Physicians, Nurses, and Pharmacists

Note: this list is meant to be representative, not comprehensive. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement by the Biomedical Libraries.

Aggregate Sites
Academic
Professional/Specialty Societies
Government
Commercial

Please send any comments concerning this page to Sheila Gorman.

Aggregate Sites
Websites with links to multiple online CE programs from various sources.

General

• Medical Matrix
  http://www.medmatrix.org/
  "Ranked, Peer-Reviewed, Annotated, Updated Clinical Medicine Resources" from the American Medical Informatics Association. First visit requires registration. Can search for CE options within each medical specialty area, as well as general CE sites.
• MedWeb from Emory University
  http://WWW.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/
  MedWeb is a "catalog of health related web sites, maintained by the Emory Health Sciences Center Library to provide access to biomedical information to improve education, research and patient care." Select "browse by subject". Then select "focus further" next to your subject area of interest for "continuing education" links.

Medical

• Online CME from Medical Computing Today
  http://www.medicalcomputingtoday.com/0listcme.html
  Medical Computing Today is "a not-for-profit Web site publishing peer-reviewed articles on computers and related technology for physicians and other health professionals. Electronic CME is an extensive, updated, and annotated list of links to online (Web) and software resources."
• Online CME Sites
  http://www.netcantina.com/bernardsklar/cmelist.html
  An alphabetical listing of sites offering ACCME-accredited CME. Developed and maintained by Bernard Sklar, MD, Graduate Fellow, Medical Information Science, University of California, San Francisco. Extensive, annotated, and updated.

Pharmacy

• HealthWeb: Pharmacy
  http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/hw/html/education.html
  HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest.
• PharmWeb
  http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pw3/pharmweb3.html
  PharmWeb is "a professionally managed Internet provider specialising in pharmaceutical and health related information."

Nursing

• HealthWeb: Nursing
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/nursing/eduonli.html#conted
  HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest.

Academic Websites

• Grand Rounds Online from the University of Florida
  http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/cme/grounds/index.html
• Baylor Online CME Courses
  http://www.baylorcme.org/scripts/baylor/password.cfm
  Slides with audio presentations; designed for primary care physicians.
• The Interactive Patient from Marshall University School of Medicine
  http://medicus.marshall.edu/medicus.htm
  One case presented; interactive format.
• Internet-Based CME from Boston University School of Medicine
  http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/busm/cme/ibcme.htm
  Some of these courses require registration at Healthgate Data Corporation's CME site.
• The Virtual Hospital from the University of Iowa
  http://www.vh.org/Providers/CME/CMEHome.html
  Mostly pulmonary/radiology

Professional/Specialty Societies

• American Association of Family Practitioners
  http://www.aafp.org/cme/
• American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM)
  http://www.acponline.org/catalog/cme/cpsc.htm
  Clinical Problem-Solving Cases are a "series of interactive, clinically based patient care scenarios addressing differential diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up." Peer-reviewed.
• American Medical Association (AMA)
  http://www.ama-assn.org/cmeselec/courses.htm
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
  http://nursingworld.org/ce/cehome.cfm
• National Community Pharmacists Association
  http://www.ncpanet.org/
  Click on "site guide; then scroll down and click "Go" next to "Online Continuing Education" in the Education pull-down menu.

Government Websites

• CDC Continuing Education Activity
  http://198.246.96.71/internetcet/cetapp.asp
  Based on Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CME, CNE, and CEU accreditation.
• NIH Consensus Development Program
  http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/upload-v3/Continuing_Education/cme.html

Commercial Websites

• Cyberounds
  http://www.cyberounds.com/
  "..interactive grand rounds moderated by distinguished academics, exclusively for physicians, medical students and other selected health professionals...Cyberounds® is free and is produced by interMDnet Corporation, an information company owned by the moderators, software developers and the editors." CME credit is through Albert Einstein Medical College.
• CMEweb
  http://www.cmeweb.com
  Developed by Thomson Healthcare, publishers of the PDR.
• HealthStream
  http://www.HealthStreamUniversity.com
  From HealthStream, Inc., an interactive software development company. Question-Answer format. Currently for CME only; reportedly adding CE content for nurses and pharmacists.
• HELIX from Glaxo Wellcome
  http://www.helix.com
  Developed by Glaxo Wellcome, Healthcare Education Learning and Information Exchange (HELIX) provides CE programs in Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
• MDConsult
  http://www.mdconsult.com
  MD Consult is available only to Dartmouth and DHMC/Lebanon users connected to the Dartmouth or DHMC networks. To access the CME Center, you must sign up for the "Personal Edition" of MDConsult. This option is available at no charge for Dartmouth/DMS/DHMC users; follow the instructions on the opening page of MDConsult. However, there is a charge for obtaining CME credits.
• MedLecture.com
  http://www.medlecture.com
  MedLecture.com provides continuing medical education (CME) for physicians through video streaming on the Internet. It is a consolidator and distributor of lectures from across the country to physicians via the Internet. By using speakers who already lecture at medical school Grand Rounds, MedLecture.com provides CME qualified lectures to physicians unable to make it to the lecture in person. Requires downloading free plug-in software to access.
• SpringNet
  http://www.springnet.com/ce.htm
  A CE resource for nurses from Springhouse Corporation, a member of the Reed Elsevier Publishing group.
• Virtual Lecture Hall
  http://www.vlh.com
  Developed by Medical Directions, Inc. "...working with "first-tier academic centers and professional societies to develop and sponsor innovative online education programs, actively supporting peer-reviewed education research, and creating an open community for suggestions, ideas, and constructive criticism of CME programs."

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