• Release Date
• Accreditiation
• Credit Designation
• Target Audience
• Statement of Needs
• Faculty/Staff Credentials and Disclosure
• Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity
• Identification and Resolution of
• General Learning Objectives
• Method of Participation
• Evaluation Methods
• Participation Expiration Date

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Each individual activity will appear in a monthly issue of Emergency Medicine News.

Accreditiation

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience

This CME activity is intended for emergency medicine physicians with an interest in studying for the annual American Board of Emergency Medicine’s Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment examination.

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Statement of Needs

Certified by Daniel K. Mullin, MD, author/editor of this proposed CME activity, and a Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and James R. Roberts, MD, Chairman, Editorial Board, Emergency Medicine News; Chairman of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Division of Toxicology of Mercy Health Systems; and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Toxicology at Drexel University College of Medicine, all in Philadelphia.

The American Board of Medical Specialties has required that its member boards develop a program for physicians who wish to recertify in their chosen specialty that encompasses continuous recertification rather than having diplomates only take oral and written board examinations once every 10 years. All of its member boards, including the one for emergency medicine, have changed their recertification programs to meet ABMS’ requirements.

The specialty board for emergency medicine, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), created a program called Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA), which lists 16 to 20 peer-reviewed journal articles that emergency medicine physicians must read and be proficient in each year. ABEM releases a new list of articles each year focusing on a wide variety of topics pertinent to emergency medicine, including thoracic-respiratory disorders, immune system illnesses, musculoskeletal complaints, toxicology, cardiovascular disorders, obstetrics and gynecology, and trauma, to name just a few.

After studying all of the articles, emergency physicians must then pass an online test each year about those readings. A new list is developed each year, and each list and test stays on abem.org for three years. Emergency medicine physicians have three years after the test is released to complete it.

Emergency medicine physicians have told Emergency Medicine News that studying for the test is time-consuming, cumbersome, and difficult. They have said the test itself is tricky, and that the answers are often obscure and hidden in the text. Emergency Medicine News has determined that emergency medicine physicians need a mechanism to help them study the articles and prepare for the test. In its CME activity about the LLSA, Emergency Medicine News will review two to three articles each month, highlighting the important findings, and telling emergency medicine physicians how the articles can help their practice.

Based on the expert opinion of Emergency Medicine News’ editorial board chairman, James R. Roberts, MD, who is the author of Emergency Medicine News’ other CME activity, and on comments from readers, an activity such as this would help emergency medicine physicians prepare for this yearly exam and provide the additional bonus of allowing them to earn CME credit for doing so. There is a great need to educate and continually update practitioners on these articles that have been designated as essential to their practice of emergency medicine.

Each article will be approximately 2,000 words long, and the format of each article will be:

a. General introduction of the types of articles the column will look at (related articles will be grouped together).
b. A box that lists the info for the first article: authors, title of the article, the journal, and citation.
c. A review of the journal article, highlighting the most important facts and findings.
d. Author’s commentary about why this article is important to emergency medicine practice, how an emergency medicine physician can apply the lessons to practice, and pitfalls and/or pearls gleaned from the article.

These steps will be repeated for each article reviewed in the Emergency Medicine News article. Emergency Medicine News already offers one CME activity to its readers, and is a proven vehicle for the continuing medical education of emergency medicine physicians. The added burden of the LLSA has created a demand for a way that emergency medicine physicians can easily meet the new requirements of emergency medicine’s certifying agency. This CME activity will provide an outstanding way for emergency medicine physicians to meet their recertification requirements and earn CME credit at the same time.

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Faculty/Staff Credentials and Disclosure

CME Editor

Daniel K. Mullin, MD, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Dr. Mullin has disclosed that he has no financial interests in or relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

LCMEI/WKH/Other

Other LCMEI/WKH/Other staff financial disclosure information is procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity

It is estimated that each individual CME activity should take the average target audience member approximately one (1) hour to read the activity’s content and answer the CME quiz questions/evaluation assessment questionnaire.

Lippincott CME Institute, Inc. has identified and resolved any faculty conflicts of interest regarding this educational activity.

General Learning Objectives

After completing this CME activity, participants should be able to:

1. Prepare for the American Board of Emergency Medicine’s (ABEM) annual
Continuous Certification process.

2. Review and understand an annual list of 16 to 20 peer-reviewed journal articles
developed as part of ABEM’s Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) program (part of the Continuous Certification program).

3. Develop proficiency in new evidence-based clinical information on a wide
variety of topics pertinent to emergency medicine, including thoracic-respiratory
disorders, immune system illnesses, musculoskeletal complaints, toxicology, cardiovascular disorders, obstetrics and gynecology, and trauma.

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Method of Participation

To earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit, participants must first read the CME articles and complete the CME examination and evaluation assessment questionnaire, answering at least 80% of the Examination questions correctly. Participants can mail or fax a photocopy of the Exam Answer Sheet and Evaluation Assessment Form to Lippincott CME Institute, 770 Township Line Road, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067; fax (267)757-0651. Entries must be received by LCMEI by the expiration date cited in each issue’s CME instructions. Acknowledgment will be sent to participants within 6 to 8 weeks of participation. For more information, call (267)757-3531.

Eight evaluation assessment questions will be included as part of the CME Quiz. These questions ensure that we determine that each activity's learning objectives have been met, that the activity was of educational value to the target audience and was unbiased, and offer participants a method of feedback.

Each individual CME activity will expire within one year of the activity’s release date.

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