Software, Internet sources for electronic CME credits
The American College of Cardiology's Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP) covers recent developments in cardiovascular medicine using more than 650 images. Up to 60 hours of CME credit are available; the cost is $525. Other CD-ROM titles in the field of cardiology are also available. Information: 800-257-4740.
BiblioMed Gastroenterology CD-ROM offers a gastroenterology version of MEDLINE, the American Journal of Gastroenterology, American College of Gastroenterology board review courses and self-assessment exams that allow users to earn CME credits. Price for annual subscriptions is $225. Information: HealthCare Information Services Inc., 916-648-8075.
The Cardiac Emergency Simulator presents users with patient simulations to teach the management of cardiac emergencies. The program costs $149 and offers up to eight hours of CME credit. Information: Cardinal Health Systems, 800-328-0180.
Discotest is a CME module that comes with Scientific American Medicine on CD-ROM (SAM-CD) or as a stand-alone product. Users can earn up to 32 CME credits per year by working through patient cases that are similar to the paper version. Discotest alone costs $174.95; the full SAM-CD costs $395. Information: 800-545-0554.
Med-Challenger contains more than 4,000 questions, photos and images about emergency medicine. Up to 200 CME credits are available; the cost is $395. Information: 800-676-0822.
MKSAP 10 Electronic, the CD-ROM version of ACP's popular self-assessment product scheduled to be released later this year, will offer the full text from MKSAP 10, journal articles, hundreds of images and diagrams and instant feedback to test answers. The title will offer internists up to 146 CME credits and cost $395 for ACP Members and $495 for nonmembers. Information: Mosby-Year Book Inc., 800-426-4545.
Physicians' Online, a commercial online service for physicians, is planning to offer users CME credits for participating in various forums. The service is free for physicians. Information: 800-332-0009.
The Mayo Clinic's PrimePractice is a CD-ROM for primary care physicians that contains articles, case studies with patient simulations and reference material. Up to 10 credits are available from each CD-ROM; four are issued each year for a total cost of $395. Information: Churchill Livingstone, 800-553-5426.
Silver Platter Education, Inc. offers hundreds of software and CD-ROM products for reference and CME credits. For a free catalog, call 800-343-0064.
The Rx/Dx series from Williams & Wilkins uses patient simulations to allow physicians to use established or new treatments without the pressure of dealing with a real patient. There are 17 titles in areas such as abdominal pain, arrhythmias and critical care medicine; each offers five CME credits and costs $98.50. Information: 800-527-5597.
UpToDate on CD-ROM answers physician questions on diseases, drugs and other treatments by providing results from clinical trials and journal abstracts. CME credits are available; the cost is $495. Information: 800-998-6374.
Internet resources
Julian Zelingher, ACP Associate, a fellow in clinical computing at Boston's Center for Clinical Computing, suggests these Web sites:
- A site sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine allows physicians to read NIH practice guidelines and then take a multiple-choice quiz for CME credits.
http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/cme/index.html
- For information--and CME credits--about lead poisoning, physicians can turn to the Web site sponsored by the University of Chicago, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Users work through a case study, a discussion of high-risk groups for lead toxicity and exposure standards. A multiple-choice test with CME credits is available.
http://bio-3.bsd.uchicago.edu/Hhs/Lead/Lead-toxicity.html
- For practitioners interested in a more interactive approach, the Marshall University Interactive Patient Web site provides users with a patient history, lab results, physical findings and the chance to ask questions and perform various exams. To earn CME credits, users must pay a $15 fee; instructions are provided online.
http://medicus.marshall.edu/medicus.htm
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