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COCME MEMO TO BOARD: |
Evidence-based CME activities just gained even more appeal. At its Aug. 3 - 8 meeting in Napa, Calif., the AAFP Board of Directors approved a recommendation from the Commission on Continuing Medical Education doubling the credit awarded for educational activities designated for AAFP EB CME credit.
Activities approved for partial EB CME credit would receive double credit only for the portion that was evidence-based. For example, in a CME course eligible for a total of 20 CME credits, of which 12 were evidence-based, the 12 could be doubled. Thus, participants who completed the course would be eligible to receive up to 32 credits, rather than the 20 currently awarded.
"Awarding double credit for EB CME," said the COCME memo to the Board, "would convey the value of EB CME to family physicians and CME providers."
The board also considered, but did not approve, a COCME recommendation that would have required AAFP members to complete at least a minimum number of EB CME credits per three-year membership cycle. Although Board members acknowledged the ample opportunities for EB CME the AAFP offers its members -- such as through American Family Physician and AAFP Home Study -- it stopped short of mandating that members include such activities in their CME portfolio.
No timeline for implementing the credit change -- which will require modification of the Academy's computerized CME record-keeping system -- has yet been established.
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