Other CME
Other CME Opportunities
In addition to providing high-quality primary care CME through TAFP symposia, TAFP has developed a partnership with the following organizations in support of their education.
For information on how to post your event or online activity, download and read the Other CME request form.
Live activities
The Texas Department of State Health Services and Cardea present:
Genetics Conference 2013
Genetics to Genomics: The Future & Beyond!
June 22, 2013: Dallas, Texas at the Westin Galleria
June 29, 2013: Austin, Texas at the AT&T Conference Center
July 13, 2013: San Antonio, Texas at the Grand Hyatt/p>
Click here for more information and to register.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
National Procedures Institute
Receive hands-on procedural training in numerous locations across the country.
NPI is a joint venture of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
Online activities
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presents:
Free online CME credit on various topics, including numerous options that fulfill the ethics requirement. Topics include Fundamental Principles in Communication, Managing Difficult Communication, and others. Click here to see more options and to begin.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Baylor College of Medicine and the Harris Health System of Houston present:
Perinatal HIV Prevention
This activity is a two-hour course covering the guidelines and rules for HIV testing in pregnant women. The course covers the reduction in transmission rates for HIV+ pregnant women who receive treatment at the first prenatal visit, during labor and delivery, and women who do not recieve treatment. The course also provides resources for health care professionals with questions about treatment or guidelines.
The activity is available online until Sept. 1, 2014.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presents:
Care About Your Care
This activity is a series of seven videos to inform nurses and physicians about the drivers of avoidable hospital readmissions and how improved care transitions may reduce avoidable readmissions. Innovative models of care that are helping people make the difficult transition from hospital to home will be demonstrated. In addition, participants will see what interdisciplinary teams from around the country are doing to address this complex problem.
The activity is available online until March 25, 2015.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The University of Wisconsin presents:
Tobacco Use and Dependence: An Updated Review of Treatments
This activity has been designed to change learner competence focusing on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement and systems based practice. The goal of this activity is to identify effective interventions for tobacco use that can be offered during clinical/medical visits.
The activity is available online at cme.uwisc.org/index.pl?id=532379 until Jan. 25, 2016.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
Family Practice News® presents:
Managing Obesity and Comorbid Conditions: A New Era of Treatment Strategies
This program was designed to update healthcare professionals on recent developments in the management of patients with obesity, discuss the biologic mechanisms of new anti-obesity medications, and stratify patient risk to optimize treatment selection.
This CME supplement is supported by an educational grant from Eisai, Inc. This supplement represents proceedings of a satellite symposium held at Obesity 2012 on September 22, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas. It is jointly sponsored by Continuing Education Alliance and Boston University.
The supplement is available online until Dec. 31, 2013.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower presents:
Optimizing Fracture Prevention in Patients With Osteoporosis
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower has developed an online activity that has been approved by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) as an approved Part IV module in ABFM’s Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians program.
Knowing where you are is the key to making improvements. We encourage you to take this opportunity to check by going to the following link: www.annenberg.net/ce/osteo. This activity has been approved by the American Board of Family Medicine as an external provider of Part IV Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians credit. Term of approval is for two years from the date of Oct. 3, 2011, with the option for yearly renewal.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
Access to Cancer Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Patients: Nurse and Social Worker Online Training
Free CE Online
2 Contact Hours
Many Texas nurses and social workers work with low-income and uninsured patients, particularly those in rural and underserved areas and areas with large Spanish-speaking populations. Physicians are encouraged to share this educational opportunity with nurses and social workers to help them increase their knowledge about the importance of this issue and improving their competencies in using the best procedures to get their patients and clients the information they need can improve access to these services and ultimately improve outcomes.
To participate, go to www.texascancer.info/ce.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Medical Communications Media, and the NJAFP present:
Improving Medication Adherence: The Evolving Role of Technology
A Video Roundtable Series
This novel video roundtable series focuses on how family physicians can use health information technology to improve medication adherence in their patients. The first three segments of this six-part series focuses on a key technology: electronic health records (EHRs), mobile and digital communication, and social media. This free CME-certified series will increase your awareness and guide you in using these tools as a means of improving medication adherence and quality of care. Faculty includes family physicians Enoch Choi and Mike Sevilla.
Find more information and access the program here.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials and the Cancer Support Community present:
Why Cancer Clinical Trials Are Important for My Practice
The Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT) and the Cancer Support Community (CSC) are pleased to announce a free, one-hour online training course for primary care providers entitled, "Why Cancer Clinical Trials is Important for My Practice." The course highlights the importance of clinical trials as a quality care option for patients and emphasizes the critical role providers can play in enhancing patient access to cancer clinical trials during the referral process.
The course is available online 24/7, so you can register and complete the course at any time. For additional course information and free registration, visit www.enacct.org/our-programs/open-options.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Safety Office presents:
Continuing Education on Influenza Vaccine Safety (FREE)
“Real Talk About Influenza Vaccine – Be Informed and Be Prepared”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Safety Office is proud to offer a free continuing education (CME and CE) activity titled “Real Talk About Influenza Vaccine – Be Informed and Be Prepared” now on Medscape. The CME and CE offer includes a roundtable discussion with three vaccine safety prevention experts and is intended for clinicians who routinely administer influenza vaccines and who evaluate and treat patients experiencing adverse events following influenza immunization, including family medicine and internal medicine physicians, pediatricians, obstetricians/gynecologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses.
To participate in this free CME activity, please visit http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/732969. To preview the popular CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape, please visit http://www.medscape.com/partners/cdc/public/cdc-commentary.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower presents:
A-fib or a reality? Reducing the burden of ischemic stroke
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower has developed a comprehensive Performance Improvement online activity that carries up to 20 CE credits.
This three-step activity will enable participants to:
- Benchmark their current practice against three National Quality Forum-endorsed performance measures for the management of atrial fibrillation,
- Consider changes they may wish to make in their practice, and
- Measure the impact of those changes.
Knowing where you are is the key to making improvements. We encourage you to take this opportunity to check by going to the following link: www.annenberg.net/afib-pi. We hope that you will begin the PI program and complete all 3 stages for a full 20 hours of CE credit.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.
The American Heart Association presents:
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
This is a free, CME/CE certified, online program for health care professionals provided by the American Heart Association on how to administer the NIH Stroke Scale, a critical component of acute stroke assessment. Upon completion, participants will be eligible for 3 CME hours. Physicians must determine if they want to sign up for the mobile or computer version of this course. Once enrolled, they won’t be able to change to the other version at any time.
For more information and to enroll, go to the AHA’s Professional Education Center.
Note: This activity is not accredited by TAFP.