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Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

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The “2007 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine” was developed by six organizations, including the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The “EM Model” is the foundation for medical school and residency curricula, certification exams, CME objectives, and other documents that guide the specialty.

Within the EM Model is a list of 64 procedures and skills integral to the practice of emergency medicine, plus 59 other nonclinical components related to the delivery of care. Although the procedures are taught during training, not all emergency physicians perform them often enough to maintain an adequate comfort level. The demand for procedures training in CME activities, thus, is very high. Skills labs conducted at ACEP educational conferences sell out quickly; there is simply never enough space to accommodate everyone who wants to register. The ACEP Education Committee has identified procedures training as an educational need for several years; again, resources have limited the number of opportunities to those that can be added to other ACEP conferences.

Although a didactic CME activity cannot replace the benefit of hands-on skills training, adding audio and video demonstrations to selected procedure-specific readings will give emergency physicians more confidence than they are currently getting by reading only. Delivering the CME activity online will allow ACEP and McGraw-Hill to provide the education to an unlimited number of participants. This format also will allow participants to complete as many modules as they need.

This CME activity combines audiovisual demonstrations of skills with chapters on the same topics from several gold standard textbooks. The goal is to refresh the emergency physician’s knowledge of the indications for the procedure and how to prepare to perform it, and then to improve his or her level of both skill and comfort actually performing the procedure. The CME editors at McGraw-Hill and members of the ACEP Electronic Medical Education Subcommittee have identified which skills and procedures to present and have determined how the demonstrations and content are presented. Over the next year, more modules will be added according to identified educational need.

Target Audience

This educational activity has been developed for emergency physicians.

Method of Participation

  • Read the Learner Objectives
  • Read and answer the Pretest questions
  • Watch the video(s)
  • Read the article(s)/chapter(s)
  • Read and answer the Post-Test questions
  • Answer the Evaluation questions
  • View your CME certificate and print it for your own records

Learner Objectives

The Learner Objectives for this educational activity are stated at the beginning of each module.

Designation Statement

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACEP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ per module unless otherwise noted. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Approved by ACEP for up to 1 hour of ACEP Category I credit per module unless otherwise noted.

Contributors

  • Brendan Anzalone, DO.
  • John M. Balitz, MD, FACEP, Assistant Program Director, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center.
  • Rob Blankenship, MD, FACEP, Medical Director, St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Ioliene Beth Boenau, MD, FACEP, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Samaritan Hospital, Troy, New York.
  • Joshua S. Broder, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Associate Residency Program Director, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.
  • James E. Brown, MD, MMM, FACEP, Associate Professor, Vice Chair and Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine.
  • David M. Cline, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences.
  • Moira Davenport, MD, Assistant Professor, Allegheny General Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Paul DeKoning, MD, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth – Hitchock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
  • Samer K. Elbabaa, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • Brian Goldman, MD, FACEP, Staff Emergency Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Glenn C. Hamilton, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
  • Michael Harrigan, MD.
  • Aaron Hexdall, MD.
  • Cherri Hobgood, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine.
  • Amy M. Hutson, MD.
  • Cheryl L. Jackson, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor – Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • G.D. Kelen, MD, FACEP, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Mark P. Kling, MD, CSCS, Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Rush University and John H. Stroger, Cook County, Emergency Medicine Residency, National Strength and Conditioning Association, American College of Sports Medicine.
  • Steven J. Koenigsknecht, MD, Former Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin, Former Assistant Professor and Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Jay Ladde, MD, FACEP, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida Medical School, Clinical Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine.
  • James Larson, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine.
  • Henderson McGinnis, MD.
  • Jorma Mueller, MD.
  • Kimberly Nagy, MD.
  • Joseph Pagane, MD, Attending Physician, Dr. Phillips Hospital, Orlando, Florida.
  • Eric F. Reichman, PhD, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine, Director, Surgical & Clinical Skills Center, University of Texas at Houston.
  • Marc S. Rosenthal, PhD, DO, FACEP, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Director of EMS and Attending Physician, DMC Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
  • David Rovinsky.
  • Scott C. Sherman, MD, Assistant Program Director, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Julio C. Silva, MD, MPH, Associate Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Robert R. Simon, MD.
  • J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, FACEP, Chair, Emergency Medicine Department, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Stephen H. Thomas, MD.
  • Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS, FACEP, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Editor-in-Chief, AccessEmergency Medicine.com.
  • Julia Wang, MD.

Financial Disclosure

In accordance with ACCME Standards and ACEP policy, all persons who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity must disclose to participants the existence of significant financial interest in or relationships with manufacturers of commercial products that might have a direct interest in the subject matter. Of the AccessEmergency Medicine.com CME program contributors, Dr. Bailitz discloses that he is a technical consultant on the system development and invited speaker for GE Compact Ultrasound. Dr. Blankenship discloses that he is President of EMsono, LLC, which sells online emergency ultrasound education. No other contributors disclosed financial interests or relationships as described above.

ACEP makes every effort to ensure that contributors to College-sponsored programs are knowledgeable authorities in their fields. Participants are, nevertheless, advised that the statements and opinions expressed in this program are provided as guidelines and should not be construed as College policy. The material contained herein is not intended to establish policy, procedure, or a standard of care. The views expressed in this educational activity are those of the contributors and not necessarily the opinion or recommendations of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The College disclaims any liability or responsibility for the consequences of any actions taken in reliance on those statements or opinions.