CME: Continuing Medical Education

The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians

CME Connections Newsletter

Click here to view the latest issue of  IAFP CME Connections Newsletter.  

Upcoming CME Opportunities

IAFP Meetings - A listing of all IAFP meetings including many CME opportunities.

 AAFP meetings - link to the AAFP's website to search for AAFP courses and conferences 
CME meetings around the state offering Prescribed credits - link to AAFP's website for all CME courses approved for credit.  

On-line CME

IAFP has a new on-line CME website!   View the latest guidelines 

  • Managing Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care Practice; A Case Study with Coding
    Two case studies on Coronary Heart Disease .  Learn how to diagnose and treat "Nick & Nora" 1 AMA PRA category 1 credit for each case study.  A program for Bridging Health Care sponsored by IAFP.
    CHD Case Study 1 "Nora" - click here to view case study
    CHD Case Study 2 "Nick" - click here to view case study

  • Managing Substance Abuse Disorders in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement program will cover the prevalence of substance dependence and abuse, the mental health problems associated with substance-use disorders, and the primary care physicians role in alcohol-use disorders and drug addiction. The program will also focus on managing patients in the primary care setting who have an alcohol-use disorder or who are at-risk for alcohol dependence and abuse. Drug addiction and screening and treatment for drug use disorders will also be reviewed. The program also illustrates how to do a quality improvement program on substance abuse disorders in a practice.  Click here to view presentation
  • Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Family Care Setting: A Quality Improvement program will help participants facilitate planning for individualized patient support, coordinate COPD care in your office, encourage patients to become more involved in COPD prevention, incorporate guideline-based treatment, promote the use of community programs that support COPD patients and increase COPD awareness and education. Click here to view presentation.
  • Managing Heart Failure in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement program will help participants define heart failure and will provide background information on the epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology of chronic heart failure, strategies and tools to diagnose HF in primary care settings and will address management of heart failure in adults. Click here  to view presentation.  
  • Depression in Primary Care Practice: a case study with coding 
    Two case  studies on Depression.  Learn how to diagnose and treat "Jill & Juan" 1 AMA PRA cateory 1 credit for each case study.  A program sponsored by Bristol Myers-Squibb & Wyeth 
    Depression Case Study 1 "Jill" - click here to view case study
    Depression Case Study 2 "Juan" - click here to view case study
  • Hypertension in Primary Care Practice: a case study with coding.  
    Three case studies on Hypertension.  Learn how to diagnose and treat "Ed, Gayle & Jim" 1 Prescribed Credit or 1 AMA PRA category 1 credit for each case study.  A program for Bridging Health Care sponsored by IAFP
    Hypertension Case Study 1 "Ed" - click here to view case study
    Hypertension Case Study 2 "Gayle" - click here to view case study
    Hypertension Case Study 3 "Jim" - click here to view case study 
  • Diabetes in Primary care Practice:  a case study with coding
    Three case studies on Diabetes.  Learn how to diagnose and treat "Isabella, John & Sam" 1 Prescribed Credit or 1 AMA PRA category 1 credit for each case study.  A program for Bridging Health Care sponsored by IAFP.
    Diabetes Case Study 1 "Isabella" - click here to view case study
    Diabetes Case Study 2 "John" - click here to view case study
    Diabetes Case Study 3 "Sam"- click here to view case study
  • Managing Childhood Asthma in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program This presentation will discuss the prevalence of diagnosed asthma and asthma symptoms in children and young adults, will list the guidelines for diagnosis of childhood asthma and help providers evaluate appropriate use of pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies for acute and long-term therapy in pediatric asthma. Click here to view presentation.  
  • Managing Adult Depression in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program
     This presentation will discuss the epidemiology and etiology of depression, educate providers on how to screen for depression, and how to treat depression and evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment. The presentation will also go through the various pharmacological treatments, options and concerns surrounding treatment. Click here to view presentation
  • How to Conduct a Quality Improvement Program in Primary Care Practice This educational program includes information on why quality improvement is needed in healthcare, what should be improved in clinical practices, and how to improve and set goals for improvement in your practice. Click here to view presentation. 
New AAFP LearningLink Activity- Practical Aspects of Chronic Pain Management: A Case-based Approach, Approved for 1 Prescribed Credit.AAFP LearningLink activities are free. Register now. (For hard-copy communications: the URL is www.aafplearninglink.org). 

Pri-Med Online CME - Pri-Med.com offers over 200 primary care focused eCME activities at no-cost   in 15 key Condition Resource Centers including: ADHD, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Cancer in Primary Care, Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Infectious Disease, Sleep Disorders and more. Plus, four eCME activity types are offered so you can thoroughly examine a topic, including: Patient case studies, Clinical reviews, Expert perspectives and Multi-media slide lecture series. Earn high-quality physician-authored eCME anytime at www.pri-med.com/onlineCME .

Virtual Lecture Hall - many CME opportunities listed on www.vlh.com    

IAFP Enduring Materials Resources from IAFP  click here

Other Home Study CME 


Core Content Review of Family Medicine, home study program. 48 Prescribed hours. This is an eight month, 575 question review program that features seventy-five questions each month and covers 21 major classifications of family medicine/primary care. Also available online at www.vlh.com 
CME Calendar three month listing by state that appears in American Family Physician.
CME Home study Self-Assessment Information - This program offered by AAFP allows you to earn up to 86 CME credits per year.  Keep your medical knowledge up-to-date and prepare for ABFP exams.
AFP Clinical Quiz - as published in American Family Physician.
FPM Clinical Quiz - as published in Family Practice Management.
Video CME - AAFP maintains a complete video-based library of topics relevant to physicians and other health professionals.

Report your CME Credits

Link to AAFP CME page - Report your CME credits online and more.  Note:  You will need a member id to access this page.  You will enter your member id number in USER NAME and your last name in all CAPITAL LETTERS in password.  Click here to view the CME requirements.  

Links

Illinois Department of Professional Regulations - Access licensure information.

Read the latest Behavioral Health newsletter from Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), Your Healthcare Plus Disease Management (YHP), and the Division of Mental Health (DMH).   click here