Continuing Medical Education

cme opportunities

The Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey, Inc., a non-profit organization established by the Medical Society of New Jersey, has developed an on-line CME Subscription Service that is available to MSNJ members. Members who subscribe to the service get the convenience of on at a reasonable month fee. Subscriptions support the charitable work of IOMPH.

See Activities for other CME opportunities.

Pri-Med has a handy web site that lists a variety of CME programs. They also have a Medical Meeting Finder that allows the user to search for CME meetings by key word, city, or state and then narrows it down by year and month.

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Licensed physicians are required by law to obtain credits in continuing medical education in order to maintain their medical licenses. Physicians must complete 100 credits of continuing medical education (CME) during each renewal period, forty (40) of which must be category 1, the remaining sixty (60) can be category 1 or 2. MSNJ can help members sort through the regulatory requirements.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^tm is generally available for activities so designated by providers accredited by either MSNJ, another state medical society, or by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Category 2 credit can be claimed for activities that are self-directed learning experiences that improve the care provided for patients. Examples include: reading authoritative peer-reviewed literature and consulting with colleagues. Physicians should keep some sort of log of their self-directed activities.  Refer to AMA’s Eligibility Requirements for specifics concerning activities that qualify for either Category 1 or 2.

Physicians are required to maintain records - copies of their CME credit awards/transcripts for six years. An example of a log that BME has indicated would be sufficient for record-keeping purposes can be found in MSNJ’s Physician Recognition Award Application.

MSNJ is recognized to accredit intrastate providers of continuing medical education. See the current list of MSNJ accredited providers. Your membership in the Medical Society of New Jersey helps to support the CME Accreditation Program, whose mission is to assure quality CME for New Jersey physicians.

The Physicians Recognition Award (PRA)

The Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA) certificate is provided as a free member benefit to active members of the Medical Society of New Jersey.  The MSNJ PRA represesnts completion of a nationally accepted standard in continuing medical education. More information about PRA

Cultural Competency Training

In March of 2005 the New Jersey Legislature passed a law requiring that licensees receive training in "Cultural Competency" to “address the problem of race and gender-based disparities in medical treatment.” On April 7, 2008, the regulations were published and physicians must comply by obtaining the additional credits by June 30, 2009.

If you have any questions concerning CME, please contact Ruth Zarzycki, at: rzarzycki@msnj.org.

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