CME Activity Offerings
Search a Database of CME Activities
CME Passport is a free tool that allows physicians to search for continuing medical education activities across the country. Activities can be near or far, include live in-person or virtual formats, or enduring materials that can be completed on your own time. Physicians can also create a free account to track their earned CME Credits. Any credits uploaded into the system by participating providers with physician approval can be reported directly to the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and Maine Board of Osteopathic Licensure.
Upcoming CME Activities
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September 26-27, 2024 - Everything You Wanted to Know about AI Technology and Mental Health: The Maine Society of Psychiatric Physicians Fall Symposium will take place in Freeport, ME with focus on how technology is changing medicine and what technology is available to help. The following are the objectives of the symposium:
- Provide an overview of the underlying changes in medical practice because of technology deployment.
- Understand differential effects of various screen media habits and experiences on mental health.
- Provide an overview of clinical applications of neurofeedback.
- Understand emerging science focused on personalized digital therapeutics for behavioral health.
- Gain insights into the methodologies for analyzing passive data to accurately capture symptom severity and rapid changes in mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression.
- September 27-29, 2024 - 23rd Annual Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium: The Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons will hold their annual symposium in Bar Harbor. Join them for presentations, clinical scenarios, and discussions of current and best practices for ophthalmologists in the areas of cataract, glaucoma, and retina.
- September 10, 2024 - January 7, 2025 - Leadership Building for Women in Medicine: This 5 part series is designed to support women physicians whose journeys now include positions that manage the course of medical delivery. This course focuses on the core competencies that are essential to leaders and combines the multiple roles in career and personal life that are integral parts of female physicians.
- September 10, 2024 - September 10, 2025 - Core Strength Burnout Prevention Program: This 12-part series will be offered multiple times in 2024-2025. Learners will develop awareness about the nature of burnout, compassion fatigue, and the emotional toll of practicing medicine. They will learn strategies to manage stress, renew energy and develop a plan of action to create a sustainable relationship with their work.
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September 18, 2024 - November 13, 2024 - Maine AAP 2024 Fall Education Series: Join the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Wednesday evenings for this virtual series. Sessions include:
- Tough Talks with Teens: Decreasing Risk & Motivating Change
- Increasing Rates of Invasive Group A Strep Infections
- Asthma Action Plans & SMART
- Perinatal Hepatitis C; HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Maine
- Bumps to the Brain: 2024 Updates on Concussion Management
- Telehealth: What Clinicians Need to Know
- Adolescent Obesity Treatment
- Climate Change & Kids: Health Effects & Communication Strategies for Pediatricians
- October 2, 2024, November 6, 2024, December 4, 2024 - Women in Health Leadership Seminar Series: This activity will impart and expand upon frameworks for communication. This will increase the learner’s understanding of various communication styles. Learners will practice the fundamentals of crucial conversations. Learner’s will also gain insight into gaps in understanding surrounding the impact of effective communication related to leadership, empathy and patient outcomes.
- November 15-16, 2024 - MNS 2024 Annual Meeting and Fall Symposium: Join the Maine Neurological Society at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Maine for the latest information on the recent developments in treatment strategies and medications.
- January 25-28, 2025 - Physician Wellness Retreat: Hosted by the Vermont Medical Society at Setu Vermont Ayurveda in West Brattleboro, Vermont, this retreat will teach mindfulness, self-compassion, how to deal with triggers and repetitive stress, and practice improvement to reduce burnout.
Ongoing Series, Enduring Materials, and Other Learning Opportunities
- January 5, 2024 - December 19, 2024 - Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative (MCGI) Genomic Tumor Boards (GTB): Each session of this regularly scheduled series hosted by the Jackson Laboratory provides interpretation support to treating clinicians and discuss potential treatment options for the patient.
- July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2027 - TREAT ME Learning Collaborative: This self-paced module will increase the knowledge of primary care practitioners about prevalence, risks, comorbidities, and management of problematic substance use and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in the adolescent population.
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Throughout 2024 - Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Skills Labs: The Critical Care Skills Labs offer hands-on live training with realistic anatomic models and simulated clinical encounters to improve reliable competency regarding emergency and critical care skills, procedures, and clinical strategies. The teaching model focuses on the team approach by including all members of the Critical Care/Emergency team: Physicians, Nurses, Advanced Transport. Learners benefit from small group learning with close instructor coaching.
Critical Care Training Associates is looking for course sponsors who would host the course as well as individuals and teams who would like to join an existing scheduled course as space is available. Visit https://critcarelabs.com/ to view courses and upcoming schedules. Contact petergoth@ymail.com for more information.Clinical Modules include: Difficult Airway Lab; Rapid Sequence Intubation; Surgical Airway Lab; Cadaver Lab; Procedural Sedation; Initial Ventilator Management; Ultrasound Vascular AccessSkills and Performance Labs include: RSI S&P Lab; Initial Ventilator Management S&P Lab; Ultrasound Peripheral Vascular Access S&P Lab; Critical Care Practical Skills S&P Lab
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January 26, 2023 - January 26, 2026: Resilience University: Offsetting the Impact of Toxic Stress in Primary Care - A new enduring material! An intervention you can offer families and patients within the context of existing primary carestructure to help them foster healthy coping skills and protective positive childhood experienceswith meaningful responses to adversity.
Objectives:• Summarize current research in ACEs, PCEs and toxic stress in the context of childdevelopment using the ecobiodevelopmental model of disease and wellness• Illustrate how to discuss and promote evidence-based interventions to offset toxic stressin a standardized format within the existing context of primary care• Incorporate brief “first aid” strategies for toxic stress into anticipatory guidance• Build confidence in teaching healthy coping skills to parents and children includingmeditation, breathing exercises, mindfulness, positive parenting• Build confidence using PDSA cycles to help families integrate these into their family culture
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MMA-CQI has released 3 New Online Modules available July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2027:
- Cultivating Resilience: Harnessing the Power of Positive Childhood Experiences - This training explores the profound impact of Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) on mitigating the adverse effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Participants will learn about the importance of nurturing environments, supportive relationships, and positive interactions in fostering resilience and healthy development in children. This program is designed to empower staff with knowledge and practical strategies to enhance their role in promoting child well-being.
- Promoting Mental Health and Improving Care for Suicidality in Veterans - This module is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance mental health services for veterans. It focuses on identifying risk factors, implementing preventive strategies, and providing effective interventions for veterans experiencing suicidal ideation. The course emphasizes a compassionate approach, tailored to address the unique psychological challenges faced by those who have served in the military, ensuring that veterans receive the highest standard of care in their journey towards mental well-being.
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Partnering with Community Health Workers to Strengthen Healthcare Teams - CHWs are increasingly recognized as important members of the healthcare team that can help to improve population health, enhance the patient experience, improve provider satisfaction, and contain healthcare costs. To effectively work with a CHW, providers and administrators must understand the CHW’s identify, skills, and roles; how a CHW compares with other health professionals; the ways a CHW can improve patient care; and how to successfully integrate a CHW within a care team. In this webinar, six speakers from healthcare systems, a community-based organization, and Maine’s state health department will share their collective experience and best practices with participants on what to consider when partnering with a CHW.
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Additional MMA-CQI Modules:
- Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Care for Perinatal Professionals - In this module, participants will expand their understanding of the prevalence and impact of trauma on both patients and healthcare professionals. They will learn how trauma-responsive care is being integrated into perinatal quality improvement initiatives and how to be trauma-responsive in individual practice and organizations. Participants will identify specific strategies to mitigate trauma and to express compassion in challenging and common scenarios and reflect on how using trauma-informed communication can improve care for the patient and their own professional experiences. Finally, participants will build resources for continued learning.
- Solution-Focused Communication and Self-Reflective Practice to Improve Quality of Care and Mitigate Compassion Fatigue - Participants will explore how developing a solution focused mindset and skills can improve the quality of care they provide and the quality of the experience they have as professionals. We will explore what compassion is, where it comes from, how to develop and express it and what prevents us from feeling or expressing compassion in our work environments. Participants will learn and use self-reflective practice models that can be easily integrated into their professional practice and help facilitate behavior change. This session will give professionals the tools they need to best support patients and clients to improve their health and well-being, while addressing compassion fatigue to foster wellbeing and longevity in the dynamic healthcare environment.
- Transforming Birth in Our Culture by Understanding, Preventing and Healing Obstetric and Birth Trauma - In this module, participants will explore the complex narratives of birth in our culture and how individual and system wide efforts can save lives, improve health outcomes and change the way people feel about their birth experience. We will examine the history of birth in our culture and its impact on the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals today. Participants will learn about the prevalence of and contributing factors to obstetric mistreatment and birth trauma as well as how to mitigate it. Finally, we will explore the impact of social conditioning and beliefs on one’s perceptions of the birth experience and how to support people to find new meaning in their birth stories.
- Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Suicide - This online module examines the trends and demographics for suicide in the US, the role that prescription and illicit opioids and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) have played in those trends, the risk factors for suicidality in the context of chronic pain and in OUD, and the impact of opioid de-prescribing on suicidality and on population health. A broad overview of compassionate opioid tapering is covered, as well as the concept of Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence (CPOD)
- System Level Care: Taking Care of Your Medical Professional's Mental Health, Wellness, and Healthcare Suicide Prevention - This learning module is designed to enhance your understanding of mental health awareness and support as it relates to medical professionals. This module introduces various mental health screening tools, enabling you to confidently recognize signs and symptoms. Learn effective strategies to overcome obstacles and barriers that often hinder individuals from seeking help, fostering a supportive environment and gain valuable insights into the 2022 Healthcare Provider Protection Act and its specific implications for the state of Maine.
- Gender Identity and Respectfulness in the Medical Practice - This learning module focuses on teaching attendees' skills around how to be respectful of gender identity in medical practice, which both improves patient experience and patient health outcomes. While transgender people have always existed, it is more recent that many trans people have been able to be out and access medical care as themselves. Because of this, many healthcare staff are unsure of how to navigate gender identity and respectfulness in medical practice. This module will give attendees the knowledge and skills to navigate this with confidence.
Opioid CME Activities
The following activities are ways to obtain Opioid CME:
- Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Suicide - This online module examines the trends and demographics for suicide in the US, the role that prescription and illicit opioids and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) have played in those trends, the risk factors for suicidality in the context of chronic pain and in OUD, and the impact of opioid de-prescribing on suicidality and on population health. A broad overview of compassionate opioid tapering is covered, as well as the concept of Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence (CPOD)
- Pain Management and Opioids - An online learning module offered by NEJM Knowledge+ that qualifies for 10 MOC points through the ABIM in addition to Opioid CME. The module contains 62 case-based questions that cover the FDA Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain.
- PMP Features to Enhance Patient Safety - Objectives for this online learning module include the following: Participants will be able to use the PMP in order to enhance patient care and align with Maine opioid prescribing laws
- Benzodiazepine Use and Opioid Use: A Deadly Combination - This module is intended to address the opioid-specific education requirements under Maine Public Law Chapter 488. At the end of this module, users should understand the appropriate use of benzodiazepine, alternative to benzo use, why prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines is a deadly combination.
- Social Determinants of Health, Intersectionality, and Implicit Bias: Addressing Substance Use Disorder - This training will explore how social determinants of health, which include gender inequality, structural racism, stigma, poverty, citizenship status, education, housing, transportation, health systems and services, social safety network, food insecurity, unemployment/employment and working conditions, public safety, and social exclusion/inclusion, create differential impacts around substance use disorder, the opioid epidemic, and the current COVID-19 pandemic and how implicit bias can impact healthcare systems.
- Improving SUD/OUD in Hospital Settings and Starting MAT in the Emergency Department - This online learning module is designed to improve the ability of providers and systems to successfully implement initiation of buprenorphine in the ED.
- Adolescent Substance Use and Screening - Briefly Intervening Saves Lives - This self-paced online module will introduce standard tools used to screen for substance use disorders in adolescents and how to use motivational techniques to intervene with the adolescent population.
- Maine Prescribing Laws, Limits, and Compassionate Tapering - This module will be available beginning July 1, 2022 and addresses why tapering is important, common tapering scenarios, and techniques for effectively and compassionately tapering opioid dosages.
- Chronic Pain Diagnosis, Management, and Alternative Treatment - At the end of this module, users will have knowledge on alternative treatments that are available to assist with chronic pain as well as tips from patients living with chronic pain.
- Governor's Opioid Response Summit and Seminar Series - Check the website for upcoming seminars and for information on the annual summit.
- Initiating Buprenorphine in the ED - This online module offered by the MMA Center for Quality Improvement focuses on how to provide buprenorphine in the Emergency Department and then provide a warm hand-off to treatment/recovery within the community.
- TeleHealth and Substance Disorder Treatment Recovery Services Toolkit - This self-paced training toolkit includes an Introduction to the SUPPORT for ME Program; MaineCare Telehealth Policy and Guidance; SUD Billing and Coding; Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Workflows; Leveraging Telehealth to Provide SUD Treatment and Recovery Services; Video Visit Best Practices and Etiquette; Patient/Client Resources; and a SUPPORT for ME Portal Overview.
MMA Educational Topics of Interest Available by Request
- Death with Dignity Law
- Maine Law on Prescribing Opioid Medication
- HIPAA
- Legislative Update
- Minors Rights
- Senior Driving
To schedule one of these offerings at your site or via webinar, contact Elizabeth Ciccarelli at eciccarelli@mainemed.com or 207-480-4186.
MMA/MMS Online CME
Members of the Maine Medical Association are eligible to participate in online CME courses offered by the Massachusetts Medical Society. The following tutorial includes a step-by-step guide for MMA members who would like to participate in this program.
- If you have any questions about the registration or login process, please contact the MMS Continuing Education Department at (800) 322-2303, ext 7306 or continuingeducation@mms.org.
Link to Current Massachusetts Medical Society CME Offerings
Cancer Risk Assessment, Testing, and Management
The Jackson Laboratory
This free, online CME program helps build the primary care provider's skills in identifying and managing individuals at increased risk of cancer based on family health history and genetic resting results.
The library consists of ten 15-minute modules. Each module demonstrates best practices and allows you to practice quick, easy approaches to using cancer family history and genetic testing in practice.
Learn more and access the modules>>
- Collecting Family History
- Identifying Red Flags
- Categorizing Cancer Risk
- Using Family History to Inform Management
- Pre-test Decisions & Counseling
- Interpreting Genetic Test Results
- Genetic Testing Technology
- Genetic Testing Process
- Genetic Testing for Colorectal Cancer Risk
- Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk
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