CME & Lifelong Learning

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Physicians See Very Little Bias in Online CME, Says Survey

Checks, Balances Seem to Be Working Well, Says New COCPD Chair

(10/30/2009) -- A recent survey of physicians who participated in both commercially and noncommercially supported online CME activities found that participants perceived little commercial bias associated with CME activities, regardless of the funding source. More

AAFP Revamps Family Medicine Board Review Clinical Learning Package

(10/14/2009) -- The AAFP Division of Continuing Medical Education has completely revamped its CME Self-Study Family Medicine Board Review Clinical Learning Package for 2009-10. New features include online access to 90 new quiz questions, professionally edited content for greater ease in studying, and a compact and user-friendly package design featuring just one three-ring binder that contains all the media and text in the program. More

Johns Hopkins, AAFP Launch CME Course to Help With PCMH Transformation

(07/23/2009) -- The AAFP has launched a new, asynchronous online CME course designed to help family physicians and other primary care health professionals transform their practices into patient-centered medical homes, or PCMHs. More

AAFP's LearningLink Launches Diabetes Series

(07/15/2009) -- The AAFP's online classroom, LearningLink, has launched the first activity of a new four-part CME series dubbed Type 2 Diabetes 2009. The initial activity, Highlights of Current Evidence and Clinical Recommendations, offers an overview of the disease and encompasses three webcasts. More

2009 Annual Meeting

CEJA Report on Industry Funding of CME Needs More Study, Say AMA Delegates

(06/17/2009) -- An AAFP-supported report aimed at guiding physician-learners and CME providers in managing their relationships with industry got as far as being recommended for adoption by the 2009 AMA House of Delegates here. But in the end, delegates referred the report for more study, citing concerns that it needed added clarity and further refinement. More

'2-for-1' EB CME to Sunset in 2011

(05/15/2009) -- Physician-learners, take note: The AAFP will end its award of "2-for-1" credit for its evidence-based CME, or EB CME, on Jan. 1, 2011. Meanwhile, the Academy is continuing to explore new opportunities for members to earn credits to meet continuing education requirements as part of its ongoing commitment to evidence-based education. More

Downloadable Fact Sheets Dispel Myths About CME Bias, Conflicts of Interest

(03/16/2009) -- CME providers, physician-learners and other stakeholders who follow the latest "hot topics" in continuing professional development now can download two fact sheets developed by the AMA National Task Force on Continuing Medical Education Provider/Industry Collaboration, known as NTF. More

AAFP Performance Improvement Initiative

Just-released METRIC Module Tackles Depression

(11/21/2008) -- The Academy's performance improvement program known as METRIC, or Measuring, Evaluating and Translating Research Into Care, recently launched a new module on depression that will be of special interest to family physicians. Bruce Bagley, M.D., AAFP's medical director of quality improvement, said the latest module -- Depression: Improving Patient Care -- will help physicians organize their approach to treating patients with depression. More