The organization (CME provider) primarily involved in planning, developing, and hosting the educational activity should be the one to apply for AAFP credit.
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No. The organization that is primarily involved with the planning, creating, and hosting of the education is the CME provider of the activity and should be the one to apply for AAFP credit. Organizations that do not have an existing CME provider account can complete a request form and follow the new organization request process.
Individuals who wish to apply for credit must have an individual AAFP account that is linked to a CME provider organization account. If you do not have an individual and/or CME provider organization account, follow the steps outlined to create an account.
Be sure to first create an individual account for yourself. Then email the AAFP Credit System to notify us that you are taking over the application submission responsibilities for your organization. We’ll need the following information to process your request:
If you’re seeing this error message, it’s because your individual AAFP account has not been successfully linked to an organizational account. To assist with this, please email us the following information:
Staff will either link your individual account to the organizational account in our system to resolve the issue. Or, if an active organizational account does not exist yet, then you’ll need follow the steps to submit an organizational request form.
CME providers must add at least one session when initially submitting an advanced pathway credit application. The remainder of the sessions must be entered, as the information becomes available, in order to gain approval for each session. If a session is added it needs to be final and ready for review. Placeholder sessions should not be submitted for the provider to come back to edit at a later date.
CME providers may add additional sessions and check their statuses by logging into the CME provider dashboard online and accessing the Activity Summary page of an application. Please note when completing an advanced pathway credit application for a blended learning activity all sessions must be entered during the original credit application submission in order to receive approval of the overall application.
When a CME activity is approved for AAFP Prescribed credit, it means that an application and supporting materials were reviewed and approved by the AAFP Credit System. An AAFP active or life member was involved in the planning of the activity, and the content is primarily designed for physicians and is relevant to the scope of family medicine.
When a CME activity is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, the CME activity is directly, or jointly provided, by CME providers who are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), an authorized state medical society, or the American Medical Association (AMA). View AAFP's credit equivalency agreement with the AMA.
No. CME providers are not required to distribute letters or certificates of participation. However, learners find this documentation helpful, as many learners need a letter or certificate of participation for state licensing or credentialing. View Tools for CME Providers that includes a certificate of participation template that CME providers can use or modify to fit their needs. AAFP members may self-report CME credits in the following ways:
Online
By phone: (800) 274-2237
By mail:
American Academy of Family Physicians
Attn: AAFP Member Resource Center
11400 Tomahawk Creek Pkwy
Leawood, KS 66211-2672
While it’s not required that CME providers report credit on their learner’s behalf, the AAFP Credit System understands that some CME providers want to assist in reporting learners CME credit to AAFP on the behalf of their learners as a benefit.
The AAFP CME Credit Reporting Sheet was created as a convenient tool for CME Providers whose CME activities have been certified for AAFP CME credit, so that they can report their learner’s AAFP CME credits on their behalf. Once downloaded, this tool can be utilized by filling in the appropriate learner data and then emailing it as an attachment to the email address listed within the tool. The AAFP Member Resource Center will then verify the education and log the CME credits into the member’s transcript on your behalf.
Providers are welcome to apply for all education that meets AAFP Credit System’s eligibility requirements. Please note, in order for the Credit System to review the education, all information must be submitted in English, including but not limited to topics, agendas, and learning objectives.