(Updated 4/20/22)
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. Georgia 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 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 Georgia MD and DO physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:
- “40 hours every 2 years; 25% must be Category 1. Effective January 1, 2018, each licensee with DEA registration and prescribes controlled substances must complete before their next renewal 3 hours of Category 1 CME on responsible opioid prescribing. The Board may accept certification or recertification by a member of ABMS, the AOA or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in lieu of compliance with CME requirements during the cycle in which the certification or recertification is granted. Effective January 1, 2022, physicians are required to participate in a one-time education and training, for a minimum of 2 hours, regarding sexual misconduct, sexual boundaries, and the impacts and trauma of implicit bias.” – FSMB
- CME Credits Required: 40
- Complete those credits here.
- Term(Years): 2
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: 40
- Required Topics: 3 credits controlled substances; 2 credits sexual misconduct, sexual boundaries, and implicit bias. Physicians who do not hold a certification in pain management or palliative medicine, and whose opioid pain management patients comprise 50% or more of the patient population, are to complete 20 CME hours pertaining to pain management or palliative medicine biennially.
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.
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, SEXUAL BOUNDARIES, AND IMPLICIT BIAS REQUIREMENT
- Board of Medicine Regulations (0.5 credits)
- Unconscious Bias (0.25 credits)
- Racism in Pain Medicine (0.25 credits)
- Stepping Up in Situations of Patient Bias and Misconduct (0.5 credits)
- A Daily Risk: Diagnostic Errors - Bias and Behaviors in Clinical Practice and Impact on Patient Safety (0.5 credits)
Watch more Implicit Bias 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 credits)
- 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.
PALLIATIVE REQUIREMENT
- Updates in Palliative Care (5.25 credits)
- Palliative Care Meds (0.75 credits)
- Palliative Care in the Hospital (0.5 credits)
- Interventional Pain Procedures in Palliative Care (0.5 credits)
- Palliative Medicine Pearls (0.5 credits)
- Palliative Care in Neurology (0.25 credits)
- Palliative, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Community Wound Care (0.25 credits)
- Interventional Pain Procedures in Palliative Care (0.5 credits)
- Dyspnea in Serious Illness: Expanding the Toolbox (0.25 credits)
- Frailty in Palliative Care: What is it and Why Should I Care? (0.25 credits)
Watch more Palliative Care videos here.
