MDs: Don’t Wait to Do Your CME

Dec. 31, 2012 is the deadline to renew your medical license. (See “MD Requirements” below.) DOs needed to have their CME requirements completed by Oct. 31, 2012.

Take care of all your patient safety and risk management CME now using PAMED’s free online CME courses to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

You can also use CME Tracker  to track all of your CME credits. Tracker is also useful as a journal of Category 2 credit hours, which is an important resource in case you are audited by the State Board of Medicine.

MD Requirements
The State Board of Medicine regulations state that to renew a medical license, a physician will need:

  • 100 total credit hours of CME in the two-year license cycle (with license cycles ending on December 31 of each even year) 
  • A minimum of 20 of the total credit hours in Category 1 
  • 12 credit hours in the areas of patient safety or risk management (either Category 1 or Category 2)

See our “FAQ: State CME Licensure Requirements for MDs and DOs” for more information.

Learn more about our CME activities and resources.

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To request a certificate: (1) Go to http://www.pamedsoc.org/tracker; (2)Click on the "Go to Tracker" button; (3) Log in; (4) Click on "Request CME Certificate" on the left side of the screen.

anonymous at 11/5/2010 11:01:31 AM


I finding it hard to navigate your CME site in my attempt to get an application for the CME award ===please advise

Michael A Tomeo MD at 11/4/2010 5:23:50 PM

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