Events

Beginner CME for MOC: Ask Your Questions Webinar, January 2020

This interactive webinar is for those that have not yet offered CME for MOC or have just offered a couple of activities. Bring your questions about planning or reporting CME that Counts for MOC to ACCME staff for answers and guidance. To register for this webinar, please click on the link below… More

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Coming Soon: Opportunity to Report CME Participation Data for Oregon Licensees

We’re delighted that the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) has joined the ACCME and State Medical Boards Collaboration, an initiative that will reduce burdens and streamline the CME reporting process for your learners who are licensed physicians (MDs and DOs) in Oregon.

How will it work? 

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Baptist Health South Florida: Advocacy for CME – Meeting State Requirements

Advocacy for CME – Meeting State Requirements: In 2018, the Florida legislature passed the Controlled Substances Bill (HB 21), which required certain registered practitioners to complete a specified board-approved continuing education course to obtain authorization to prescribe controlled… More

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Criterion 29: Palliative Improv: Improving Critical Communication Skills with CME

Steve Singer, ACCME Vice President for Education and Outreach, interviews Roxanne Bollinger, CME Manager, Lancaster General Hospital, about addressing physician communication issues with CME.

FAQ

What is CME Passport and how can it benefit my physician learners?

CME Passport (formerly CME Finder) is a free, CME activity search engine and centralized web application where physicians can search for CME activities that meet their educational needs as well as create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of… More

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How do I protect patient information and images used in accredited CME/CE?

Please be aware that confidential patient information that is cropped out of images in PDF or PowerPoint files may still remain part of the file. Even though cropped information and portions of images are hidden from view, they may still be visible online, including on search engines. While this… More

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Important Reminder: Protecting Patient Information in Images Used in Accredited CME/CE

Accredited providers are obligated to protect patient confidentiality within continuing medical education (CME). Recently, the ACCME has been made aware of an issue where patient identifying information is retained in images that were cropped for use in teaching. Accredited providers should be… More

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Coming Soon: Register Your CME Activities with the ACCME for ABS Continuous Certification

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and the American Board of Surgery (ABS) are pleased to announce that, starting in February 2021, all accredited CME providers in the ACCME System and all providers accredited by Joint Accreditation for… More

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What content is acceptable for CME?

ACCME-accredited providers must provide CME that contains content which falls within the definition of CME. The content of such CME must not promote recommendations, treatment or manners of practicing medicine that are known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits, or are known to be… More