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Online CME for Psychiatrists

Online CME for Psychiatrists. Bernard M Sklar, M.D., M.S. bersklar@netcantina.com January 2004. What is Online CME?. Online CME is a way to earn CME credits, over the Internet, using your computer, from home or office. What do I need to get started?. A computer

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Online CME for Psychiatrists

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  1. Online CME for Psychiatrists • Bernard M Sklar, M.D., M.S. • bersklar@netcantina.com • January 2004

  2. What is Online CME? • Online CME is a way to earn CME credits, over the Internet, using your computer, from home or office

  3. What do I need to get started? • A computer • Internet connection (faster is better) • Speakers connected to computer • Printer connected to computer • A high speed connection is very useful for sites with audio or video instruction

  4. What are the types of instruction I may find in Online CME? • Simple Text or Text-and-graphics (like reading a textbook or journal) • Slide-audio or slide-video lectures (like being at a lecture) • Case-based interactive (like treating a “real” patient); you get to make choices according to the clinical presentation

  5. More instruction Types of Online CME • Quiz questions and answers (the program asks you a question, waits for your answer, then gives you explanations and information based on your answer) • Games (like golf, where you gain or lose points for your answers) • Correspondence courses (a group of doctors study material and correspond with each other by email)

  6. How much does Online CME cost? • Surprisingly inexpensive! • There are more than 3300 hours of Online CME available without charge • Another 18,000 hours cost $5 to $15 per hour • A small minority of credits costs more than $15 per credit-hour

  7. Don’t Worry • Don’t be concerned about “visiting” an Online CME web site • There is almost never any fee to look at the site or the list of courses • You will, however, usually be asked to give some basic information about yourself and to choose a user name and password before going too far

  8. Why should I bother? • “I get all the CME I need at live meetings” • “Why should I bother doing it at the computer?” • BECAUSE…

  9. Why you should bother • …Online CME is always there, waiting for you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at home or at the office • You can proceed at your own speed • No travel costs • Very inexpensive

  10. Is it hard to do Online CME? • No! • If you have basic internet skills, such as pointing and clicking, going forward and back in your browser and two-finger typing, you will do just fine

  11. How do I find the CME courses that I want to look at? • This can be a problem, especially at first, because there are more than 270 web sites offering more than 11,000 activities and more than 21,000 credit hours • There is no ONE place on the Internet which will show you exactly the instruction you want. • HOWEVER….

  12. How do I find the CME courses that I want to look at? • ...a good way to start is at the • Annotated List of Online CME, www.cmelist.com/list.htm • Choose your area of interest or medical specialty • And choose from the sites or courses that seem to be of interest

  13. Psychiatry • A psychiatrist might start at the Psychiatry section of the CME List. • This section has descriptions of about 12 web sites offering CME for psychiatrists or other physicians with a special interest in psychiatry. • Starting from the Psychiatry section of the CME List, navigate to some of the sites described on the following slides:

  14. American Psychiatric Association • The APA site offers about 15 topics • Most instruction is plain text • Subjects include: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychosis in Alzheimer's Disease, Chemical Restraints, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, HIV/AIDS, Delirium, Alzheimer's Disease, Major Depressive Disorders, Panic Disorder, Schizophrenia and Eating Disorders. • Cost: $10-15 per hour.

  15. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry • This site offers a variety of CME offerings, most in Text-Only format, some in Slide-Audio format. • Some material is free; other material involves subscription

  16. psychLINK Live on the Internet • Expert lectures and discussions presented with slides and video twice a month. Some recent lectures are: New Indications and Treatments for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Mania; Linking Biology, Phenomenology, and Pharmacology in Schizophrenia; Milestones in the Treatment of Refractory Schizophrenia; and To Switch or Not to Switch: What Are the Questions? • Print and fax or mail the CME form to obtain credit. • Free

  17. Journal Watch Psychiatry • From the Massachusetts Medical Society • Each exam includes questions from 50 brief articles on psychiatric topics posted in the 6 months before the exam is due. The exam is in pencil and paper form and must be mailed before each six-month deadline. Fee $89 for 12.5 CME credits.

  18. www.depression-anxiety.com • A single activity: Managing Mood Disorders in Older Patients: A Focus on Depression and Anxiety. This symposium consists of 3 presentations: Depression and Anxiety in the "Old-Old"; Sex Differences in Late-Life Depression; and New Treatments for Depression and Anxiety, followed by a panel discussion among the presenters.

  19. Other Specialties • You will find courses in 25 specialty areas, from Allergy to Urology, linked from the main page of the • Annotated List of Online CME

  20. Other ways to find Online CME • Medscape • Doctor’s Guide • CE Medicus • Each of these sites (described in the next 3 slides) has a search engine allowing you to search for CME activities by medical specialty or topic

  21. Finding Online CME - Medscape • Visit Medscape, and register • Registration is unobtrusive and easy • Each time you re-visit Medscape, you will automatically go to your specialty area • Medscape has about 250 CME courses at any one time; most offer 1.5 free credit hours; most are text or slide-audio lectures • You can search Medscape by keyword for CME subjects of interest to you • With your permission, Medscape will send you periodic emails about CME courses that may interest you

  22. Finding Online CME – DocGuide • Visit Doctor’s Guide and register • As with Medscape, you can set up a home page for your specialty and receive emails about courses of interest • You can search for courses by medical topic • About 1100 courses are currently described • The CME courses you find are not produced by DocGuide. However DocGuide gives you enough information to help you decide whether to visit the course. When you visit the new site, you may have to register again and pay for CME credit

  23. Finding Online CME – CE Medicus • CE Medicus offers access and free CME credit to about 9000 online CME credit hours created by five CME providers • You can search by medical keyword for courses of interest • You need to register only once • CE Medicus will also keep track of all your CME requirements and all your CME activities if you wish

  24. What do I do now? • Visit The List of Online CME and skim for PSY, or visit • The Psychiatry section of The List, or • Medscape or • Doctor’s Guide or • CE Medicus or • Any online CME site you may heard of, and have a look.

  25. Questions/Comments? • Contact Bernard Sklar, MD, MS at • bersklar@netcantina.com • Or visit • www.cmelist.com

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