Urgent care and emergency room settings demand quick thinking and mastery of treatment for a wide range of acute conditions. Family physicians are on the front line of providing this crucial care and make outsized contributions to patients in such settings.
This emergency medicine CME course features evidence-based knowledge and skills to apply in urgent care, emergency and in the hospital — brought to you by experts with years of experience practicing in urgent care and emergency settings. Gain knowledge with up-to-date science-based information that includes the best urgent and emergency care education and NEW ECG virtual reality sessions.
This is an online CME course recorded from the AAFP’s Emergency and Urgent Care in person conference. Access 28 instructional videos from your mobile device or computer at your own pace and on your schedule.
NEW! Gain access to a dynamic and insightful virtual reality and/or WebXR (web expanded reality) experience for the Basic and Advanced ECG sessions with the purchase of this CME activity. Interact with graphs and a three-dimensional model of a beating heart within a virtual environment. Virtual reality hardware is not needed for these two sessions, but a VR headset will enhance the experience. No equipment or special software is needed for the WebXR experience – simply log in to the course, using your browser.
*Enhance your patient care today and earn up to 2 additional AAFP Prescribed credits when you complete the Translation to Practice® (t2p®) process.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
Alan Ehrlich, MD leads the course. He brings 40 years of experience and is a practicing family physician in Worcester, MA. Dr. Ehrlich serves as Associate Professor in Family Medicine at UMASS Chan Medical School.
Additional presenters include:
LTC Alain Michael P Abellada, MD, DFPHM
Chelsea Carlson, MD
Braeden D. Johnson, MD
Ahmed Mian, HonBSc, BEd, MD, CCFP (EM)
Deepak S. Patel, MD, FAAFP, FACSM, CIC
Brian Shahan, MD, FAAFP
Paul D. Simmons, MD, FAAFP
Kelly Sinclair, MD, FAAP, FAC
Vu Kiet Tran, MD, MHSc(Ed), MBA, CHE, ICD.D
The AAFP has reviewed Emergency and Urgent Care Edition 12 and deemed it acceptable for up to 32.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 09/24/2025 to 09/24/2028. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 32.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.