Earning Family Medicine CME and AAFP credits
With the NEJM Knowledge+ Family Medicine Board Review modules, you can refresh and reinforce critical core knowledge and earn CME credits and AAFP Prescribed credits at the same time.
Family Medicine certification process requires physicians to participate in ongoing learning activities involving 4 key components:
- Professionalism
- Self-Assessment and Lifelong Learning
- Cognitive Expertise
- Performance in Practice
Read the full Family Medicine CME Disclosures & Objectives.
Focus Modules
| Module Topic | CME credits available | AAFP Prescribed Credits available |
|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory Family Medicine | 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 20 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Cardiovascular | 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 17 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Child and Adolescent Care | 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 35 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Complex Medical Care | 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 5 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Emergency/Urgent Care | 21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 21 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Endocrinology | 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 16 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Gastrointestinal | 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 18 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Hematologic/Immune | 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 11 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Hospital Medicine | 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 17 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Integumentary | 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 11 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Maternity Care | 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 12 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Musculoskeletal | 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 9 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Nephrologic/Psychogenic | 21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 21 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Pain Management and Opioids | 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 10 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Reproductive | 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 4 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Respiratory | 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 15 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Special Sensory | 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 10 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Sports Medicine | 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 11 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
| Women’s Health | 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ | 12 AAFP Prescribed Credits |
NEJM Knowledge+ Family Medicine Board Review provides gold-standard content in a mobile, adaptive learning platform to help maximize your ability to build knowledge and maintain your certifications. Accumulated credits are continuously tracked and displayed so that you can follow your progress and achieve your goals for CME and ABFM MOC.
Accreditation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Medical Association has an agreement of mutual recognition of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), the accreditation body for European countries. Physicians interested in converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to UEMS-European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education CME credits (ECMECs) should contact the UEMS at mutualrecognition@uems.eu.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates each enduring material for the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed below. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NEJM Knowledge+ Family Medicine Board Review: 338 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
AAFP Prescribed Credit
This Enduring Material activity, NEJM Knowledge+ Family Medicine Board Review, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 338.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 02/01/2020. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA CME Credit (NEJM Knowledge+ Family Medicine Board Review)
This activity has been reviewed by the AAPA Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 20.00 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits. Approval is valid for one year from 02/01/2020. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
For NCCPA certification maintenance ONLY, NCCPA will now apply an additional 50% weighting when these self-assessment credits are logged for NCCPA certification maintenance purposes. PAs should log up to a maximum of 20.00 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits, as the additional weighting will be automatically applied by the NCCPA.