Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced a partnership with the American College of Emergency Physicians to launch Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for learning modules on AccessEmergency Medicine (http://www.accessemergencymedicine.com). Physicians can now earn AMA PRA Category 1 credits for watching procedural videos, reading associated materials and answering a few key questions about the procedures. The modules are designed to provide busy emergency physicians and other health professionals working in emergency departments with readily accessible opportunities to earn CME credits.
On logging into their personal profiles, AccessEmergency Medicine subscribers can complete CME activities after watching videos or animations and reading accompanying chapters from leading references such as Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. Users can pause and resume activities at any time, download and print CME certificates, and track their overall CME activities completed within the website. Ten CME modules are currently available on AccessEmergency Medicine with 10 more scheduled for launch in early 2009.
In addition to the dedicated CME modules, AccessEmergency Medicine provides a library of more than 50 videos and animations including step-by- step procedures, decision rules and critical interventions. New videos are added every month. While annual institutional and individual subscriptions are available, physicians can also purchase 24- or 48- hour subscriptions.
AccessEmergency Medicine is an integrated online resource that seeks to provide emergency medicine practitioners and residents and medical students with quick answers to diagnosis and treatment questions for complaints encountered in the emergency department.
