MOCEP Policy on CME Requirements

MOCEP Policy on CME Requirements


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MOCEP Policy on Specific CME Requirements

 

The Missouri College of Emergency Physicians (MOCEP) believes that board certification or board eligible status by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) demonstrates comprehensive training, knowledge, and skill in the practice of emergency medicine.

Additionally, maintenance of board certification requires mandatory retesting and continuing medical education (CME), making extraneous CME or required short courses redundant and undermines the ability of emergency physicians to participate in comprehensive continuing education that addresses the full spectrum of emergency medicine.

Accordingly, for physicians certified by ABEM or AOBEM, MOCEP strongly opposes the use of a specified number of CME hours in a sub-area of emergency medicine, as requirements for privileges, renewal of privileges, employment, or qualification by hospitals, city or state agencies, or any other credentialing organization to provide care for conditions as already outlined in the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine.