Each state has its own state CME requirements to fulfill – some depend on the amount of CME you earn, others center more on your educational hours. It can be hard to keep track. Connecticut requires a lot of CME credits and mandates that you split some of your credits between designated subjects. And trying to keep track of all these requirements may be tedious for you.
For your convenience, we at GIBLIB have curated all your state CME required topics and credits in one blog. Now, you can fulfill some of your CME needs in one place. Review your requirements and watch videos linked below that will fulfill them. Use our easy-to-access resource to make fulfilling your requirements less of a chore.
For both Connecticut MD and DO physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:
“50 contact hours within the preceding twenty-four month period in an area of the physician’s practice. In the first renewal period for which CME is required (the second license renewal), and once every six years after that, a physician must take at least one contact hour of training or education in each of the following topics: infectious diseases, cultural competency, risk management, including, but not limited to, for registration periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015, prescribing controlled substances and pain management, sexual assault, domestic violence, and behavior health.
The commissioner may grant a waiver for not more than 10 contact hours of CME for physicians who 1) engage in activities related to the physician’s service as a member of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; 2) engages in activities related to the physician’s service as a member of a medical hearing panel; or 3) assists the departments with its duties to boards and commissions as described in Sec. 19a-14.” – FSMB
- CME Credits Required: 50
- Term(Years): 2
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: N/A
- Required Topics: 1 credit infectious disease; 1 credit cultural competency; 1 credit risk management; 1 credit controlled substances; 1 credit pain management; 1 credit sexual assault; 1 credit domestic violence; 1 credit behavioral health
INFECTION CONTROL REQUIREMENT:
- 5th Annual Update on Infectious Diseases for Primary Care Conference
- Infectious Diseases Practice Updates Conference
- Infection Control and COVID Testing
- Infectious Disease Updates 2019
- C. Difficile Infection Practical Algorithm
Watch more Infection Control videos here.
CULTURAL COMPETENCE REQUIREMENT
- Principles in the Care of Transgender and Intersex Patients Conference (6.5 credits)
- Culturally and Medically Appropriate Transgender Care (0.75 credits)
- Supporting Sexuality and Sexual Functioning in Transgender Health (0.25 credits)
- Gender-Affirming Interactions, Cultural Humility and Appreciation (0.25 credits)
- Culturally and Medically Appropriate Transgender Care: Guidelines and Beyond (0.5 credits)
- Culturally and Medically Appropriate Transgender Care (0.75 credits)
- Racism in Pain Medicine (0.25 credits)
- At the Heart of the Pandemic: Where COVID-19 Meets Racism (0.75 credits)
- Healing the Hurts of -isms: Building Organizational Support (0.25 credits)
Watch more Cultural Competence videos here.
PAIN MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENT
- Opioids: Use, Abuse and Alternatives Conference (17 credits)
- Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice (8 credits)
- Pharmacologic Neuropathic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Opioids and Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Interventional Alternatives to Opioids in Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Let's Hash it Out: Medical Marijuana in Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Spine: Approach to Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Radiculopathy (0.5 credits)
- Chronic Pain and Opioids (0.5 credits)
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Pelvic Pain (0.5 credits)
- Neuropathic Pain: Beyond Gabapentinoids and Duloxetine (0.5 credits)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (0.5 credits)
- Interventional Pain Procedures in Palliative Care (0.5)
- Chronic Pain in Primary Care: Controversies and Opportunities (1 credit)
- Multidisciplinary Opioid Management (0.5 credits)
- Using Opioids in Older Adults (0.5 credits)
Watch more Pain Management videos here.
OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REQUIREMENT
- Opioids: Use, Abuse and Alternatives Conference (17 credits)
- Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice (8 credits)
- Opioids Course (3 credits)
- Opioids and Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Chronic Pain and Opioids (0.5 credits)
- Using Opioids in Older Adults (0.5 credits)
- Opioid Edition: Treating Opioid Addiction (0.75 credits)
- Opioid Pharmacology: Clinical Application (0.25 credits)
- Opioids in Serious Medical Illness (0.5 credits)
Watch more Controlled Substances videos here.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REQUIREMENT:
- Gender Affirming Behavioral Health Assessments (0.5 credits)
- Panel Discussion: Integrated Behavioral Health for Children, Adolescents, and Families (0.5 credits)
- Integrated Behavioral Health: Where Do We Go From Here? (0.25 credits)
- Building the Business Case for Integrated Behavioral Health - Metrics that Matter (0.75 credits)
- Vaping and E-Cigarettes and Their Role in Smoking Cessation (0.25 credits)
- Top 3 Psychologically Complex Patients (0.5 credits)
- Psychiatric Illness Across the Reproductive Lifespan: Focus on Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) (0.5 credits)
- Outpatient Management of Alcohol Use Disorders (0.25 credits)
Watch more Behavioral Health videos here.
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