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Specialty Categories: Family Practice.
Remarks: The AFP Online CME Cases are designed to complement existing CME offerings from the AAFP and other providers, taking advantage of the unique, interactive, case-based, and multimedia-rich capabilities of the World Wide Web. Interactive elements include questions throughout the case, a CME quiz at the end of the case, and the unique opportunity to interact with the author, medical editor, and other participants using an electronic bulletin board.
Sponsor: American Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost: The AFP Online CME Cases are available for viewing at no charge. CME credit is available for a fee ($5 per case for AAFP members; $7 for nonmembers). Each case is approved for 0.5 hours of AAFP Prescribed credit.
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Specialty Categories: Family Practice and Internal Medicine.
Remarks: Home page links to courses on Managing Type 2 Diabetes, Managing Osteoporosis, Managing Osteoarthritis, Managing Migraines Today, and Managing Asthma.
Sponsor:American Medical Association.
Cost: No charge.
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Specialty Categories: Ob/Gyn.
Remarks: Accredited by Case Western Reserve, offers online CME via hypertext article with graphics.
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University.
Cost: $25.
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Specialty Categories: Family Practice and Internal Medicine.
Remarks: Twenty-two courses for primary care practitioners in Psychiatry in Primary Care, General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Women's Health, Neurology, Hematology-Oncology, and Infectious Diseases. Courses begin with a case, pretest, and a short anonymous survey -- submission of which is sometimes the only entry into the full-text article and CME quiz.
Sponsor: Cleveland Clinic.
Cost : No Charge.
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Specialty Categories: Internal Medicine.
Remarks: Manage 48 interactive cases in various subspecialties of Internal Medicine. The interactive software lets you review patient assessments, order tests, prescribe treatments, and respond to outcomes. Expert evaluation of your decisions completes a truly unique learning experience.
Sponsor: American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine.
Cost : $75 for access to all 48 cases.
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Specialty Categories: Various, including Ob/Gyn & Pediatrics.
Remarks: Aimed primarily at primary care doctors.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost : No Charge.
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Specialty Categories: All major categories, including Ob/Gyn, Surgery & Pediatrics.
Remarks: Select specific disease categories in the online courses section. All online courses at this site sponsored by Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Sponsor: Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Cost: $25 for each Category I CME credit.
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Specialty Categories: Various Hospital-Based Specialties.
Remarks: A very large range of specialties with online, AMA-approved CME.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: Information about charges not available until subscribed. CME certificate fee charged.
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Specialty Categories: Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology /Oncology, Laboratory Medicine, Medical Genetics, Nephrology, Nutrition, Psychiatry/Neuroscience, Pulmonary Medicine, Rheumatology and Women's Health.
Remarks: Moderated reviews and case discussions annotated with images, graphics, sound and video. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and interMDnet Corporation.
Sponsor: Joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and interMDnet Corporation.
Cost: The fee for 50 hours of AMA/PRA Category I credit including an annual registration charge is $125.
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Specialty Categories: Ob/Gyn.
Remarks: Addresses evaluation, current approaches, screening and genetic counseling.
Cost: $15.
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Specialty Categories: Immunology.
Remarks: A multimedia program offering up to 18 credits. It is a unique multimedia program presenting basic knowledge of how host defenses operate in protective, and, sometimes, destructive ways. The program contains extensive application of basic principles to clinically important diseases and syndromes.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: Use of the IMC site is free, however there is a small fee for obtaining continuing education credits.
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Specialty Categories: Various, including Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice & Internal Medicine.
Remarks: Nearly 1,000 hours of online CME available here. The site tracks CME progress, allows for automatic bookmarking, and provides live technical support.
Sponsor: American Cancer Society.
Cost: $25 per hour (Cleveland Clinic), other $10 per hour.
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Specialty Categories: Appears to be only Wound Care and Renal Transplantation currently.
Remarks: Slick interactive diagnostic interface. No comprehensive listing of simulations available at the site.
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost: No cost information available before subscribing.
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Specialty Categories: Various.
Remarks: "Just in Time" CME from WebMD's own medical news section. Access available only to WebMD subscribers.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: Cost information not available.
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Specialty Categories: Various, including Hospital-Based Specialties, Surgery, Pediatrics & Ob/Gyn.
Remarks: A home-based study program based on the New England Journal of Medicine. Primarily for primary care physicians looking for advanced information. Physicians take an exam, mail it in and receive credit with 70% or more correct answers.
Sponsor: Massachusetts Medical Society.
Cost:Less than $2.25 per credit.
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Specialty Categories: Various, including Hospital-Based Specialties & Ob/Gyn.
Remarks: Online CME in the form of archived Webcasts.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: $28 per credit.
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Specialty Categories: Primarily Orthopedics.
Remarks: Online CME courses available in 2 categories: those for the public and those for subscribers only.
Sponsor: University of Washington.
Cost: Annual subscription fee $50.
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Specialty Categories: Various.
Remarks: A compendium of online CME exams.
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health.
Cost:No charge.
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Specialty Categories: All major categories, including Ob/Gyn, Surgery & Pediatrics.
Remarks: Online multimedia textbooks include Category I CME credit with online physicians' tests.
Sponsor: University of Iowa.
Cost: The registration charge is $50 and $15 for each Category I CME credit.
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Specialty Categories: Pediatrics.
Remarks: The more recent Ground Rounds (from November 5, 1999 as of mid-February) includes CME; lectures with current credits include the quiz and form on the same page that accesses the medcast.
Sponsor: University of Nebraska Medical Center and Children's Hospital.
Cost: No charge.
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Specialty Categories: Various, including Hospital-Based Specialties, Pediatrics & Ob/Gyn.
Remarks: Monthly online CME based on newsletters. Online and hard copy tests available.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: Check out Sample Test first, because once you register you are automatically charged $15. WebMD subscribers have free access. MDConsult subscribers are charged a $16 "processing fee" per newsletter. $15 per newsletter or $100 per 15 credits.
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Specialty Categories: Surgery.
Remarks: An Adobe Acrobat-based CME module. Watch satellite broadcast or videotape of the course, download the PDF form and post-test from the Web, fill them out and submit them to a site coordinator.
Sponsor: Various.
Cost: No Charge.
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