| AHRQ WebM&M offers continuing medical education (CME) credit for physicians and continuing education units (CEU) for nurses for completion of Spotlight modules. Credit is available only for physicians and nurses, although physicians assistants may be eligible (see below; please contact the American Academy of Physician Assistants for more information). |
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| AHRQ WebM&M requires registration for individuals who want to obtain CME/CEU credit. In order to send you certification, we must collect contact information from you. This registration process is separate from the AHRQ PSNet or AHRQ WebM&M newsletter subscriptions, which only require an email address to activate. Likewise, case submission is anonymous and only requires an email address. You may choose to use the same or different email addresses for each of these actions. |
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| Each Spotlight module contains an actual
case submitted by practicing clinicians, with expert commentary
addressing issues of patient safety and medical errors. To obtain
CME/CEU, click the CME link from within the Spotlight Case. This will
direct you to the CME login page. If you have already registered for
CME, enter your login ID and unique password. You may then proceed
to the quiz, which will be graded immediately. If you pass, the UCSF CME office will mail a hard copy of the CME/CEU certificate to your address within 6-8 weeks. CME certificates are not available online. If you do not receive your certificate(s) within 8 weeks of successfully completing a module, please email us at webmm@medicine.ucsf.edu. |
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| To access information about your
performance on previous CME modules and see modules still available
for you to complete, log in to the CME portion of the AHRQ
WebM&M site. To return to the AHRQ WebM&M home page and main
site, you must log out of the CME area, or open a new browser
window. Quizzes are listed in chronological order of their release
date, with the most recent quiz at the top. If you wish to see the
Spotlight module for any previous issues, please return to the main
site and visit the archives page. |
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| Each spotlight module offers a unique
opportunity for medical trainees to demonstrate competency in
patient safety and health care quality. Residency programs are under
increasing pressure from the Accreditation Council on Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) to show evidence that residents have
achieved established learning objectives, in topics such as
systems-based learning. Residents must demonstrate that they can
effectively use systematic approaches to reduce errors and improve
patient care. Program directors may use AHRQ WebM&M spotlight
modules as a key component of their “tool box.” Trainees may print
out a certificate verifying successful completion of each module. |
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| Date of original release: February 1, 2003.
Release and Termination Dates: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with
the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship
of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
(UCSF) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UCSF is accredited by
the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. |
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| UCSF designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 12 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's
Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of
credit that he/she actually spent in the activity. |
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| For the purpose of recertification, the
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA category
1 credit issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. |
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| The American Academy of Physician
Assistants (AAPA) accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed
credit from AAFP, and AMA category 1 credit for the PRA for
organizations accredited by the ACCME. |
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| If you have questions specifically
regarding CME/CEU, including registration, accreditation, or content,
email us at webmm@medicine.ucsf.edu. |
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| If you have questions regarding technical
issues related to use of this site, email us at webmm@silverchair.com. |