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Understanding CME
Gautam Desai, DO, FACOFP Jeffrey Grove, DO, FACOFP dist.
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www.aas-sw.org
Navigate the CME World
Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, FACOFP
•Chair, AOA Council on CME
• and
Gautam J. Desai, DO, FACOFP
•Executive Committee Member, AOA Council on CME
•April 2016
There are only 3 CME credit systems in the U.S.
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
The American Medical Association (AMA)
The American Academy of Family Physicians
(AAFP)
PHYSICIAN CME CREDIT SYSTEMS
Accredits Osteopathic Category 1 CME
Sponsors
Accreditation body for awarding AOA CME
Credit to Osteopathic physicians
Develops CME policy and monitors
adherence to standards
The Board of Trustees is the final approval
body of CCME policy.
AOA COUNCIL ON CME (CCME)
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MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Every AOA member has a CME requirement
CME credit is tracked for members by the
AOA Department of Client and Member
Services (CRC)
All CME is tracked over a specified 3-year
CME cycle
Current CME Cycle is 2016 - 2018
Every AOA member must earn in a 3 year cycle:
30 credits in Category 1-A CME
50 Specialty Credits
150 total credits (AOBFP)*
*AOA requires 120 total credits for Membership.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS (CONT’D)
Within these 120 hours
30 Category 1-A credit hours to maintain AOA
membership
50 specialty-accepted CME credits to maintain
specialty certification
120 CREDIT HOURS / 3 YEAR CYCLE
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Should be about maintaining excellent and
meaningful CME for the AOA member
Reflect and strengthen our holistic
approach to medicine
PHILOSOPHY OF CATEGORY 1-A CREDITS
CATEGORIES OF CME
Category A
Category 1-A
Formal (planned)
Category 2-A
ACCME/AMA/AAFP
Programs
Category B
Category 1-B
Less formal
Category 2-B
Less formal
HOW MEMBERS MAY OBTAIN AOA CATEGORY 1-A CREDITS
Programs from
Category 1 Sponsors
Formal face-to-face presentations
Standardized Life Support programs
Standardized Federal Aviation
Courses
Online Realtime-Interactive
Produced by FAA and the
USAS
Up to 8 hours of 30 hour requirement
Only a portion of their 1-A Credits. Only if 300 or less physician certificate
holders
Specialized Grand
Rounds Programs
When in a series of at least 3 parts and produced by a
Category 1-A Sponsor
Post-session testing with passing grade of 70% or
better – up to 15 hours of the 30 hour requirement
Smaller Specialty/Subspecialty Waiver
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HOW MEMBERS MAY OBTAIN AOA CATEGORY 1-B CREDITS
Publications, Inspections, Examinations, and Committee Meetings
Osteopathic Preceptoring
A maximum of 60 AOA Category 1-B credits may be applied to the 120-hour requirement.
Non-Osteopathic CME Programs
CCME may recognize allopathic specialty or subspecialty programs for Category 1-B credit, when essentially no equivalent course content available within osteopathic profession
Certification Examination
15 Category 1-B credits will be
awarded to AOA members who
pass an AOA recertification
examination or obtain a
certification of added
qualification.
Journal Reading
Healthcare Facility Meetings that
constitute patient care
Test Construction, Committee
Work
HOW MEMBERS MAY OBTAIN AOA CATEGORY 2-A CREDITS
Category 2-A includes formal educational programs that are
ACCME accredited AMA PRA Category 1 credit™
AAFP approved
Sponsored by an internationally known sponsor acceptable to the CCME,
OR
sponsored by AOA-accredited Category 1 CME Sponsors that do not meet
the 1-A faculty/hours requirement for Category 1-A credit.
HOW MEMBERS MAY OBTAIN AOA CATEGORY 2-B CREDITS
Preparation/presentation of scientific exhibits at professional meetings
Home study; medical journals; non-osteopathic medical video/audio tapes
Journal type CME on the Internet
Faculty development programs that are administrative in nature
Physician administrative training/quality assessment
Risk management programs that are administrative in nature
ABMS recertification examination
5 credits may be granted for reading medical textbooks
A copy of the home study form may be found at www.osteopathic.org.
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Non-Qualified Activities
Volunteer Work
The AOA applauds volunteer work, but it does not qualify for CME credit
Post Graduate Studies
Studies for advanced degrees, whether MS, MPH, MBA, or doctorate, does
not qualify for CME credit
Medical Facility Tours
Exemptions/Reductions
AOA members exempted from CME requirements include:
retired members who do not hold an active license
AOA members outside boundaries of United States and Canada
student members; interns, and residents; fellows
members participating in AOA recognized postgraduate programs
military members assigned positions other than in specialty or who are
involved in significant military operations
Any osteopathic physician, other than career military personnel, called to
active/emergency need duty, military operation, or placed on stand-by, and
is CME deficient at end of a cycle, may request to have their CME
requirement waived/reduced.
disabled members
Extenuating Circumstances
Members may qualify for reduction in requirements if:
extenuating circumstances such as:
serious illness/financial or family problems
changes in practice status since beginning of CME cycle
Contact AOA Department of Client and Member Services
AOA exemptions or reductions in the number of required credits, for
membership or certification, do not pertain to individual state CME
licensing requirements or any other CME requirements that a
physician may have (i.e., specialty college requirement or another
organization)
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AOA CONTACT
Department of Client
and Member Services
– (CRC)
• Gayle Irvin – Director
of CRC
• CRC Staff
• Fax
Contact Information
• (800) 621-1773 ext.
8079
• (800) 621-1773 Option 1
• (312) 202-8202
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