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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

• Email

Contact Information

• (800) 621-1773 ext.

8079

• (800) 621-1773 Option 1

• (312) 202-8202

• CRC@osteopathic.org

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