Continuing Medical Education and Maintenance of Licensure

Climate Change: It's Not About the Weather-Continuing Medical Education and Maintenance of Certification and Licensure.

Carol Havens, MD Jeffrey Mallin, MD State of Health Care in the US Many feel that the impending acceleration of global warming is the greatest threat that our species has ever faced. Less arguable but already having an impact is a drastic climate change in health care. Not only is it shaking up health care delivery and insurance, but its effects are visible on the education, training, certifica...

Continuing medical education and maintenance of certification: essential links.

Background Few question the need for physicians to engage in continuous learning throughout their professional career. Knowledge and technological advances are expanding at a breathtaking pace, as is the evolution of new skills and attitudes required for the physician to just “keep up.” For example, major breakthroughs in our understanding of genetics are already beginning to change how physici...

What Happens After Medical School? Current Controversies About Licensure, Maintenance of Certification, and Continuing Professional Development.

Continuing Education of Medical Community

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AOA continuing medical education.

The author provides an update on the current CME cycle, which began on January 1, 2010, and will end on December 31, 2012. The author also details minor changes to the requirements for Category 1 CME sponsors accredited by the AOA and describes new online CME opportunities. The current article also explains changes regarding the AOA's awarding and recording of specialty CME credit hours for AOA...