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Learn how the AAFP Credit System is involved in making the jobs of CME providers easier so they can continue providing quality education for family physicians and other members of the health care team.
The AAFP Credit System’s annual report—or snapshot— is now available. The snapshot outlines how many activities and sessions we approved for credit during our last fiscal year (June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024). It also includes fun facts such as the top five topics that were approved most frequently, how many credits were available to learners, etc. View the FY 2024 Annual Snapshot.
The AAFP Credit System updated the majority of its policies on January 9, 2024. Those updates took effect immediately, however, two additional changes launched on June 4, 2024. Those changes are:
The Credit System gave CME providers six months to update their policies and procedures to ensure they were complying with those changes come launch day.
NEW Content Lifespan Policy: To ensure consistently up-to-date information, CME providers are required to review and update the educational content of CME activities a minimum of every three years, or more frequently if appropriate or as required due to new scientific developments and updates. CME providers will be required to provide evidence of their content review and update process during a CME activity audit and/or upon request.
Updated Credit Definitions:
Prescribed Credit: The CME activity must be primarily designed for physicians and have an AAFP active or life member directly involved, as described below, to ensure appropriateness for physicians and relevancy to the specialty of family medicine.
The member should review the titles and learning objectives for each topic within the CME activity. The review should focus on ensuring all topics included in the activity are relevant to the scope of family medicine and designed at a level of educationally appropriate for physicians who graduated from medical school and have been awarded a M.D./D.O. degree. If the member agrees that the content meets the definition of AAFP Prescribed credit, then they should provide their AAFP ID number for the credit application.
Elective Credit: The CME activity may be primarily designed for health care professionals other than physicians. Direct involvement of an AAFP active or life member as outlined in the Prescribed credit definition is not required.
Questions about these changes? Don’t hesitate to contact us at 800-274-2237 or at cmecredit@aafp.org.
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