FAQs

CME FAQs

  • What types of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit are available?

    The types of CME credit are as follows:

    AMA PRA Category 1™ credit is issued by an accredited provider to physicians who participate in their certified activities and claim credit. Category 1 credit is provided for activities that meet all the requirements prescribed by the AMA. They are formal, pre-planned activities including live activities, and enduring materials.

    AMA PRA Category 2 credit are those activities that provide valuable learning for individual physicians that are not designated for Category 1 credit. They might include such activities as teaching residents, medical students or other healthcare professionals, unstructured online searching, reading authoritative medical literature, or self-assessment activities.

    For a more complete explanation, you may consult:
    www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/455/ama_pra_system.pdf

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  • How do I obtain Risk Management Credits if I practice in Massachusetts?

    In Massachusetts, a majority of CME credit must be directly related to the primary area(s) of a physician’ practice, and must include two hours studying the Board of Registration in Medicine's regulations.

    Massachusetts Risk Management Study:

    Category 1 – Formal, pre-planned activities that focus on medical malpractice prevention such as risk identification, loss prevention, and patient safety. Those areas may include medical ethics, quality assurance, medical-legal issues, patient relations, utilization review, and non-economic aspects of practice management.

    Category 2 – Activities that that provide valuable learning and address medical malpractice prevention but are not designated as formal, pre-planned activities. Those might include participation on peer review committees in quality assurance or medical ethics.

    For a more complete explanation, you may consult:
    www.massmedboard.org/physician/pdf/cme_booklet.pdf

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  • What is risk management study?

    Risk management study consists of learning that includes information regarding the prevention of medical malpractice. Some examples are activities that include loss prevention, risk identification, and patient safety instruction. Risk management study must include instruction in medical malpractice prevention, such as risk identification, patient safety and loss prevention, and may include instruction in any of the following areas:

    • medical ethics;
    • quality assurance;
    • medical-legal issues;
    • patient relations;
    • utilization review that directly relates to quality assurance; or
    • non-economic aspects of practice management.

    Note that at least some of the instruction should focus on medical malpractice prevention, and all instruction should be in one or more of the areas described above. A course designed to improve clinical skills by increasing technical knowledge will qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ CME credit, but typically will not constitute risk management study.

    For a more complete explanation, you may consult:
    www.massmedboard.org/physician/pdf/cme_booklet.pdf, and www.massmedboard.org/physician/physician_faq.shtm

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  • How do I claim risk management credit?

    Risk management study is a self-claimed activity. This means you should maintain a record of the activities you complete that meet the requirement for risk management study in Massachusetts.

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  • Who needs to receive risk management credit?

    Any physician licensed in Massachusetts must earn risk management credit during each licensing cycle.

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  • How do I access the on-line modules?

    Visit www.RMFCME.com to view a listing of the available on-line modules.

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  • Do I have to register to use the on-line modules?

    Yes, you must register before logging onto an activity.

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  • I’ve completed an on-line module, how do I receive credit?

    After completion of an on-line activity, a certificate is sent to your email address.

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  • I’m a nurse; do you offer Continuing Education credits?

    At this time CRICO/RMF offers AMA PRA Category 1™ credits. The Massachusetts Board of Nursing website describes how you may use participation in an activity that provides CME credit for license renewal in their frequently asked questions.

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