News Alert 

ABFM MC-FP exam moves to April in 2012.  Click here for details and a schedule of test dates 

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

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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.

On-line CME

IAFP has a new on-line CME website at www.iafp.com/education.   Check it out for up-to-date events, news and education developed for family physicians by the IAFP.  

All CME activities on the IAFP Education website are timely and relevant to your profession, have AAFP Prescribed and/or AMA Category 1 credit, come with valuable resources to download and are always free!  Registration is required in order to track your CME and to print and store your credits. 

Education currently available at www.iafp.com/education

  • The Care of Military Children and Adolescents During Deployment and Beyond

  • The Care of Returning Service Members and Their Families: What Family Physicians should Know

  • Adult Smoking Cessation: Intervention Strategies for Primary Care Providers

  • Providing Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Care to the Native American Patient: A Case Study. 

  • Providing Culturally-Appropriate Diabetes Care to the African-American Patient: A Case Study

  • Providing Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Care to the Latino Patient: A Case Study

  • Pain Management with Opioid Drugs in Primary Care Practice

  • Managing Bipolar Disorder in Primary Care

  • Medical Management of Patients with Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders in Primary Care

  • Managing Childhood Asthma in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program

  • Managing Adult Depression in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program

  • Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program

  • Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Program

  • Managing Coronary Artery Disease in Primary Care: a Quality Improvement Program

  • How to Conduct a Quality Improvement Program in Primary Care Practice

  • Managing Heart Failure (HF) in Primary Care: a Quality Improvement Program

  • Managing Substance-Use Disorders in Primary Care: a Quality Improvement Program

AAFP Activities:

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.


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.

 

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 

New and FREE Online Early Motor Delays CME 
Pathways Awareness, in conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), are proud to announce the availability of a new online continuing medical education (CME) course: Recognizing Early Motor Delays at the 2-month Pediatric Well Visit. The program, available at http://www.pedialink.org/cme/htemd is being offered FREE for all by entering the code PATHWAYS at check out.  Upon completion of the 20-minute course, eligible participants may earn a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM, AAP, or NAPNAP credits. 

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