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The 2022 ACCME Data Report [4] includes information on 1,620 accredited CME providers that offered 230,000 accredited educational activities. As of 2023, the organization has 36 employees. As of 2023, the organization has 36 employees.
Physicians must pass exams in their specialty in order to become board certified. [35] Some specialty boards also require logs of early practice experiences. Each of the 24 medical specialties has different requirements for practitioners to undertake continuing medical education activities. [35]
Formal: includes CME activities that have been formally certified by the credit system/accrediting body or the accredited CME provider. All systems have harmonized requirements including principles of educational design, evidence-based content, and the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
To maintain a professional license to practice medicine, U.S. physicians are required to complete ongoing additional training, known as continuing medical education (CME). CME requirements differ from state to state and between the American Osteopathic Medical Association (DO) and the American Medical Association (MD) governing bodies.
Those who wish to offer CME courses, and thus employ the services of a medical education agency, must receive accreditation from the ACCME. Accreditation allows organizations, such as the American Nursing Certification Center (ANCC) to develop educational course content that physicians and other professional medical staff may use to satisfy ...
In 2005, New Jersey legislature enacted a law requiring all physicians to complete at least 6 hours of training in cultural competency as a condition for renewal of their New Jersey medical license, whether or not they actively practice in New Jersey. [30] Physicians' responses to this CME requirement varied, both positively and negatively.