In order to maintain board certification, physicians must earn continuing medical education credits (CME). In January 2006, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) modified its requirements for physicians seeking recertification. In addition to passing a secure exam and verifying credentials, all physicians also need to secure 100 lifelong learning points (20 knowledge points, 20 practice improvement points, and 60 elective points) to maintain their certification. ASH is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CME for physicians and offers several opportunities to to earn both CME credits and lifelong learning points.
ASH designates the 2009 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition for a maximum of 36.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The American Medical Association has determined that physicians who are not licensed in the U.S. who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
ASH has partnered with Medscape to provide hematologists
with an opportunity to earn CME credits by testing their comprehension of
clinical articles published in Blood.
One CME article will appear in the journal in the fourth week of every month.
Medscape is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide CME for physicians, and this activity will be administered
by Medscape. A maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ can be earned
through the inaugural January 28 article, and future articles may offer more
credit. There is no charge to participants to earn CME credits through this
program.
ASH designates the 2009 Highlights of ASH for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The American Medical Association has determined that physicians who are not licensed in the U.S. who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
ASH designates the 2009 State-of-the-Art Symposium for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The American Medical Association has determined that physicians who are not licensed in the U.S. who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The ASH-SAP is a high-quality educational product offering up-to-date information in the field of hematology for internists, hematologists, pediatricians, and hematology-oncology fellows. It includes a textbook available in print and online, and an accompanying exam, which contains more than 220 questions in adult hematology. ASH designates the ASH-SAP for a maximum of 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The American Medical Association has determined that physicians who are not licensed in the U.S. who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians participating in the ABIM Maintenance of Certification program who complete the ASH-SAP/MOC earn 70 medical knowledge points in addition to 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The PIM allows participants in the ABIM MOC program to conduct self-evaluation of practice performance and earn 20 practice improvement points in addition to 20 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™. As a service to hematologists, the PIM chart abstraction tool and personal results report are provided free of charge on the ASH Web site.