No matter where you live, for the most part, you have to deal with fulfilling individual 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. Washington 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 CME requirements and credits in one blog. Now, you can fulfill some of your CME needs in one place. Review your CME 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 Washington MD physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:
“200 hours every 4 years. Every physician must take a one-time, six (6) hour CE course in suicide assessment, treatment, and management. Effective 1/1/19, a physician licensed to prescribe opioids shall complete a one-time CE requirement regarding best practices in the prescribing of opioids or the opioid prescribing rules in this chapter. The CE must be at least one hour in length.” – FSMB
- CME Credits Required: 200
- Term(Years): 4
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: 34
- Required Topics: 6 credits suicide assessment, treatment, and management (one time only); 1 credit controlled substances
SUICIDE DETECTION, INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION REQUIREMENT:
- A Pandemic of Mental Health Concerns (0.75)
- Mental Health and Suicide (0.5 credits)
- Can We Prevent Suicide? (0.25 credits)
Watch more Suicide Detection, Intervention, and Prevention 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.
For Washington DO physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:
“150 hours every 3 years; 60 must be Category 1. Every osteopathic physician must take a one-time, six (6) hour CE course in suicide assessment, treatment, and management. Effective 1/1/19, an osteopathic physician licensed to prescribe opioids shall complete a one-time CE requirement regarding best practices in the prescribing of opioids and the current opioid prescribing rules in this chapter. The CE must be at least one hour in length.” – FSMB
- CME Credits Required: 150
- Term(Years): 3
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: 60
- Required Topics: 6 credits suicide assessment, treatment, and management (one time only); 1 credit controlled substances
SUICIDE DETECTION, INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION REQUIREMENT:
- A Pandemic of Mental Health Concerns (0.75)
- Mental Health and Suicide (0.5 credits)
- Can We Prevent Suicide? (0.25 credits)
Watch more Suicide Detection, Intervention, and Prevention 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.
