG. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.	These simulated patient encounters provide information related to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. You work through an encounter, from initial presentation through the creation of a treatment plan.
COPD: Paradigm Shifts in COPD Management Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0 per case (3 cases offering total of 6 hours). Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....PULM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.	Three case simulations followed by expert slide-audio discussion. The cases are: A 59-year-old white man with a history of smoking presents with shortness of breath; A 61-year-old white man presents to the emergency department with a productive cough and worsening shortness of breath; and A 50-year-old black man presents with cough and dyspnea.
Cystic Fibrosis: Strategies for Diagnosis and Management Last visited...8/2003. Credit hours...1.0 per case (2 cases offering total of 2 hours). Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....PED, PULM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...Genentech.	Two case simulations: a 5-month-old girl with newly diagnosed cystic fibrosis, failure to thrive and cough; and an 11-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis and worsening cough.
Emerging Trends in COPD Therapies Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0 per case (3 cases offering total of 6 hours). Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...None Stated.	Three case simulations followed by expert slide-audio discussion. The cases are: A 65-year-old Hispanic man with a history of known COPD presents with increasing dyspnea, fatigue, and productive cough; A 70-year-old white woman with a history of mild hypertension, extensive prior tobacco use, and COPD complains of fatigue and increasing dyspnea on exertion; and A 55-year-old white man complains of a cough productive of whitish sputum.
Hypertension and JNC 7: Aggressive Management Strategies For Achieving Blood Pressure Control Last visited...8/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...Novartis.	One case simulation: A 45-year-old diabetic man presents with persistently elevated blood pressure.
Improving Erectile Function Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0 per course (total of 16 hours). Awarded by....MedCases, Inc. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive Target Audiences...FP, IM, UROL. Educational material last updated....2002. Financial Support...Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline.	Eight case simulations of men with erectile dysfunction. After studying these cases, you will be able to recognize erectile dysfunction as a manifestation of underlying medical disease; obtain an appropriate sexual history in the general medical evaluation; identify modifiable risk factors for erectile dysfunction; select appropriate diagnostic testing for erectile dysfunction; and discuss the latest advances in erectile dysfunction management.
Insomnia: The Scope of the Problem Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...2.0 per case. (One case at present, although 3 additional cases are promised). Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.	Upon completion of all components of the program, you should be able to obtain a thorough sleep history; identify the most common etiologies for insomnia; distinguish between insomnia as a presenting symptom and other conditions; recommend appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches to treatment; and recognize when and how to use hypnotic agents.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Comprehensive Approach to Effective Management Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0 per case (3 cases offering total of 6 hours). Awarded by....MedCases. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....FP, IM. Educational material last updated...2003. Financial Support...Novartis.	Three simulated patient encounters: A 53-year-old white woman presents complaining of abdominal pain, constipation, and bloating; A 21-year-old African American man presents complaining of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and urgency since returning from a trip to Mexico 3 months ago; and A 42-year-old woman presents with severe, alternating diarrhea and constipation.

MedEdCME.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...Most courses offer 1.0 hour (22 courses offering 23 hours).
Awarded by....Indiana State Medical Association.
Cost for Credit....$15 per credit (A few courses are free).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio (You also have the option of a text-only version.)
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME Credit...Most courses will expire in December 2002; some expire in 2003.

22 courses for physicians and their office staff. About half the courses are on clinical topics, and about half concern practice management. Some of the newer courses are: Smallpox Diagnosis and Treatment; Tobacco Cessation: The Basics; CPT and ICD-9 Code Linkage and Medical Necessity; and Psychiatric Coding and Documentation.

MedEd Interactive (Ultrasound)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...10 courses offering 32 hours.
Awarded by....Excerpta Medica, Inc. Office of Continuing Medical Education (EMOCME) and MedEd Interactive, Inc.
Cost................$35-50 per credit.
Instruction Type...Not Stated.
Target Audience...RAD.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A set of courses for physicians with special interest in ultrasound. Courses are organized into these groups: cardiovascular, abdomen (this is actually tyroid), women's health, and emergency medicine.

Medical Certification of the Cause and Manner of Death
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...3.0.
Awarded by....Texas Department of Health.
Cost for Credit.....$30.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience....General Interest.
Educational material last updated....11/01.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A discussion of the importance of filling out death certificates correctly. Some of the reasons for doing so are to "assess the general health of the population; examine medical problems which may be found among specific groups of people; indicate areas in which medical research may have the greatest impact on reducing mortality; allocate medical services, funding, and other resources; evaluate prenatal care services and obstetrical programs; and study the causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes in the case of fetal deaths."

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Medical Programs, Inc.
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...About 8 hours.
Awarded by....Medical Programs Inc. and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....CARD, ONCO.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial support...Bristol-Myers Squibb.

8 courses:
Acoustic vs. Electronic Auscultation-Implications and Applications; A New Standard of Anticoagulation Therapy in PCI; Current Advances in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma; Medication Errors in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction; Management of Infections in the Hospital: Appropriate Use Strategies for Preserving the Utility of the Fluoroquinolones; Advancing Therapy Options in Heart Failure Management; Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Hematological Malignancies; and Advancing Treatment Options in The Management of AMI.

MedicalRounds
Last visited......6/2003.
Credit hours......Generally one hour per lecture, total of 638 hours at present.
Credit Type....MainPro-M2 or AMA Category II.
Awarded by......CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Cost......Free.
Instruction Type......Slide-Audio-Lecture (or you can choose slides and text).
Target Audience....Most Specialties.
Educational material last updated......2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

MedicalRounds webcasts multimedia presentations and conferences for many contributing medical groups. Many Canadian medical schools have contributed lectures to this series. All talks were originally presented at grand rounds of quality educational institutions or at accredited medical meetings. In addition, the website maintains an extensive database of hyperlinks to other free multimedia medical presentations available on the web.
(N.B. Although the courses on this site do NOT offer AMA Category I credit, I have included the site on this list because of the very extensive array of high quality lectures, searchable by medical topic or specialty.)

MediCom Worldwide
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 31 hours currently available).
Awarded by....University of Wisconsin Medical School and Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience...FP, IM, GI, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Janssen and Boehringer Ingelheim.

There are now 4 courses in pain management, 21 courses in psychiatry (mostly about treatment of psychosis) and 6 in gastroenterology (primarily about GERD).

Medinfosource and Mental Health Source are related sites containing courses in psychiatry:
Bipolar Disorders Letter Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5 per issue (total of 4.5 hours). Awarded by....CME, Inc. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type...Text-Only. Target Audiences...FP, NEURO, PSYCH. Educ. material last updated....5/03. Financial support...Abbott Laboratories.	Each quarterly issue of Bipolar Disorders Letter (every third issue of Psychiatric Times) contains a set of readings on bipolar disorder. You must read and answer questions on each article to earn CME credit. The current issue (May 2003) contains these articles: Bipolar Disorder in Pediatric Patients; Considering Safety and Tolerability of Treatment for Bipolar Mania; and Dosing Strategies To Ensure Efficacy in Patients With BD.
Psychiatric Times Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5 per topic. Awarded by....CME, Inc. Cost for Credit....$15. Instruction Type...Text-Only. Target Audience...PSYCH. Educ. material last updated....5/03. Financial Support...None Stated.	Some (not all) issues of Psychiatric Times contain articles that you can read online for credit. The May 2003 issue contains Social Phobia: Diagnostic Issues.

MedRisk Online
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...5.0 to 10.0 per program (13 courses offering a total of 47 hours).
Awarded by....Medical Risk Management, Inc.
Cost for Credit....About $20 per credit.
Instruct. Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience...General Interest.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Thirteen programs on reducing malpractice risk in various practice settings. Some newer courses are: Focus on Patient Privacy - The HIPAA Privacy Rule; Intersection: Managed Care, Medical Ethics, and Risk Management; and Risk Management Essentials for Physicians 2003.

Medscape
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...Vary according to the course. Presently 195 activities offering about 324 CME hours.
Awarded by....Many different sponsoring organizations, including Medscape.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only, Text-and-Graphics, Slide-Audio and Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....Most Specialties (25).
Educational material last updated...New activities posted each month.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as WebMD.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

Medscape awards more CME credits than any other online CME site. Medscape's CME activities are divided into four groups:
Conference Coverage: Medical experts provide coverage of presentations from major medical conferences across target specialties. This typically includes news stories, articles for CME credit, posters and abstracts, and links to meeting satellite symposia content.
Medscape Professional Education: These activities are reviews of new therapies or presentations of results of clinical studies.
Medscape CME Circles: Content for CME credit from Industry-Supported Events. such as meeting satellite symposia or monographs.
News CME: Each weekday, you will find an abstract, offering 0.25 credit-hours, of a major current medical research article.
When you first register with Medscape, you are asked for your specialty. After that, whenever you log in, the program directs you to those medical and CME areas that should be of most interest to you.

MedSynergy
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 to 1.0 hour per course; 19 courses totaling 16.25 hours.
Awarded by....University of Oklahoma.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....PED, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration of CME Credit...One year after posting.

On your first visit to MedSynergy, you will need to register and wait for a password to arrive by email. The courses are on a variety of medical subjects; about half are in pediatrics. Some topics are: Club Drugs: An Emerging Epidemic; Pediatric Kidney Transplantation; Cystic Fibrosis; and Fetal Cardiology.

MeetingCast.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 2.0 hours per course (total of about 5 courses offering about 10 hours of credit).
Awarded by....Various sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

MeetingCast.com hosts a number of offerings. Four are described elsewhere on this list: Scientific Sessions 2002 (American Heart Association); Chest 2002 (Sepsis); American Diabetes Association's 62nd Scientific Sessions (2002); and North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) 2002 Conference Highlights Online.
Other courses linked from MeetingCast.com are: Controversies in Hypertension Management in African-Americans; Beyond Statins: An Introduction to Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors; ACP Virtual Annual Session; and ACC '03 Late Breaking Clinical Trials III; ACC '03 Lipid Subspecialties Online.

Meniscus Limited offers courses oriented to oncologists or other providers of cancer treatment.	Meniscus Limited now offers two types of instruction:
CExpress® Oncology Last visited...5/2003. Credit hours...Probably about 4. Awarded by....Meniscus Educational Institute. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences...ONCO. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	CExpress® Oncology Series offers brief (0.25 hour) Case-Based-Interactive courses. The main current offerings are Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Interactive Case Studies and Treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Interactive Case Studies, each consisting of 3 modules.
Therapeutic Updates in Oncology Last visited...5/2003. Credit hours...1.0 to 1.25 hours (about 10 hours total). Awarded by....Meniscus Educational Institute. Cost................Free Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture. Target Audience...ONCO. Educ. material last updated....2003. Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	Some recent topics include: Innovation in the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma; New Perspectives on Advanced Lung Cancer: A Focus on Quality of Life; Patient Selection Considerations in Advanced NSCLC: A Question of Performance Status; Treating Until Progression in Relapsed Ovarian Cancer; Update on Bisphosphonates in the Prevention and Delay of Bone Metastasis; Update on Multiagent Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With HER2/neu-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer; and Update on Therapeutic Options forHER2/neu-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer.

MerckMedicus CME Credit Program for Searching and Researching
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...Up to 25 hours per calendar year.
Awarded by....American Medical Association.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Self-directed study.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated...Continuously.
Financial Support...Merck.

You can earn 1 CME credit for every hour you spend researching medical questions, reading online medical references, or gathering information for patients on MerckMedicus. Full details are at Learn More about the MerckMedicus/AMA Self-Directed CME Credit Program.

MMWR Continuing Education Programs (Centers for Disease Control)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 5.0 for each topic (19 courses offering 40.75 total hours).
Awarded by....Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....General Interest, ID, PREV MED.
Educational material last updated...11/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site contains the pdf versions of 19 current MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports) articles. You download and read the articles, then submit your quiz answers online. Recent articles include: Laboratory Testing and Result Reporting of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus; Prevention and Control of Infections with Hepatitis Viruses in Correctional Settings; Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women; Yellow Fever Vaccine; Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings; Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheae Infections; and Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons. There is also a five credit course, Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis.

Moffitt Cancer Network
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 hour per course (total of 42 hours currently available).
Awarded by.....University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....$25.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....ONCO.
Educational material last updated..1/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers CME in the areas of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Some recent subjects are: Clusterin: A New Anti-Oncogene for Prostate Cancer?; Stem Cells in the Normal and Cancerous Breasts; Genetic Risk of Smoking: Attentional and Emotional Factors; HIPAA: Implications for Clinical and Records Research; Apo2L/TRAIL-based Regimens for Genotype-Specific Treatment of Colon Cancer; Antibody Therapy for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas; and Low Penetrance Susceptibility Genes & Cancer Risk.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine Online CME (MSSMTV)
Last visited....7/2003.
Credit hours...About 80.
Awarded by.....Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated..2002.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.

You will find lecture sets in the following areas: Disaster Psychiatry; Minorities and HIV; Women & HIV; Sexual Dysfunction; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Depression and Cardiovascular Disease; Breast Ultrasound; Cancer Chemotherapy; Multiple Sclerosis; Hormone Replacement Therapy; and Acute Coronary Syndromes. You will also find a set of 47 one-hour lectures on various aspects of HIV/AIDS.

mypatient.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 hour per case.
Awarded by....University of Virginia School of Medicine and I.C. Axon.
Cost..........$100 for a full year of unlimited CME. You can view many of the mypatient.com cases without charge at CEMedicus.
Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, OB/GYN.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers 63 highly interactive cases, aimed at primary physicians. The site helps the user to assess his/her learning needs, and then suggests cases matching those needs in a personalized "Virtual Waiting Room." mypatient.com also provides the "Credit Tracker" to track members' CME credits, whether earned on mypatient.com or from other sources. You can view the references upon which the case is based. Very attractive format.

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Natal U
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 2.0 per course (currently approx 300 hours 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 5 areas containing CME on a monthly basis: Grand Rounds Amphitheater contains evidence-based topic presentations and discussions. The Radiology Wing/Pathology Gallery presents a new picture or X-ray. The Sports Arena contains instructional crossword puzzles. The Ultrasound Wing presents case presentations with ultrasound images. The Pulse Point presents brief summaries of critical developments from the peer-reviewed literature and in various public policy forums. Instruction (except at the Sports Arena) is via a brief text or graphics case followed by online discussion among the users and then a brief multiple choice test.

National Initiative for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours.....5.0.
Awarded by....Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive, Text Only and Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....RHEUM.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Abbott Immunology.

You will find a slide-audio lecture: Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment: The Promise of Biologic DMARDs; a link to a text-only article: The Evolution of Biologic DMARD Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Management; and three case studies: 41-year-old woman with general malaise, fatigue, joint pain and morning joint stiffness; 60-year-old woman with pain in both hands, mild swelling of joints, and morning stiffness; and 36-year-old woman with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis.

National Pain Education Council (NPEC)
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours.....1.0 for primer; 1.5 hours for each monograph; 1.0 to 3.0 for each case study; total of 15.5 hours.
Awarded by....Discovery International.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruction Type....Varied.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Janssen.

Programs include the NPEC Primer, which helps you to assess your current knowledge about the diagnosis and management of chronic pain. The primer includes a 40-item posttest, along with an overview of chronic pain management.
The Monograph Series includes Optimizing Treatment of Chronic Pain with Opioid Therapy; Assessment and Management of Aberrant Drug-Related Behavior in the Chronic Pain Patient; and Management of Pain in Patients with Progressive Medical Diseases.
Case Studies features Case-Based-Interactive instruction in Cancer Pain, Low Back Pain, Osteoarthritis, Diabetic Neuropathy, Fibromyalgia and Burns.

NEJM Weekly CME Program
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...One per exam, three per week. (Total of about 140 hours now available).
Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost..........Free to subscribers to NEJM; $15 for non-subscribers.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, IM subspecialists.
Educational material last updated....3/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

NetCE Continuing Education on the Internet
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 10.0 hours (15 courses totaling 113 hours).
Awarded by....CME Resource.
Cost..........$15 per course (apparently not related to number of credits).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Many courses at this site are offered to meet state licensure requirements. Some courses are: HIV/AIDS: The Florida Requirement for Physicians; HIV/AIDS: Epidemic Update for Kentucky; Florida Domestic Violence Requirement; and Domestic Violence: The Kentucky Requirements. You will also find Palliative Care; Management of Coronary Artery Disease for Physicians and Bioterrorism: Today's Fear, Tomorrow's Reality.

Network for Oncology Communication & Research (NOCR)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...0.25 or .5 per course (total of about 10 hours).
Awarded by....Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education, NOCR and University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Cost for Credit...Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....ONC.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Various Oncology Pharmaceutical Companies.

Network for Oncology Communication & Research (NOCR), has a variety of offerings, all concerned with cancer. At American School of Oncology, you will find 41 brief slide-audio case presentations. You will also find four slide-audio lectures concerned with cancer chemotherapy.

Neurology (Journal of the American Academy of Neurology)
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...3.0 per issue (72 hours available).
Awarded by.....American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Cost............Free to members of the Academy. By annual subscription to others ($347 per year).
Instruct. Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....NEURO.
Educational material last updated...Twice monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this twice-monthly online journal contains a set of articles offering CME. You must complete the quiz for each CME article in the issue before receiving credit. The June 10, 2003 issue contains CME articles on these topics: The clinical features of 16 cases of stroke associated with administration of IVIg; Arterial thrombosis induced by IVIg and its treatment with tPA; Eye movements tell only half the story; and Prism adaptation can improve contralesional tactile perception in neglect.

New Directions in COPD Management
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 1.5 per course (total of 3 courses offering 3.5 hours).
Awarded by.....National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
Cost............Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-and-Text with occasional multiple choice questions.
Target Audiences....PULM, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Novartis.

Three courses on COPD, all accessed through the main URL after registration. Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment with Bronchodilators and Glucocorticoids and Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Management are aimed at pulmonologists, while Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Emerging Epidemic is aimed at primary care doctors.

NIH Consensus Statements CME Review
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 each.
Awarded by....National Institutes of Health.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Guideline/Consensus.
Target Audiences....FP, PED, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration Of CME Credit: 06/09/2004.

There are six National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus statements offering CME credit. They are: Management of the Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass (Incidentaloma); ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for Diagnosis and Therapy); Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer; Phenylketonuria Screening and Management; Antenatal Corticosteroids Revisited: Repeat Courses; and Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy. These articles are very long; you may want to print the pdf versions and read them off line, then sign back on for the CME quiz.

North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) 2002 Conference Highlights Online
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hour...1.0 each (total of 5 hours).
Awarded by....NASPE.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only and Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....CARD.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This site offers 2 kinds of instruction: Daily Summaries offers one hour of CME for each of 3 daily summaries. Audio Webcasts offer two one-hour slide-audio presentations: Lessons from Primary Prevention Trials in Patients with CAD; and Clinical Results with Biventricular Therapy.

North American Spine Society
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...0.5 to 1.0 each (total of 2.5 hours).
Awarded by....North American Spine Society (NASS).
Cost for Credit....About $70 to 125 per credit.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....ORTHO, NS.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.
Expiration Of CME Credit: 2003-2004

There are presently 3 courses available: Enhance Surgical Outcome with Psychological Screening and Psychological Preparation for Surgery; Income Distribution and Physician Compensation; and New Treatment Methods in Osteoporotic Compression; Measuring Treatment Outcomes.

The Oncologist
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...139.
Awarded by....National Institutes of Health/Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....HEMAT, ONC.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology.

There are courses on various hematology and oncology areas. (The number of credits in each area is shown in parentheses.) Acute and Chronic Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma (8); Breast Cancer (20); Cancer Biology (4); Clinical Pharmacology (17); Fundamentals of Cancer Medicine (9); Gastrointestinal Cancer (7); Genitourinary Cancer (4); Gynecologic Oncology (2); Head and Neck Cancers (2); Hepatobiliary Cancer (1); Imaging and Diagnostics (2); Lung Cancer (8); Lymphoma (4); Melanoma (1); Neuro-Oncology (1); Pediatric Oncology (3); Prevention (1); Radiation Oncology (11); Sarcomas (3); Schwartz Center Rounds (22); and Symptom Management (10).

Optima Educational Solutions
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each (10 hours currently available).
Awarded by....Optima.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio or Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM, URO, GYN, PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Lilly.

You will find 2 web conferences: Urinary Incontinence and Bipolar Depression. To receive credit, print and mail or fax your quiz answers. You will also find Critical Breakthroughs, 8 text-only courses in psychiatry and urology. Some subjects are: Depression in Primary Care; Depression: A discussion of medication adherence; and The Pharmacoeconomics of Novel Antipsychotics.

OR-Live Surgical Video Archives
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each (18 hours currently available).
Awarded by....Not Stated.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video with Streaming Video clips.
Target Audience....CARD, SURG, ENT, ORTHO.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Not Stated.

A set of very nice programs of surgical procedures. The programs combine a didactic slide-video lecture with extensive footage of the surgical procedure. Subject areas include: Cardiovascular or Cardiothoracic(8), Neurology(2), 1 Oncology(1), Otolaryngology(2), Orthopedic (4), Pediatric(2), and Radiology(1).

ORTHOPEDICS On-line CME Quiz Program
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each (10 hours currently available).
Awarded by....SLACK Incorporated.
Cost...........$15 per individual article or $49 per year (maximum of 10 articles).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....ORTHO.
Educational material last updated....5/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Some online issues of ORTHOPEDICS, The Blue Journal, contain one article that you can read for credit. Some recent articles are: Pulmonary Fat Embolism After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty; Biomechanics of Soft-Tissue Interference Screw Fixation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction; and Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Subcapital Hip Fracture. You may submit your quiz answers online; certificates are delivered by surface mail.

Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fractures: What's On the Horizon
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours....1.0.
Awarded by....Duke University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience....FP, IM, OB/GYN, RHEUM, ORTHO.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Novartis.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to describe the risk that hip fractures represent for further fracture; delineate the current status of clinical trials for subjects with osteoporotic fractures; and discuss current practice patterns in evaluating and treating patients with hip fractures.

OsteoporosisCME.org
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...13.
Awarded by....FCG Institute for Continuing Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM, OB/GYN, GER, RHEUM.
Educational material last updated....2/03.
Financial Support...Merck.

Three sets of slide-audio shows each offering 2 or 4 hours of credit: New Topics in Osteoporosis Management; Evaluating Therapies for Osteoporosis: Endpoints, Measurements, Risks, Results; and Expectations for Osteoporosis in the New Millennium.
Osteoporosis Slide Decks consists of ten slide-and-text presentations on various aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, which you can read in the usual way. In addition, the course encourages you to use the slides from the various lectures to create your own presentations on osteoporosis. The program keeps track of the amount of time you spend and awards CME credit accordingly (maximum of 5 hours).

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PA - Physicians Assistant Journal
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 each.
Awarded by....University of Texas, Galveston.
Cost for Credit....$10.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

30 courses, intended primarily for physician assistants, but physicians may also earn CME credit. Some recent courses include: Acne Vulgaris and Post-Acne Scarring: Current Concepts and Therapies; A Review of Treatment Options for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Evaluating Bone Mineral Density Measurement; Diagnosing Oral Mucosal Lesions; Prevention Is Focus of New Guidelines for Heart Failure; Managing Depression in Primary Care; Diagnosing and Managing Gastroesophageal Disease; Considerations in Preoperative Evaluation; and Adopting the New National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines into Clinical Practice.

Pain.com has CME instruction in three sections.	Access all sections from the main page.
Pain.com - Abstracted Journal Articles on Pain and its Management Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours....1.0 per CME program or module; 3 modules per month for total of 36 modules per year. (36 credits) Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation. Cost...........Free Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT. Educ. material last updated....6/03. Financial Support...Purdue Pharma.	Click on Free CME Modules near the top of the main page. These articles are organized into modules of 10 articles each, and three new modules are offered each month. There are now 36 modules available. Each module is followed by a 10-question multiple choice post-test and a short evaluation.
Pain.com - Perioperative Pain Modules Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours....1. Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT. Educ. material last updated....2003. Financial Support...Purdue Pharma.	Abstracts of 10 articles, each on a different aspect of perioperative pain.
Pain.com - other courses Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 to 1.5 per course (5 courses totaling 7.5 hours). Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation. Cost...........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-Only, Slide Show, Slide-Audio Lecture. Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT. Educ. material last updated....2003. Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.	A variety of additional pain topics, in text-only, slide show or slide-audio format. and some slide shows. These include: Mechanistic Approach to Treatment of Painful Peripheral Neuropathies; Preemptive Analgesia, Pain and Recovery From Transabdominal Hysterectomy; Removing the Barriers to Chronic Pain Relief: Effective Patient Management; Neuropathic Pain); and New Perspectives On The Pharmacology of Opioids and Their Use in Chronic Pain.

PainEDU.org
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....Many Medical Specialties.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Endo Pharmaceuticals.

The site features 12 brief case studies of patients with various pain problems. You earn one hour of CME credit for each six cases you complete. A pain management manual, the PainEDU.org Manual: A Clinical Companion, is available for download at PainEDU.org or by mail for a book version. The manual is linked to the cases.

Pathology CME Case Database
Last visited....7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per case (13 cases available).
Awarded by....University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....PATH.
Educational material last updated....2/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A set of cases, which include a brief clinical history, pictures of gross pathology and microscopic pathology and a description of the findings and diagnosis. The post-instruction test gives you as many chances as needed to get the correct answers, but you will not earn credit if you fall below a minimum score.

Patient Care
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...1 hour per course (total of 17 hours).
Awarded by....CMEWeb.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this online journal has a single article accredited for CME. From the main page, follow the Free CME Online link. The most recent article (June 2003) is on Osteoporosis in Men. Other recent articles are: What do abnormal liver function test results really mean?; Confronting dementia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Herb-drug interactions; and Evaluating and treating chronic cough.

Patient-Centered Strategies for Effective Management of Migraine
Last visited....6/2003.
Credit hours...1.5.
Awarded by....Primary Care Network, Inc.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, NEURO.
Educational material last updated....2000.
Financial Support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

This course discusses the diagnosis and treatment of migraine. The course reviews these guidelines: National Headache Foundation's Standards of Care for Headache Diagnosis and Treatment; Evidence-Based Guidelines for Migraine Headache in the Primary Care Setting; and the Canadian Guidelines for Headache Management. It also discusses pharmacological management for acute attacks; pharmacological management for prevention of migraine; behavioral and physical treatments; and neuroimaging in patients with nonacute headache.

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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1 hour per lecture (about 48 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...6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Almost every week, a lecture is videotaped and archived at the site within a few days. Some recent lectures include: PANDAS: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus; Covering the Uninsured; Clinical and Lab Evaluation of STDs in Children and Adolescents; and Update on Polycystic Disease.

Pedsref.org
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 to 2.0 per course (26 courses offering 24.5 hours).
Awarded by....Nemours Foundation.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....FP, PED, ID, RHEUM.
Educational material last updated...11/02.
Financial Support...Nemours Foundation.

Recent courses include: Down Syndrome; ADHD - New Tricks for an Old Diagnosis; Pediatric Bipolar Disorder & Depression; Sedation in Children; Bioterrorism; Aches and Pains in Children; and Acne and Skin Problems.

PeerView Press Online CME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...0.25 to 1.25 hours per course; about 30 courses offering about 20 hours.
Awarded by....PeerView Press; many courses are also sponsored by University of Florida School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Multiple pharmaceutical companies.
Target Audience....Multiple Specialties.
Educational material last updated...07/03.
Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

These are brief (0.25 hours) to longer (1.25 hours) courses in a variety of medical areas: psychiatry, oncology, HIV/AIDS, cardiology, obesity, and diabetes. You can select from the list shown on the main page or from a list of specialties or meetings. Courses offering credit are marked with a CME icon.

PharmEd International
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per lecture (total of 5 hours available).
Awarded by....University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio-Lecture.
Target Audience....SURG, UROL.
Educational material last updated..1/03.
Financial Support...Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.

This new site contains a set of five lectures titled Clinical Advances in Renal Transplantation. The individual lectures are:
Combining Immunosuppressive Therapies for Optimal Outcomes; Posttransplant Metabolic Issues; Renal Transplantation and Polyoma Virus Infection: An Update; Minimizing Cardiovascular Disease in Transplant Patients; and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Optimizing Transplantation Outcomes.

The Physician and Sportsmedicine
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0 to 5.0 per issue; 12 issues are posted (30.5 hours).
Awarded by....American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
Cost...........$20 per issue ($15 for members of ACSM).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics
Target Audience....Many Specialties.
Educational material updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each monthly issue of this online journal contains text-and-graphics articles in the area of sports medicine and quiz questions related to those articles. Some recent articles (May 2003) are: Exercise and Diabetes Mellitus: Optimizing Performance in Patients Who Have Type 1 Diabetes; Ankle Dislocation Without Fracture; and Aerobic Exercise and Endurance: Improving Fitness for Health Benefits.

Postgraduate Medicine
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...3.0 to 6.0 per issue (12 issues offering 49 hours).
Awarded by....Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association (IPMA).
Cost for Credit.....$20 per issue ($3 to $5 per unit, depending on how many credits are offered in each issue).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....Many Primary Care Specialties.
Educational material updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each issue of this online journal offers a set of articles on a wide variety of medical topics. Articles are mostly text with some tables and graphics. For example, the May 2003 issue offers a quiz based on articles on these subjects: Managing thyroid dysfunction in the elderly; Defining diffuse Lewy body disease; The growing problem of pressure ulcers; and The evolution of treatment guidelines for diabetic nephropathy.

PowerPak Communications
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 to 4.0 hours (total of 28 courses offering about 43 hours).
Awarded by....Medical Education Resources.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...Many Pharmaceutical Companies.

This site offers 26 programs, each supported by a different pharmaceutical company. The courses offering CME credit are mixed in with those offering credit for pharmacists, so be careful to choose courses with the correct accreditation.

Primary Care Network
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...11 courses of 1.25 hours (total of 13.75 hours).
Awarded by....Primary Care Network.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only. (Plus one slide-audio-lecture).
Target Audience....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...Primary Care Network.

Click on "Headache Programs" to find eleven text presentations on various aspects of headache.

Projects In Knowledge
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...4.0.
Awarded by.....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....ID, ONC, UROL.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...various pharmaceutical companies.

Three online courses: Addressing Clinical Challenges in Symptomatic Prostate Cancer Patients; Optimizing Outcomes in Advanced Breast Cancer: Updates on Endocrine Therapy and Achieving Optimum Outcomes: Customizing Treatment for Patients With HCV Infection.

Psychiatric Medicine Reports
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...24 per year.
Awarded by.....Thomson American Health Consultants.
Cost............$249 per year (12 issues).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....6/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.
CME Credit Expires...Not stated.

This is anonline newsletter for psychiatrists, delivered monthly. You may also receive a print version of the newsletter. You must pay prior to viewing any of the content.

PsychLINK Live on the Internet
Last visited...8/2003.
Credit hours...1.5 hours per lecture (50 courses offering 75 hours).
Awarded by.....PRIMEDIA Healthcare.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience....PSYCH.
Educational material last updated....8/03.
Financial Support...many pharmaceutical companies.
CME Credit Expires...3 years after posting.

This site offers live expert discussions about twice a month, and makes the archives available for online viewing about a month later. One nice feature is that you can download the slides or other course materials as pdf files, print them, and follow along with the speakers. You may also view the slides online.
Some recent lectures are: Milestones in the Treatment of Refractory Schizophrenia; The Importance of Sleep; Is Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Effective?; Treating Psychosis in Alzheimer's Disease; New Discussions in the Treatment of Schizophrenia; and Challenges of the Refractory Patient.
You must print and fax or mail the CME form to obtain credit.

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Quality Management Resources (QMR)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ).
Cost...........$25 (Free to members of ACMQ).
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences...General Interest.
Educational material last updated.....2001.
Financial Support...None Stated.

You should view this site using Internet Explorer. Two presentations: Credentialing Part I: A Return to Basics and Beyond, discusses "the core process for determining a candidate's qualifications for the initial and subsequent granting of membership and privileges." Credentialing Issues Part II: The use of core privileging including collection and verification of necessary data, reviews "the key approaches for granting core privileges, economic credentialing, and the introduction of new technology." Following submission of post-instruction test questions, you will be billed by ACMQ in order to receive a CME certificate.

Radiology InfoNet
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (8 hours total).
Awarded by....International Center for Postgraduate Medical Education.
Cost...........$15 per course.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...RAD.
Educational material last updated....10/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Click on "CME Opportunities" in the upper left corner to go to the list of 8 courses. Some recent offerings are: Imaging of the Postoperative Spine; Dual Phase Spiral CT of the Liver; Update on Breast MRI; MR of Spinal Cord Tumors & Disease; Current Techniques & Clinical Applications of Abdominal MRI; and The Incidental Adrenal Mass. Post-test answers may be submitted online, but your check for credit must be sent by mail.

Rapid Deployment CME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 or 1.0 per activity (total of 9.5 hours in 10 modules).
Awarded by....University of Pittsburgh.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only with open-ended ("reflective") questions.
Target Audiences...General Interest.
Educational material last updated.....Modules are frequently updated.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Rapid Deployment CME emphasizes providing information to providers quickly. There are now ten modules: Disclosure: How to Talk with Patients and their Families when Unfavorable Events Occur; Hand Hygiene Technique; Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABs); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Appropriate Use of Meperidine; Informed Consent - Corporate Insurance, Risk Management and Patient Safety; Smallpox Immunization; Appropriate Use Of Influenza Vaccine; West Nile Virus; and Current Controversies of Hormone Replacement Therapy. Each course consists of three linked articles and open-ended ("reflective") questions on the topic.

RSNALink (Radiological Society of North America) Education Center) RSNA members have access free of charge as a benefit of membership. Non-members wishing to access RSNA programs can purchase any program for $15 for 7-day access. Financial Support...None Stated.	RSNA contains several types of CME instruction, primarily oriented to radiologists, organized into six sections. On 8/30/2003, there were "over 300 programs" available for study.
Special Focus Sessions Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours...1.5 each (4.5 hours). Awarded by....RSNA. Cost...........See Above. Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture. Target Audience ...RAD. Educ. material last updated.......11/02.	Sarcoidosis from Head to Toe, Lymphoma: Head to Toe, and Tuberculosis from Head to Toe will show you how to describe characteristic and atypical imaging features of these three diseases.
RSNA Refresher Courses Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours...0.5 to 1.5 hours per course (most are 1.0 hour; 54 courses offering a total of 50 hours). Awarded by....RSNA. Cost for Credit....See Above. Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture. Target Audience ...RAD. Educ. material last updated.......11/02.	53 Refresher Courses: Some of the newer courses are: Traumatic Aortic Injury, Contract Negotiations in a Managed Care Environment, Radiologic Evaluation of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, FDG PET Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis in Oncology, and MDCT of Pancreatic Carcinoma. You have your choice of Continuous Play Mode, which "provides a full-length playback of the presentation utilizing streaming RealAudio and images," or Manual Mode, which offers "user-controlled, interactive self-paced learning features."
Education Exhibits Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours ...1.0 per article. Awarded by....RSNA. Cost...........See Above. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience ...RAD. Educ. material last updated.....3/03.	There are currently about 180 articles in the Education Exhibits section. Some recent articles include: Abdominal Manifestations of Situs Anomalies in Adults, CT-guided Transgluteal Drainage of Deep Pelvic Abscesses, Differential Diagnosis of Periampullary Carcinomas at MR Imaging, Cerebral Intraventricular Neoplasms and Pulmonary Activity on Labeled Leukocyte Images.
Cases of the Day from RSNA 1999, 2000 and 2001 Meetings Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours ....1.0 hour per group of cases (Total of 30 hours available). Awarded by....RSNA. Cost for Credit....See Above. Instruct. Type...Question-and-Answer. Target Audience ...RAD. Educ. material last updated.....2001.	Each group of 5 cases offers one hour of credit. There are cases offering credit in these areas: Neuroradiology, Chest, Gastrointestinal, General Radiology, Breast, Pediatric Radiology Musculoskeletal, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Ultrasound, Cardiac, Vascular/Interventional and Nuclear Medicine.
Cardiovascular Imaging Programs Last visited...3/2003. Credit hours....20 courses offering 0.5 or 1.0 hours (total 13 hours of credit). Awarded by....RSNA. Cost for Credit....See Above. Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio-Lecture. Target Audience...RAD. Educ. material last updated.....9/01.	These programs review MRI, CT, and nuclear approaches to the study of cardiac anatomy, function, and hemodynamics. They describe the clinical indications of the newer MR and CT based angiographic techniques in the evaluation of vascular diseases; review well established clinical applications of MRI and CT in the evaluation of acquired and congenital cardio-thoracic disease; and describe the value and limitations of the newer MRI and CT techniques in the evaluation of ischemic heart disease.

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Serono Symposia International
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 each.
Awarded by.....Serono Symposia International.
Cost ..........Free.
Instruction Type....PowerPoint or Text-and-Graphics (pdf).
Target Audiences....NEURO, GYN, ENDO, ID, PED.
Educational material last updated....11/02.
Financial Support...Serono, Inc.

25 PowerPoint or pdf presentations in the areas of multiple sclerosis (10), reproductive endocrinology (12) and endocrinology (3). You can view the text narration along with very attractive graphic slides. A nice feature is that you may download the entire presentation and view it as a PowerPoint or Word file at your leisure. This choice may be more efficient if you are on a dial-up connection.

Society of Nuclear Medicine
Last visited...5/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per article.
Awarded by.....Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Cost ................Free to members; $15 for nonmembers.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....NUC MED.
Educational material last updated....5/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Twelve courses in nuclear medicine. Some recent titles are: Fibromyalgia with chest discomfort; Preoperative evaluation after myocardial infarction; Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy of Cancer: Progress Step by Step; ¹⁸F-FDG PET Evaluation of the Response to Therapy for Lymphoma and for Breast, Lung, and Colorectal Carcinoma; The Third Circulation: Radionuclide Lymphoscintigraphy in the Evaluation of Lymphedema; and Dobutamine Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease. You download, print and read pdf files and submit answers online.

Southern Medical Association Online CME Credit for all CME courses is free to members of the Southern Medical Association (fees shown are for non-members).	Southern Medical Association (SMA) features two types of online CME offerings.
Lectures Online Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...1.0 to 1.5 per course (total of 7.5 hours). Awarded by....SMA. Cost for Credit....$25. Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience ...FP, IM, PED. Educ. material last updated.....2002. Financial Support...None Stated.	Each lecture is an in-depth review of a selected medical condition. The subjects are: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Community Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections, Interstitial Cystitis, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Evaluation And Treatment Of The Infertile Couple.
Medbytes Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...0.5 per article (11 articles totaling 5.5 hours). Awarded by....SMA. Cost...........$15. Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audience ...FP, IM, PED. Educ. material last updated......2000. Financial Support...None Stated.	Original articles in 5 areas offer current information on medical conditions. Each article is approximately 30 minutes in length. Some medical areas include: Women's Health, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and Practice Performance.

Stanford Medical Informatics Introductory Short Course
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...22.75.
Awarded by....Stanford University Medical Center.
Cost...........$950
Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educ. material last updated.....2001.
Financial Support...Multiple Companies.

The Stanford Medical Informatics Introductory Short Course provides an "overview of the field of Medical Informatics using computers for management of clinical information. The lectures communicate the key technical issues in informatics through coordinated lectures that cover major themes in the field. The course also describes state-of-the-art research topics through presentations and demonstrations."

Stanford Radiology Online CME
Last visited...9/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per lecture. (Total of 22 lectures).
Awarded by.....Stanford University School of Medicine.
Cost ................$20 per lecture or 6 lectures for $100 (5 courses are free).
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience...RAD.
Educational material last updated...Not Stated.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The Stanford Radiology Online CME website will terminate operations on December 31, 2003. New purchases on the site are no longer possible. All remaining lectures in your homeroom will be valid through October 15th, 2003. After that date, enrollment in new lectures will not be possible and your remaining lectures will automatically expire.
A set of very nicely presented lectures, covering these subspecialties: Body Imaging, Breast Imaging, Cardiac MR, Interventional Radiology, Multidetector Row CT, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine. To see and hear the sample RealAudio presentation, choose "Preview."

Stanford SKOLAR MD Online CME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...potentially unlimited.
Awarded by.....Stanford University School of Medicine.
Cost ................$240 per year.
Instruction Type...Self-directed study through Internet searches.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated...Continuously.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Stanford SKOLAR MD is the first participant in a new pilot program evaluating physician-initiated and physician self-directed Internet-based Continuing Medical Education. SKOLAR is an interactive knowledge acquisition system that allows physicians to earn CME credit by answering questions that arise in the course of practice. The main page links to a very nice demo showing how the system works.

Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by.....University of Kentucky School of Medicine.
Cost ................$15.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience ...FP, IM, CARD.
Educational material last updated...7/02.
Financial Support...Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine.

The purpose of this CME program is to familiarize physicians with medical benefits of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique and the research on its health applications, with emphasis on cardiovascular disease, its risk factors, stress, hypertension, and overall health.

Studies in Nuclear Cardiology
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per issue (0.5 hours per case). Total of 7 hours available.
Awarded by.....Medical College of Ohio and St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.
Cost ................Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience...NUC MED, CARD.
Educational material last updated...4/03.
Financial Support...Amersham Health, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging.

Each bimonthly issue of this online journal offers two cases in nuclear cardiology. You must complete each case in order to earn credit. The most recent issue (Volume III, Issue 1) contains these cases: Leg pain with normal ankle-brachial index and Preoperative evaluation after myocardial infarction.

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tctmd.com
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 to 2.0 each (total of 7.5 hours).
Awarded by....Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slides and Text.
Target Audience ...CARD.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical and Technical Companies.

Six courses for cardiologists: Advanced Guidelines & Therapies for Patients with Non-ST Elevation ACS: Optimizing an Early Invasive Management Strategy, Beyond the Acute Phase: Long-Term Management Post Intervention, Case Study - Drug Eluting Stent Implantation & the Use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors, Diabetes; Coronary Interventions, Hematology for the Cardiologist 1: Basic Pharmacology and Hematology for the Cardiologist 2 : The use of IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in the Treatment of the Patient with ACS.

Texas Medical Association Ethics CME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 per topic.
Awarded by....Texas Medical Association.
Cost for Credit....$10 per credit.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....1995 to 2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Ten courses on physicians' health and well being. Topics include: Effective Management of Problem Patients, Emotional Impact of Retirement on Physicians, Maintaining Professional Boundaries, Nicotine Dependence and Its Treatment, Coping with the Stress of Malpractice Litigation, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Physicians, Stress and Burnout, Intervention for Physicians who may be Impaired, Peer Assistance Committees, Care for the Caregiver, Physician Oncology Education Program and Cultural Competency. To apply for CME credit, print, complete, and mail a 10-item questionnaire along with payment.

Texas Medical Association’s Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP)
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 per topic (total of 5 hours).
Awarded by....Texas Medical Association.
Cost for Credit....$10 per credit.
Instruction Type...Slide-and-Text.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2001.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Five slide shows dealing with the issue of prevention and early detection of cancer. You will find Cervix Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Head and Neck Cancer; Lung Cancer; and Skin Cancer. A 10-item questionnaire must be printed, completed, and mailed along with payment.

Texas Medical Association Stroke Project
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours ...4.0.
Awarded by....Texas Medical Association.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct ion Type...Slide-and-Text.
Target Audience ...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....1/99.
Financial Support...DuPont Pharma.

The program is designed to educate physicians, nurses and other health care professionals about stroke prevention, care, and treatment. Instruction is by text and slides. To receive CME credit, complete and print out the pre-test, post-test and evaluation and mail them to the address shown.

Texas Tobacco Outreach Education Program (TOEP)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...5.0 (Texas Physicians Only).
Awarded by....University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct ion Type...Text-and-Graphics (with occasional very brief audio commentary).
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....1/2001
Financial Support..Tobacco Settlement Funds.

The course is divided into four modules: Stopping Smoking is Good Medicine; Treating Tobacco Dependence: Genes, Drugs and Mood; Smoking and Adolescents: Too Young to be Hooked? and Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. CME credit is available to Texas physicians only, but anyone may register and view the instruction.

TheAnswerPage
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...Up to 60 hours per year (240 questions) in each specialty; about 300 hours available.
Awarded by...TheAnswerPage.com and Thomas Beam, Jr. Memorial Institute for Continuing Medical Education.
Cost....$150 per year for unlimited credit.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience...ANES, PAIN MGMT, OB-GYN, NEONATAL, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated...Daily Updates.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

TheAnswerPage.com offers 0.25 hours of CME credit for study of the Question of the Day. You may study that question "today," or view an archive of questions. There are no quizzes; credit is applied to your account automatically as you go through the questions and answers, which are authored by faculty from Harvard and other medical schools. There are separate sections for Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Hospital & Critical Care, Obstetrics & Gynecology And Newborn Medicine. TheAnswerPage has recently added a handheld-based CME program, included in the same annual fee, which allows you to receive CME credit for study directly on handheld machines.

theheart.org
Last visited...3/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 or 0.75 per course (total of 8 courses offering 7 hours total).
Awarded by....Duke University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video-Lecture.
Target Audience...CARD.
Educ. material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Eight lectures focusing on the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Recent lectures include: Long-term medical management following percutaneous coronary intervention; Antiplatelet therapy with early invasive management for acute coronary syndromes; A critical pathway based on the ACC/AHA guidelines; Risk modification for patients with diabetes presenting with acute coronary syndromes; and Platelet inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention.

Thyroid Disease Manager
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1- 3 per module (10 modules with total of 25 hours).
Awarded by....University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Cost...........$15 per hour.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience...ENDO.
Educ. material last updated....Continuous.
Financial Support...Abbott Laboratories.

This site is organized around The Thyroid Disease Manager, an online textbook offering "up-to-date analysis of thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer, thyroiditis, and all aspects of human thyroid disease and thyroid physiology." Each CME quiz has questions based on one or several chapters from that textbook. To receive credit, you must should print out the test form, fill in the answers, and submit the form by mail, along with your payment.

TobaccoCME.com
Last visited...8/2003.
Credit hours...0.75 each (total of 3.0 hours).
Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audience...General Interest.
Educ. material last updated....2003.
Financial Support...NLHBI.

Four courses on Women and Tobacco: Background On Women And Tobacco; General Health Effects Of Tobacco; Tobacco Counseling For Women; and Reproductive Health Effects.

Topics in Medicine
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (5.0 hours available).
Awarded by....PRIMEDIA Healthcare.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct ion Type...Slide-Video-Lectures.
Target Audience...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....12/02.
Financial Support...Various Pharmaceutical Companies.

Click on "View/Listen" in the left frame, then choose the course title by year. There are five lectures: Diabetes & Macrovascular Disease: Reducing the Risks; Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders, & Metabolism: Managing Comorbid Conditions; Insulin Management & Intervening Illness: Clinical Perspectives; The Acutely Medically Ill Patient: and Preventing the Complication of Deep Vein Thrombosis and/or Pulmonary Embolism. You must print and mail or fax the CME form to obtain credit.

Treatment and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...12.
Awarded by....Boston University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct ion Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience ...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Each session of this multimedia course runs for 6 weeks. The course includes five modules on various aspects of caring for diabetic patients, including: screening and diagnosis, lifestyle treatment, medication options, use of insulin in the type 2 diabetic, and self monitoring. The case-based discussion takes place via a threaded discussion group. You read and post messages when it is convenient for you. The course has not been accepting students since November 2002.

Tufts Health Care Institute
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per module (total of 10 hours).
Awarded by....Thomas R. Beam Institute and Tufts University School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct ion Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience ...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial Support... Merck.

A set of ten online courses in the area of Quality Care and Cost-Effectiveness. Follow the "Online Learning" links from the home page to the registration page. These modules explore the roles of clinicians as managers of care and stewards of resources, and present strategies, tools and processes that providers can draw upon. The content relates to ACGME/ABMS competencies in Systems-Based Practice and Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...About 52 courses offering a total of about 47 credit hours.
Awarded by....University of Alabama School of Medicine.
Cost...........$15. You can earn credit for some UAB courses without fee at CEMedicus.
Instruction Type...Some Text-and-Graphics, some Case-Based-Interactive and a few Slide-Audio lectures.
Target Audience...Many specialties, but mostly oriented to Primary Care.
Educational material last updated..2002.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.

Some newer courses are: Cardiac Biomarkers in Acute Coronary Syndromes; Chronic Low Back Pain; Cases in Heart Failure; Changing Concepts in the Management of HIV Disease; Managing Warfarin Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation; Adult Asthma Case Management; Diagnosis of Essential Thrombocythemia; and Diagnosis and Management of Anthrax and Smallpox as Potential Bioterrorist Agents.

University of California at Davis (UCDHS) Continuing Medical Education Online
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 59 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....5/03.
Financial Support...None Stated.

Lectures on general medical subjects. Each lecture was originally presented as a video teleconference. Some recent lectures are The Diabetic Foot, Managing Anemia in Specific Patient Populations, CRP: Defining its Role as a Cardiac Risk Factor, History of Islamic Medicine and Its Influence Upon Western Practice, and Infectious Diseases. To receive CME credit, print and mail or fax the evaluation form.

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology) eCME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...6 courses offering a total of 25 hours.
Awarded by....University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
Cost...........$20 per credit.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience...RAD.
Educational material last updated..2/03.
Financial support...None Stated.

Each case presentation begins with a clinical history followed by questions, answers, discussions, examples, selected readings, and images. You will find 4 courses in Genitourinary Radiology (all GU systems, 9 hours; adrenal and kidneys, 4 hours; upper tract and bladder, 2 hours; and male and female pelvis, 3 hours); also Acute Care Plain Films (2 hours) and Gastrointestinal Radiology (5 hours). You may see a brief demo of each course; you must register and pay prior to viewing most of the course materials. After registering, you have 60 days to complete the course. When you submit your post-instruction exam, you may purchase a reference CD-ROM containing the case materials for additional charge equal to the cost of the corresponding course.

University of Florida CME Learning Modules
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per module (total of 24 hours).
Awarded by....University of Florida College of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture with Supplemental Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, GER.
Educ. material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

You will now find four sets of 6 modules. Each set targets areas of health care for the older person. The newest set is Caring for the Older Adult II. The older sets are: Caring for the Older Adult I, Health Management for Older Adults III and Health Management for Older Adults II. The site is well organized and the instruction is very attractive.

University of Florida/Shands Health Care Grand Rounds Online
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course.
Awarded by....University of Florida College of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences...Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated....2/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.

There are 7 accredited slide-audio presentations. They are: Travel Medicine; Emerging Antibiotic Resistance; Dilemmas in Steroid Use in COPD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bioterrorism, HIV Update 2001, and Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure.

University of Louisville Online Courses
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...Most courses offer 1.0 hour; others offer more (total of 28 hours).
Awarded by....University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Cost...........$15 for most courses; some are free; The HIV course costs $50.
Instruction Type......Mostly Video, 1 Slide-Audio Lecture and 4 Text-Based.
Target Audiences...General Interest, ANES.
Educational material last updated....2002. Financial Support...None Stated.

There are presently 16 courses. All are video-based except where noted. The topics are HIV/AIDS (1 course - audio/slide format); domestic violence (3 hours); bioterrorism (8 courses); clinical research (1 course), and conscious sedation (1 course). You will also find 4 courses on perioperative thermoregulation (text-based and pdf formats).

University of Michigan
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course.
Awarded by....University of Michigan School of Medicine.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only, Guideline-Based. One slide-audio lecture,
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educ. material last updated....6/03.
Financial Support...Wyeth-Ayerst and Glaxo-Wellcome.

23 courses present University of Michigan Treatment guidelines on common medical conditions, followed by a set of questions based on each guideline.

University of Minnesota Best Practice Online CME
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.5.
Awarded by....University of Minnesota.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive and Didactic Text or Slide-Audio.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Pfizer, Solvay.
CME Credit Expires....7/04.

The only presentation currently offering CME credit is Genetics in Health Care. The instruction is partly Case-Based-Interactive, with 4-5 brief cases and 1- 3 questions per case. In addition, there is extensive didactic information about each disorder with many links to the original research.

University of Missouri School of Medicine Diabetes Home Study Courses
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 2 hours).
Awarded by....University of Missouri School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2002.
Financial Support...Novartis.
CME Credit Expires....3 years after publication.

Two courses in various aspects of diabetes management: Normalizing Insulin Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; and Standards for Care of Diabetic Patients. To obtain CME credit, print and complete the post-test and evaluation and mail or fax.

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
Cost...........$90.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated...10/00.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The single course is on medical ethics. You must print and mail in the answer sheet along with your check in order to receive CME credit.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...0.5 per case (23 cases, total of 11.5 hours).
Awarded by....University of Pittsburgh.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....2000.
Financial Support...None Stated.

You must participate in a CME survey before accessing the instruction. The major course, CME in Clinical Practice consists of 19 cases; some cases are: Notifying the coroner, Asthma, Adverse events associated with oral administration of amiodarone, Preventing and treating postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and Cost-effective use of stress ulcer prophylaxis. The second course, GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), consists of four cases, all concerned with GERD. In addition, there are brief courses on other subjects, such as Hepatitis B, Influenza, Immunization, injury in children and lung disease in children. Cases are text-based, require about 15-20 minutes to read and are followed by a brief quiz.

The University of South Florida has two areas of instruction:
USF College of Medicine Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...Total of 30.5. Awarded by....University of South Florida College of Medicine. Cost............About $40 per credit. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Target Audience...FP, IM, PED, GERO. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial Support...None Stated.	This site offers three courses: End-of-Life Issues-Exploring Controversies in Palliative Care (10.5 credits); Growth Hormone-Endocrine Interventions in Aging (10 credits); and Issues and Advancements in Pediatrics (10 credits). Courses start on the first day of each month and continue until the last day of the following month.
USF Business of Medicine Certificate Program Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours ...24 per module (total of 96 hours in 4 modules). Awarded by....University of South Florida College of Medicine. Cost for Credit....About $40 per credit. Instruct ion Type....Slide-Video and Correspondence. Target Audiences....General interest. Educational material last updated...11/01. Financial Support...None Stated.	This program is a "mini-MBA" for physicians. It consists of four separate but related courses: Marketing and the Management of Service Quality; Managing People and Developing Strategies; The Business Environment of Health Care; and Data Driven Management. in addition to the lectures, you have assignments and discussions with the instructor and other students.

University of Washington Online Continuing Medical Education
Last visited....7/2003.
Credit hours ...1.0 per course (total of 17 hours presently available).
Awarded by....University of Washington.
Cost................$50 for one year.
Instruct . Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ORTH, RHEUM.
Educational material last updated....8/00.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A group of 17 lectures from a series on "Practical Approaches to Common Orthopaedic Problems". Much of the instruction features a friendly conversational approach.

University of Wisconsin Online CME: Medical Courses
Last visited....10/2003.
Credit hours... 0.5 to 2.5 hours per course (total of 47 courses offering 57.5 hours).
Awarded by....The University of Wisconsin Medical School .
Cost for Credit......$20 for most courses; some courses are free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only, PowerPoint, Slide-Audio or Slide-Video.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PED, ID.
Educational material updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...A few courses have pharmaceutical company support; other courses are supported by foundations.

The site is organized into subject areas with one or several courses in each area: Alzheimer's Disease, Bioterrorism, Cardiovascular Disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Infectious Diseases, Primary Care Screening Guidelines, Pain Management, Psychiatry, Radiology, Sleep History Guide, Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson's Disease, Substance Abuse, and Women's Health. Newer areas include 4 free lectures on pain management and 4 lectures on magnetic resonance angiography.

University of Wisconsin Online CME: Professional (Non-Medical) Courses
Last visited....7/2003.
Credit hours...Up to 24 hours per course.
Awarded by....The University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Cost.............$79 to $199 per course.
Instruct. Type...Correspondence.
Target Audiences...General Interest.
Educational material updated...Monthly.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A new concept in online CME, these courses are on non-medical topics which can be useful in improving the physician's practice or quality of life. They are time-limited, each staring about once a month and lasting 6 weeks. Subjects include the Internet, computer hardware and software, personal enrichment (including Spanish language), legal, small business and large business/management. To obtain CME credit for these courses, you must contact the CME director and explain briefly how you expect to benefit from the course.

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Allergy Anesthesia/Pain Management Bioterrorism Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics HIV/Infectious Disease Imaging/Radiology Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Orthopedics Pathology/Lab Medicine Pediatrics Physiatry Psychiatry Pulmonary/Critical Care Quality/Management Rheumatology Surgery Urology

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VCU-CME.ORG (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...6.0.
Awarded by....Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cost for Credit....Free or $15.
Instruction Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences...PED, NEURO, FP, IM.
Educational material last updated....12/02.
Financial Support...Abbott, Merck, Pharmacia.

6 courses now at this site: Osteoporosis: The Era of the Bisphosphonates, Parts I and II and Osteoporosis Newsletter; Absence Seizures and Syndromes: An Overview with Case Studies (free) and The Role of GABA in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Anxiety, Part I and Part II, The Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal ($15 each part). You may view the course onscreen in html format or download and print in pdf format. You need Macromedia Flash 5 installed in order to view the post-instruction test.

Virginia Commonwealth University Surgery Grand Rounds
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...1.0 per lecture (29 hours currently available).
Awarded by....Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cost...........$15.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio-or Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audience ...SURG.
Educational material last updated....9/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.

A very nicely organized set of grand rounds for surgeons and others interested in surgery. You can choose either slide-audio or slide-video lecture format depending on the speed of your connection.

Virginia Geriatrics Grand Rounds Lecture Series
Last visited...6/2003
Credit hours...0.75 hour per lecture; 25 lectures totaling 18.75 hours.
Awarded by....Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience...FP, IM, GER.
Educational material last updated....5/02.
Financial Support...None Stated.

25 lectures on various aspects of geriatric care. Recent topics include: Liver Disease in the Elderly; Advance Directives 101; Acute Care in the Elderly/Functional Decline; and The Elderly Traveler.

Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...Vary according to course (6 courses with total of 33.5 hours).
Awarded by....University of Iowa.
Cost...........$15 per hour.
Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...PULM, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated....most in 1999. Laser Therapy course was last updated January 2000.
Financial Support...One course has pharmaceutical company support; other courses are supported by The University of Iowa.

Courses include Adult Critical Care Core Curriculum, Advanced Laser Safety Course, ATS Radiology for Chest Physicians Conference, Lung Cancer Topics, Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests: Spirometry, and Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum. The latter includes radiology, clinical discussion, tables of pharmacy information, and instructions in using metered dose inhalers. The case discussions are followed by a series of multiple choice questions.

Virtual Lecture Hall offers a total of 353 hours; some activities (which I call "courses") are uniquely offered at Virtual Lecture Hall. Others (which I call "quizzes") are also found at other sites, such as E-Core and Challenger.
Virtual Lecture Hall (courses) Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...15 courses or groups of courses offering 0.5 to 12.0 per course( 61 hours of credits now available). Awarded by....Various medical schools and societies. Cost for Credit.....Annual fee of $25 to access the site and about $10 per credit-hour. Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....Many Specialties. Educational material last updated...Ongoing. Financial Support...Some programs developed with NIH grant support.	Most courses are case-based-interactive presentations. Some current courses concern Breast Cancer, Acne, Acute HIV Infection, Congestive Heart Failure, Domestic Violence, Epilepsy, Ovarian Cancer, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, Mental Health in Primary Care, Oncology Rounds, Recurrent Dysuria, Risk Management, Prostate Cancer, and Skin Cancer Education.
Virtual Lecture Hall (Question-and-Answer) Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...About 285 hours of quiz credits available. Awarded by....Temple University, Univ. of Arizona, American College of Emergency Physicians. Cost............Annual fee of $25 to access the site and about $10 per credit. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audiences....Primary Care. Educational material last updated....Ongoing. Financial Support...Some programs developed with NIH grant support.	The question-and-answer courses are created by Challenger. Some subjects are: Biological Exposures, Heart Sounds, Dermatology Basics, ECG, Emergency Care, and Imaging (chest, extremity, spine, abdomen). You will also find the E-Core Primary Care Review).

Washington University (St. Louis)
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...One hour per course; total of 49 hours.
Awarded by....Washington University.
Cost for Credit.....$15 per credit.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educational material last updated...2002.
Financial Support...None Stated.

49 text-and-graphics presentations, mostly in Internal Medicine. Some courses are: Asthma and Adults; Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Drug Allergy Diagnosis and Desensitization; Estrogen Replacement; Urinary Incontinence in Women; Infectious Agents of Bioterrorism; Thrombophilia and Pregnancy; and Hypertension in the Elderly.

WebSurg
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 or 1.0 per course (presently 18 courses offering 14 hours).
Awarded by....University of Virginia.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Streaming Video.
Target Audiences....SURG.
Educational material last updated...2003.
Financial Support...Storz, Olympus, Tyco.

This site focuses on the principles and practices of minimally invasive surgery. Courses feature didactic instruction and streaming video presentations of the surgical procedures. Some of the procedures shown are adrenalectomy, right colectomy, sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis, cholecystectomy, gastric bypass for obesity, hiatal hernia and perforated ulcer. The newest course is Epidemiology of Colon Cancer.

World Medical Leaders
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...About 32.5 currently available.
Awarded by....Health Science Center for Continuing Medical Education.
Cost..........Three months free use at present; then $25 per month ($300 per year) for unlimited CME. (But, so far, the free service has been continuously extended.)
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....Many Specialties.
Educational material last updated...6/03.
Financial Support...World Medical Leaders.
Expiration of CME credit...One year after date of publication.

Slide-video lectures delivered by expert researchers and practitioners. Many courses are organized as symposia of 3-5 lectures. Each expert gives a lecture, often with a few illustrative cases, and then there is a discussion among the experts. The primary audience for most lecture sets is the general internist or family physician. Some new lectures are: MDMA-Induced Neurotoxicity and Stroke: Diagnosis, Identification and Treatment. Most of the older lecture sets no longer award CME credit, but some subject areas still awarding credit are: heart failure (5 hours), liver disease (5 hours), cardiovascular medicine (8 hours) and oncology (7 hours). You will also find a 15-lecture series on pain management. You must complete all 15 lectures to earn 5 hours of credit.

WVRHEP (Marshall University) Online Health Care Informatics Course
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours ...17 hours in 9 modules.
Awarded by....Marshall University School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit.....$25 per module ($8 to 25 per hour).
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences....General Interest.
Educational material last updated... 2/01.
Financial Support...None Stated.

This course takes the (computer) novice to intermediate physician through the major areas of health care informatics. Some of the areas covered are: Searching the World Wide Web for Health Care Information; Electronic Mail Discussion Lists; The Internet: How it Works and Why Sometimes It Doesn't; and Options for Document Delivery: Web-EDD, Loansome Doc, etc.

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Allergy Anesthesia/Pain Management Bioterrorism Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics HIV/Infectious Disease Imaging/Radiology Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Orthopedics Pathology/Lab Medicine Pediatrics Physiatry Psychiatry Pulmonary/Critical Care Quality/Management Rheumatology Surgery Urology

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I have included every American online CME site I could find that offers ACCME-accredited CME. The only exceptions are those sites where I was unable to view any instruction (or a demo) without advance payment and those sites which require an offline subscription of a journal and offer only the quiz online.
In most cases, the entire process (viewing the CME, taking the tests, submitting payment when required and receiving an electronic certificate of CME credit) can be done online. Where forms must be mailed or faxed, I have so indicated.
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Online CME for Canadian Physicians.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)	American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has seven kinds of online CME offerings oriented to family physicians:
2002 Scientific Assembly Lectures Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5 per lecture (total of 7 lectures offering 10.5 hours). Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........Free to AAFP members; $15 each for non-members. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video-Lecture. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated...2003. Financial support...None Stated.	Seven lectures from the October 2002 AAFP meeting. The lectures are: Preventive Cardiology; Immunization Update 2002; Osteoporosis: Evaluation and Treatment; Primary and Secondary Prevention in Minority Populations; West Nile Virus: An Update for Physicians; Detection and Prevention of Cervical Cancer; and What's New From the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. You may view the slide-video lectures; you may view a slide show without sound; or you may download the slides for later viewing.
AAFP OnlineVideo CME Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 per course, except 3.0 for Managing Pain and Urinary Incontinence; 3.0 for Childhood ADD and 4.75 for Prevention Strategies in Family Practice (total 16.75). Awarded by....AAFP. Cost..........$8 for members; $10 for non-members. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video-Lecture. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated...2003. Financial support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies.	Ten online video CMEs: The newest courses are: Diagnosis and Management of Childhood ADHD in the Family Practice Setting; Managing Pain: Dispelling the Myths; and Urinary Incontinence and Prevention Strategies in Family Practice. Other topics are: Management of COPD; Cancer; Supporting Patients and Families; Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma; General Anxiety Disorder; Early Detection of Mental Illness; and Preventing the Microvascular Complications of Diabetes. In addition to the video presentation, each course offers a monograph as a pdf document (text and graphics).
American Family Physician (AFP) Monographs Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost for Credit...Free (members only). Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated...2001. Financial support...multiple pharmaceutical companies.	There is one monograph available for credit to AAFP members only: Family Physicians and Cancer. The content of the monograph is identical to the paper version.
American Family Physician (Journal) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours..2.5 to 5.0 per issue (about 91 hours now available). Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated....24 or 25 issues per year. CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.	Each month's issue of this online journal contains a series of articles concerning clinical issues in primary care and a quiz with questions relating to those articles. Members of the AAFP may submit the answers to quizzes online, while nonmembers must complete and mail in the tear-out card found in the paper version of the journal.
Case Studies in Pain Management Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours..2.0 hours per case (3 cases for total of 6.0 hours). Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audience....FP, PAIN MGMT. Educ. material last updated....2002. CME Credit Expires...2005. Financial support...Purdue Pharma.	This series of simulated patient encounters highlights areas of particular clinical concern including the proper assessment of pain syndromes, the appropriate use of opioids, and the prevention of medication diversion. After completing these cases, you will be able to: recognize common pain scenarios encountered in clinical practice, identify the features of an appropriate pain assessment, with attention to historical and physical findings, describe limitations associated with the use of available assessment tools. and discuss management practices for common pain syndromes, utilizing both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.
CME Bulletin Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...3 courses offering one hour each. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated....6/03. CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.	This new section offers evidence based CME. Three activities available: Women and Breast Cancer Part I: Risk Factors, Genetics and Screening; Women and Breast Cancer, Part II: Diagnosis; Women and Breast Cancer, Part III: Treatment; and Colorectal Cancer Screening.
Family Practice Management Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours..3.0 to 4.0 per issue (about 34 hours in 11 issues now available). Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-And-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated....10-11 issues per year. CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.	Each month's issue of this online journal contains a series of articles concerning management issues in primary care and questions relating to those articles. Members of the AAFP may submit the answers to quizzes online, while nonmembers must complete and mail in the tear-out card found in the paper version of the journal.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Learning Center Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...3.0 or 4.0 per course (7 courses totaling 27 hours) and 2 hours for each of the slide-video symposia. Awarded by....AAOS. Cost...........About $10 per hour. Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics or Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audience...ORTHO. Educational material last updated....2002. Financial support...None Stated.	Seven courses are offered for members of the AAOS only: They are Ankle Injuries in Athletes; ACL Post-Operative Rehabilitation; Rotator Cuff Diagnosis, Treatment and Viral and Bacterial Infections in Orthopaedic Surgery, Diabetic Foot, Operative Treatment of Common Displaced and Unstable Hand Fractures, and Management of Open Fractures. You will also find two slide-video symposia from the 2003 Annual Meeting: Minimally-Invasive Versus Open Approaches in Shoulder Surgery and Management of Early Complications of Total Knee Replacement.
Self Assessment Center Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...about 75. Awarded by....AAOS. Cost...........About $5-10 per hour. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audience...ORTHO. Educational material last updated....2003. Financial support...None Stated.	Nine special interests examinations, consisting of 100 questions each, in orthopaedic specialty areas. Examinations are updated every three years and each examination grants up to 10 Category 1 credits. The ten topic areas, and their most recent publication dates are Adult Spine/Foot&Ankle/Musculoskeletal Trauma (2003), Shoulder Elbow Anatomy Imaging Musculoskeletal Tumors (2002), Adult Reconstruction Hip&Knee/Sports Medicine/Pediatric Orthopaedics (2001). A Professional Affairs examination (ethics, professional liability, and occupational health) provides up to 5 Category 1 credits. In addition, AAOS publishes the Orthopaedic Self-Assessment Examination (200 questions) every three years.

American Academy of Pediatrics PediaLink	AAP PediaLink offers 3 kinds of instruction:
eQIPP: Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice Last visited...10/2003. Credit hours...2 modules, each with 22 credits. Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost for Credit.....Various plans from $79 to 209 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...2002. 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. Current offerings include: Managing Your Patients with ADHD and *Managing Asthma in Children.*.
PREP Self-Assessment Exercise 2003 Last visited...10/2003. Credit hours...40 (AAP) or 20 (AAFP). Awarded by....American Academy of Pediatrics. Cost...........$99 to 179 depending on level of training and AAP membership status. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audience...PED, FP. Educational material last updated....2003. Financial support...None Stated.	The 2003 PREP Self-Assessment Exercise offers 254 multiple choice questions including critiques; links to many of the references; and search capabilities.
Other AAP online courses Last visited...10/2003. Credit hours...6 courses totaling 50 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....2003. Financial support...Various.	Other AAP online courses are: AAP Asthma Coding Clues (1.5 hours); AAP Grand Rounds (18 hours); ( Early Brain & Child Development (6 hours); Coding Clues 2002 (1 hour ); Moving Kids Safely: Introduction to Car Safety Seats (5 hours); and Neoreviews (18 hours).

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource Click on Self-Study Modules to find the sections offering online CME. Pricing depends on membership in ACC and level of subscription.	American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource should fill many of the educational needs of cardiologists. Those sections offering online CME are described below.
ACCSAP V (Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...up to 150. Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation. Cost..........$475. Instruct. Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment. Target Audience....CARD. Educ. material last updated...2002. Financial support...None Stated.	Features of ACCSAP V include 21 chapters of information; practice examination with more than 350 peer-reviewed self-assessment questions and answers based on the American Board of Internal Medicine model; electronic score submission; audio interviews with chapter editors; expanded panel of authors (more than 100 experts); and updated and expanded database of clinical trials.
CathSAP II (Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology Self-Assessment Program) Last visited...62003. Credit hours...up to 95. Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation. Cost..........$475. Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment. Target Audience....CARD Educ. material last updated...2002. Financial support...None Stated.	This self-assessment program provides preparation for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) examination in interventional cardiology. Some areas covered in this course are basic concepts in cardiac catheterization; clinical applications in coronary artery disease; and clinical applications in noncoronary heart disease. You will also find a literature review with more than 400 selected abstracts, figures, and tables; a practice examination featuring 300 simulated ABIM questions; and clinical trial summaries.
ECG-SAP III Online (Electrocardiography Self-Assessment Program) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...up to 12. Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation. Cost..........Free with Cardiosource Premium subscription: $100 purchased separately. Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment. Target Audience....CARD Educ. material last updated...2001. Financial support...None Stated.	This program offers a self-assessment tool in electrocardiography that provides immediate feedback on your current skills in single ECG tracing interpretations, overreading of computer ECG interpretations, electrocardiographic clinical correlations, interpretation of serial ECG tracings and stress test interpretations. The course is intended to improve your interpretive skills and your understanding of electrocardiography and help you identify the specific areas in ECG interpretation in which you may be deficient.
EchoSAP IV Online (Echocardiography Self-Assessment Program) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...up to 21. Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation. Cost..........Free with Cardiosource Premium subscription. Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment. Target Audience....CARD Educ. material last updated...2003. Financial support...None Stated.	This course includes an atlas of more than 400 images in both normal subjects and those with cardiac pathology; a syllabus text covering all aspects of echocardiography; more than 30 interactive case studies, all centered around echocardiographic images; self-assessment questions with detailed commentary; a database of clinical trials; and a database of ACC/AHA Guidelines.
EPSAP II Online (Electrophysiology Self-Assessment Program) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...up to 44. Awarded by....American College of Cardiology Foundation. Cost..........Free with Cardiosource Premium subscription: $125 purchased separately. Instruction Type...Board Review/ Self-Assessment. Target Audience....CARD Educ. material last updated...2000. Financial support...None Stated.	This self-assessment program covers basic cardiac electrophysiology and developments in the field that have occurred during the last several years. Topics include sinus node dysfunction, atrioventricular conduction disturbances, and syncope; supraventricular tachycardia; atrial fibrillation; ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death; pharmacokinetics, antiarrhythmic drugs and proarrhythmia; cardiac pacing; and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)	The programs are linked from the main page, Online CME, midway down the right side of the page.
Chest 2002 Presentations Online Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 to 2.0 per lecture. 6 lectures totaling 8.5 hours. Awarded by...American College of Chest Physicians. Cost..........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences....PULM, CRIT CARE. Educational material last updated...11/02. Financial Support...Lilly.	A set of six lectures entitled Applying Proven Therapies in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis. Some lectures are: Critical Care Literature Review; New Developments in Sepsis; Best Critical Care Medicine; Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture; and Treatment of Severe Sepsis With Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated).
COPD Mortality: That Was Then - This Is Now: Monograph Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5. Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences....FP, IM, PULM. Educ. material last updated....4/03. Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.	This pdf monograph, for physicians who treat COPD, was adapted from a live presentation in 2002.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Update (PCCU) Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 per lesson (24 hours per year). Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians. Cost for Credit....Free for members of the ACCP; $192 for 24 hours for non-members (payable in advance). Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audiences...PULM, CRIT CARE. Educational material last updated.....2003. CME Credit Expires...1 year after posting. Financial Support...None Stated.	This online journal is intended for the pulmonary and critical care specialist. Each month provides two lessons on pulmonary and critical care topics. Some recent topics are: Iatrogenic Respiratory Diseases and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Lung Disease.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Current Concepts & Clinical Applications Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.5. Awarded by....American College of Chest Physicians. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences.....FP, IM, PULM. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial Support...Actelion Pharmaceuticals.	This symposium provides an overview of the etiology, pathogenesis and and diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) secondary to systemic sclerosis; updates on the uses of conventional therapies for PAH and clinical-trial results of newer treatment options; and case-based approaches to apply in individual patients.

American Medical Association Online Courses are described in 4 sections:
AMA Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...3.0 per course (2 courses; total of 6 hours). Awarded by....AMA. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial support...None Stated.	Two courses: Identifying and Managing Hereditary Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer; and Identifying and Managing Hereditary Risk for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and Endometrial Cancer.
AMA Managing Diabetes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....AMA. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2001. Financial support...None Stated.	One course offering credit: Managing Diabetes - 53 Year-old Hispanic Man with Complications of Diabetes.
AMA Managing Osteoporosis Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0 or 3.0 per course or section. Awarded by....AMA. Cost...........Free. Instruct. Type....Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....10/01. Financial support...Procter & Gamble and Hoechst Marion Roussel. CME Credit Expires...October 2003.	Part I - Detection and Clinical Issues in Testing; Part II - Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis; Part III - Prevention and treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis; Part IV - Update in Patient Management; and Part V - Clinical Challenges in Primary Care. Some of the instruction uses sample cases, while other pieces are largely didactic. In addition to text and pictures, there are some very nice narrated animations of bone growth and resorption. There are also online "forums," through which you can ask questions and receive answers from experts in the field.
AMA Miscellaneous Courses Last visited...62003. Credit hours...10.5 Awarded by....AMA. Cost...........Free. Instruct. Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial support...None Stated.	You will find courses on bioterrorism (5 units), coding and documentation (1.5 units); and AMA Code of Medical Ethics (4 units).

Baylor College of Medicine's Online CME Courses Low bandwidth users should choose text and slides format; medium bandwidth users will have access to audio, text and slides; and high bandwidth users can have video, audio, text and slides. Courses offer from 0.5 to 2.75 credit hours. There is a total of about 121 courses offering about 89 hours of credit. Financial Support...See Specific Activities.	Baylor College of Medicine's Online CME Courses consists of 121 courses in nine subject areas offering about 89 hours of credit. Many courses consist of multiple lectures .
Baylor Analgesic Therapy Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, ANES. Educ. material last updated....2002.	One lecture: Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Pain Management.
Baylor Cardiovascular Disease Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 to 2.75. (14 courses offering 14.25 hours). Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, CARD. Educ. material last updated....5/03.	Some newer courses are: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT-LLT); The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) and Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; and Findings from the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint (LIFE) Reduction in Hypertension Study. Some other courses are: C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk for First Cardiovascular Events in Women; Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER); New Studies Evaluate Outcomes with Early Statin Use in the Setting of Acute Coronary Events; and Lipid Control in Insulin Resistant Patients.
Baylor Diabetes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.75. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002.	One five-part course: Case Studies in Control: Optimizing Glycemic Management Over Time in Type 2 Diabetes.
Baylor GI Grand Rounds Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 each (total of 80 courses offering 40 hours). Awarded by....Baylor. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences.....GI, FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002.	This section has a group of 80 short courses on GI topics. Each course offers 0.5 hours of credit. Courses are organized into Nutrition; Advanced Diagnostic and Management Problem (Specialty and Sub-Speacialty); Basic Diagnostic and Management Problems (Primary Care); and Ethics.
Baylor Women's Health Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 to 1.75; 10 courses with a total of 12.25 credits. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, GYN. Educ. material last updated....2003.	Seven slide-audio lectures: Looking Ahead; Avoiding Osteoporotic Fractures; HPV: Diagnosis and Management; Clinical and Biological Aspects of HPV Infection; Bacterial Vaginosis: More Than Just an Office Nuisance; Breast Cancer Genetic Screening; and Fifty Years of Family Planning: Looking Back. You will also find three Contraception Reports (pdf format): June 2002, October 2002 and January 2003.
Baylor Neurology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audiences....NEURO. Educ. material last updated....2002.	A single monograph, in pdf format, Essential Tremor: A Practical Guide to Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Baylor Oncology Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...3.0. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....ONC. Educ. material last updated....2002.	Two courses: Management of Prostate Cancer: What the Primary Care Physician Needs to Know; and Breast Cancer Genetic Screening.
Baylor Pediatrics Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...10.5. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED. Educ. material last updated....2002.	This section has eight pediatric topics: Renal Disease; Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism; Gastrointestinal Disease; Respiratory Disease; Assent and Confidentiality; The Critically Ill or Injured Child; Evaluation of the Child with the First Seizure; and The Adolescent Interview.
Baylor Surgery in the Third Millennium Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...4.0 Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....SURG. Educ. material last updated....2000.	This site features lectures delivered in November 2000. In addition to lectures honoring Dr. DeBakey, you will find lectures on Upcoming Advances in Aortic Surgery; Trauma Beyond 2000; Surgical Education in the Third Millennium; Congenital Heart Surgery in the New Century; and What is the Future in Transplantation?

Pathways to the Optimal Management of Congestive Heart Failure: Issues and Controversies Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 per case (1 hour) Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....CARD. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial Support...Sanofi-Synthelabo.	Each lesson uses actual patient case histories, coupled with faculty discussions and a listing of questions posed to faculty and their responses to the questions. There are two cases: Complicated Hemodynamic Management Questions and Treatment Interventions for Hemodynamic Decompensation.
Modern Concepts in Heart Failure Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 per part (2 hours). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences....CARD. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial Support...GlaxoSmithKline.	Modern Concepts in Heart Failure is a two-part program providing information on recent study results and new therapeutic options. Part I gives a general overview including a discussion on clinical practice guidelines; Part II specifically discusses the benefits of beta-blockade in heart failure patients.
Case Studies in GERD Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 each. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....3/02. Financial Support...AstraZeneca.	There are now four brief cases about GERD: Exploring the Relationship Between Asthma and GERD; Could this patient's Laryngeal Symptoms be caused by GERD?; Managing GERD in the Geriatric Patient; and When to Consider Empiric Therapy for Heartburn.
Cleveland Clinic Online Journal of Medicine Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0 for each topic (24 hours currently available). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Instruction Type...A combination of Case-Based-Interactive, Text-Only and Question-and-Answer. Target Audiences...FP, IM. Cost for Credit...Free. Educ. material last updated...1/03. Financial Support...None Stated.	Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) Each of the activities in this series is based on an article from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Some recent courses include: Valvular Heart Disease; Management of Primary Headache; Diabetic Gastropathy; Intracoronary stenting; A common-sense approach to chronic fatigue in primary care; Pneumonia; and Human Papillomavirus Typing in Cervical Cancer Screening.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.5. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost for Credit...Free. Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences...NEURO, GER. Educ. material last updated....1/02. Financial support...Medtronic.	Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease: Skills for Pre-Operative Patient Selection and Post-Operative Management. This site provides physicians with the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate Parkinson's patients for stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus internal segment.
Disease Management Project Clinical Decisions Cases Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 each (total of 9.5 hours). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences...FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2/03. Financial Support...None Stated.	This series applies practice guidelines to clinical practice. Each case includes didactic information as well as interactive case-based lessons to aid in patient management. Some recent cases are: Hematuria, Travel Medicine, Proteinuria, and Non-ulcer dyspepsia.
Overview of Electronic Prescribing Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences...General Interest. Cost..........Free. Educ. material last updated...11/02. Financial Support...Merck-Medco. CME Credit Expires...11/03.	This course is directed to healthcare professionals administering and managing prescription drug programs. It provides you with a basic knowledge of electronic prescribing: what e-prescribing is, why there is a need for it, explanations of its technologies, its advantages and disadvantages, and recent developments.
Selected Topics in Gastrotherapy Last visited...10/2003. Credit hours...0.5 to 1.0 hour (total of 2.75 hours). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Instruct. Type...Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences...GI, ONC, SURG. Cost for Credit...Free. Educ. material last updated...11/01. Financial Support...Novartis. CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.	The courses begin with a didactic review of the subject, then move on to a brief case. You progress through the case by answering questions and proceeding only when you get the correct answer. The four cases are: Prevention of Variceal Bleeding; Acute Variceal Hemorrhage; Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors; and Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.

This is the Annotated List of Online CME. We now have links to more than 250 Online CME sites offering more than 11,000 courses and more than 20,000 hours of CME credit. Last Updated October 14, 2003.

PowerPoint Presentation: Introduction to Online CME

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This is a set of 50 pdf articles, organized into 5 groups of 10 articles each. Some titles are What Is Anti-Aging?, Anti-Aging Hormones, Growth Hormone Factors, Anti-Aging Supplements, Anti-Aging Exercises, Cardiovascular Training and Stress Reduction.

There are two courses in addiction medicine: Health Impact of Opioid Addiction and The Primary Care Physician's Role in Addiction Treatment.

ADHD Point of Care: From Theory to Practice Last visited...10/2003. Credit hours...22. Awarded by.... MedCases. Cost..........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture, Case-Based Interactive, Reflective Questions. Target Audience ...FP, IM, PED, PSY. Financial Support...Lilly.

A single course: Screening for Alcohol Use Problems in Primary Care. After taking this course, you will be better able to identify patients in your practice who are at risk or currently experiencing alcohol use problems.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has seven kinds of online CME offerings oriented to family physicians:

American Family Physician (AFP) Monographs Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.0. Awarded by....AAFP. Cost for Credit...Free (members only). Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated...2001. Financial support...multiple pharmaceutical companies.

There is one monograph available for credit to AAFP members only: Family Physicians and Cancer. The content of the monograph is identical to the paper version.

CME Bulletin Last visited...7/2003. Credit hours...3 courses offering one hour each. Awarded by...AAFP. Cost.........Free. Instruct. Type...Text-Only. Target Audience....FP. Educ. material last updated....6/03. CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication. Financial support...None Stated.

This new section offers evidence based CME. Three activities available: Women and Breast Cancer Part I: Risk Factors, Genetics and Screening; Women and Breast Cancer, Part II: Diagnosis; Women and Breast Cancer, Part III: Treatment; and Colorectal Cancer Screening.

Access to the CME courses is limited to members of The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). The site offers Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist (LEO), a total approach to the educational needs of the ophthalmologist. There are presently about 12 courses.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Self Assessment Center Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...about 75. Awarded by....AAOS. Cost...........About $5-10 per hour. Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer. Target Audience...ORTHO. Educational material last updated....2003. Financial support...None Stated.

American Academy of Pediatrics PediaLink

AAP PediaLink offers 3 kinds of instruction:

The 2003 PREP Self-Assessment Exercise offers 254 multiple choice questions including critiques; links to many of the references; and search capabilities.

Other AAP online courses are: AAP Asthma Coding Clues (1.5 hours); AAP Grand Rounds (18 hours); ( Early Brain & Child Development (6 hours); Coding Clues 2002 (1 hour ); Moving Kids Safely: Introduction to Car Safety Seats (5 hours); and Neoreviews (18 hours).

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource Click on Self-Study Modules to find the sections offering online CME. Pricing depends on membership in ACC and level of subscription.

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource should fill many of the educational needs of cardiologists. Those sections offering online CME are described below.

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

The programs are linked from the main page, Online CME, midway down the right side of the page.

A set of six lectures entitled Applying Proven Therapies in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis. Some lectures are: Critical Care Literature Review; New Developments in Sepsis; Best Critical Care Medicine; Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture; and Treatment of Severe Sepsis With Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated).

This pdf monograph, for physicians who treat COPD, was adapted from a live presentation in 2002.

This online journal is intended for the pulmonary and critical care specialist. Each month provides two lessons on pulmonary and critical care topics. Some recent topics are: Iatrogenic Respiratory Diseases and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Lung Disease.

American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) CME Online Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours....2.0. Awarded by....ACMQ. Cost...........$25. Instruct. Type....Text-Only Target Audience...General Interest. Educational material last updated....2001. Financial support...None Stated.

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There are two webcasts: The ABCs of HDL and Cholesterol Metabolism and Adipose Tissue Factors/Inflammation.

This site features highlights of the meeting held in June 2002. Each one unit course represents summaries of one day of the meeting.

American Medical Association Online Courses are described in 4 sections:

AMA Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...3.0 per course (2 courses; total of 6 hours). Awarded by....AMA. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lectures. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial support...None Stated.

Two courses: Identifying and Managing Hereditary Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer; and Identifying and Managing Hereditary Risk for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and Endometrial Cancer.

AMA Managing Diabetes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....AMA. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2001. Financial support...None Stated.

One course offering credit: Managing Diabetes - 53 Year-old Hispanic Man with Complications of Diabetes.

AMA Miscellaneous Courses Last visited...62003. Credit hours...10.5 Awarded by....AMA. Cost...........Free. Instruct. Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002. Financial support...None Stated.

You will find courses on bioterrorism (5 units), coding and documentation (1.5 units); and AMA Code of Medical Ethics (4 units).

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You will find these simulator courses: course (credit hours): ACLS (10); Anesthesia (36); Bioterrorism (12); Critical Care (20); Hemodynamics (10); and Sedation (18). You can see a demo of each course before ordering.

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) affects 25-30% of all surgical patients. This course reviews the research literature and provides guidelines to treat PONV. The course is given in monograph format and slide-audio format. You may obtain credit for studying one or the other, but not both.

Four text-only presentations in the area of reproductive medicine: Choosing When to Menstruate: The Role of Extended Contraception; A Clinical Update on Transdermal Contraception; Mature Sexuality and Clinical Update on Transcervical Sterilization.

This course is presented by the Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, AFIP. The course has 5 modules; each module consists of eight cases with a brief case history and a set of microscopic slides of an endoscopic biopsy.

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Baylor College of Medicine's Online CME Courses consists of 121 courses in nine subject areas offering about 89 hours of credit. Many courses consist of multiple lectures .

Baylor Analgesic Therapy Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, ANES. Educ. material last updated....2002.

One lecture: Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Pain Management.

Baylor Cardiovascular Disease Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...0.5 to 2.75. (14 courses offering 14.25 hours). Awarded by....Baylor. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM, CARD. Educ. material last updated....5/03.

Baylor Diabetes Last visited...6/2003. Credit hours...2.75. Awarded by....Baylor. Cost for Credit....Free. Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences....FP, IM. Educ. material last updated....2002.

This is the Annotated List of Online CME. We now have links to more than 250 Online CME sites offering more than 11,000 courses and more than 20,000 hours of CME credit.
Last Updated October 14, 2003.

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ADHD Point of Care: From Theory to Practice
Last visited...10/2003.
Credit hours...22.
Awarded by.... MedCases.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture, Case-Based Interactive, Reflective Questions.
Target Audience ...FP, IM, PED, PSY.
Financial Support...Lilly.

American Family Physician (AFP) Monographs
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....AAFP.
Cost for Credit...Free (members only).
Instruct. Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audience....FP.
Educ. material last updated...2001.
Financial support...multiple pharmaceutical companies.

CME Bulletin
Last visited...7/2003.
Credit hours...3 courses offering one hour each.
Awarded by...AAFP.
Cost.........Free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP.
Educ. material last updated....6/03.
CME Credit Expires...1 year after publication.
Financial support...None Stated.

Self Assessment Center
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...about 75.
Awarded by....AAOS.
Cost...........About $5-10 per hour.
Instruction Type....Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience...ORTHO.
Educational material last updated....2003.
Financial support...None Stated.

American College of Cardiology Foundation Cardiosource
Click on Self-Study Modules to find the sections offering online CME. Pricing depends on membership in ACC and level of subscription.

American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) CME Online
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours....2.0.
Awarded by....ACMQ.
Cost...........$25.
Instruct. Type....Text-Only
Target Audience...General Interest.
Educational material last updated....2001.
Financial support...None Stated.

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AMA Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...3.0 per course (2 courses; total of 6 hours).
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Audio Lectures.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2002.
Financial support...None Stated.

AMA Managing Diabetes
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruct. Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2001.
Financial support...None Stated.

AMA Miscellaneous Courses
Last visited...62003.
Credit hours...10.5
Awarded by....AMA.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2002.
Financial support...None Stated.

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Baylor Analgesic Therapy
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, ANES.
Educ. material last updated....2002.

Baylor Cardiovascular Disease
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...0.5 to 2.75. (14 courses offering 14.25 hours).
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, CARD.
Educ. material last updated....5/03.

Baylor Diabetes
Last visited...6/2003.
Credit hours...2.75.
Awarded by....Baylor.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture.
Target Audiences....FP, IM.
Educ. material last updated....2002.