Home Study CME

Select from numerous home study opportunities that provide you with convenient and relevant CME.  Programs include The Massachusetts Medical Law Report, The New England Journal of Medicine Review program, Journal Watch Psychiatry, Journal Watch Women’s Health, Journal Watch Classic, and additional topic areas focusing on risk management and prevention. 

Current Home Study Programs

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society

Massachusetts Medical Law Report is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Lawyers Weekly, Inc., Publishers of the Massachusetts Medical Law Report. Each homestudy is published on a quarterly basis and designated for  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Risk Management Study. Topics include:

• Risk Managers Offer Tips For Working With Difficult Patients, Summer 2008
• How To E-Mail Patients Without Worrying About Liability, Fall 2008
• New E-Prescribing Regulations Applauded By Doctors, Lawyers, Winter 2009
• “Minute Clinics” Raise Round The Clock Risks, Spring 2009

To receive a print copy of these courses, contact:
Massachusetts Medical Society Department of Continuing Education and Certification
Phone: 781-434-7306
Email continuingeducation@mms.org

Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ , AAFP Prescribed credit, or AAPA credits by participating in the Journal Watch CME Programs.

Subscribers to Journal Watch, Journal Watch Psychiatry, and Journal Watch Women’s Health can earn CME credit by participating in one of the home study programs. Each program includes two multiple-choice, open-book exams and follow-up answers. A passing grade of 70% or better is required.

The NEJM Review CME Program
The NEJM Review CME Program offers 50-credit exams based on selected articles from the previous 6-month volume of the New England Journal of Medicine. Exams are scheduled for March and September of each year.

The NEJM Weekly CME Program
The NEJM Weekly CME Program offers one-credit exams based on specific articles in the New England Journal of Medicine as each issue is published. Exams are available on the Web or in print when you want to take them.