Continuing Medical Education Credit
Many CRICO/RMF activities are designed to meet the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine's requirement for risk management study.

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CME Credits

CRICO/RMF CME on-line courses are available at www.rmfcme.com

All courses have been reviewed and tested by Harvard-affiliated medical experts. CRICO-insured physicians will receive 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ for successful completion of each module. Courses are designed to provide the fundamentals of patient safety and risk management principles, and methods to increase the safety of patients and staff. They are also designed to meet the Massachusetts requirement for risk management study.

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has approved Forum (quarterly electronic journal) and Resource (a bi-monthly audio-news program) as qualifying for the equivalent of Category 1 risk management credit. An annotated table of contents for the current issue of each publication is emailed to CRICO-insured physicians.

Individual category 1 risk management credits may be earned as follows: 0.5 credit for either reading one issue of Forum or listening to one complete Resource audio program or podcast. Each physician will determine whether he/she will claim category 1 risk management credits.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine requires physician licensees to complete 100 hours of continuing medical education (CME) within the immediately preceding two years. Ten (10) hours of CME must be in the area of risk management study. Risk management study must include instruction in medical malpractice prevention and may include courses in medical ethics, quality assurance, medical-legal issues, patient relations, risk identification, patient safety, loss prevention, utilization review that directly relates to quality assurance, non-economic aspects of practice management, or courses designed to reduce the likelihood of medical malpractice.

Risk Management Credits

You must accrue 10 credits of risk management study. Four credits must be in category 1. The additional 6 credits may be in category 1 or category 2 risk management study.

• Category 2
  Category 2 is generally self study or other relevant learning options.

Adapted from: Instructions for Completing Your Renewal Form and Frequently Asked Questions About Continuing Medical Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.