CME Information
GAFP Project Takes the Stage at National CME Meeting
The GAFP's GO! Diabetes initiative has gained momentum over the past three years, including its 2010 expansion to include private practice physicians in the project. A testament to the popularity of this important project was its recent abstract acceptance as a part of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education's (Alliance) national conference.
The Alliance is an international membership organization of more than 2,500 individuals devoted to designing and implementing certified continuing medical education (CME) activities for physicians, and each year organizations are requested to submit abstracts of projects they feel are important and highlight innovative ways of improving medical care.
On January 27th, the GO! Diabetes project was highlighted as one of the breakout sessions during the conference with more than 1,300 attendees. The presentation entitled, A Practice Improvement Designed to Improve Diabetic Patient Care, was developed and presented by Angela Flanigan, GAFP Director of Education; Susan Reichman, GO! Diabetes Project Director, and Amy Soto, Senior National Education Manager for Sanofi Aventis.
The lecture focused on the history of the GO! Diabetes project, the benchmarks reached over the past three years, the successes and challenges reported by participants, the funder's perspective of the project, and the documented improvement in patient care. The information was well received by the audience of CME professionals and further highlighted the important work done by family physicians, family medicine residents, and members of the clinical team.
The GAFP continues to offer the GO! Diabetes program as an ongoing practice improvement project and hopes to expand its reach in 2011.
Reporting your CME Credits
You can self report CME credits from any accredited AAFP event by visiting the AAFP site at www.aafp.org and logging into your account. Once logged in, on the left hand navigation bar, select View my CME Record. Then, in the left hand navigation bar, select Report my CME.
As a GAFP member, GAFP staff will submit your credits for all GAFP meetings in which a CME report form has been completed and returned to the GAFP offices.
For further information about reporting CME, contact the AAFP at (800) 274-2237
ABFM Certification\Recertification Exam Information
The American Board of Family Medicine has instituted the Maintenance of Certification Program for Family Physicians (MC-FP) to enhance the clinical excellence of its diplomats. To maintain certification with the ABFM, diplomats will be required to successfully complete the four components of MC-FP prior to the expiration of their certificate. For a full description of MC-FP, click here.
For additional information on MC-FP, you can download the
MC-FP instruction booklet.
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