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Today's fast-paced medical practice leaves physicians with little free time. We understand you just don't have time to attend a lot of meetings. That is why TMA is pleased to present a variety of home study programs that can be completed in the comfort and convenience of your own home or practice.
Practice Management | Be Wise - ImmunizeSM | Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) Courses | Physician Health & Rehabilitation | CME Accreditation
Practice Management
Most of the following courses offer ethics credit and a 3-percent discount on TMLT liability premiums:
Electronic Medical Record: The Link to a Better Future, 2nd Edition New!
This course takes a nontechnical view of health information technology to help you successfully select and adopt an electronic medical record system, with an emphasis on the needs of smaller practices. 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 3-percent reduction on TMLT professional liability premiums (not to exceed $1,000); 3 hours ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: Sept. 1, 2012
Recorded Web Seminar: Medical Records - Consent for Treatment of Minors
State and federal laws guarantee patients access to their own medical records except in very limited situations. But how do these laws apply to minors and their parents? Moreover, what rights to minors have in making decisions about their own care? This presentation will outline sensitive issues that arise when dealing with minors, adult children, and spouses. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Offers TMLT discount; Expires: Dec. 31, 2011
Recorded Web Seminar: Professional Courtesy, Waiving Copays, and Charity Care Requirements
A 1996 W.B. Saunders Company poll estimated that 97 percent of physicians offer some type of professional courtesy in their practices. Due to an upsurge in government's efforts to ensure accurate claim billing, and federal laws addressing physician referral and patient relationships, the legality of this tradition has been called into question. This seminar will take a look at how professional courtesy is defined, the guidelines for its provision, and considerations that must be made to steer clear of potential fraud liability. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Offers TMLT discount; Expires: Dec. 31, 2011
Medical Records
Because of its widespread function as a legal, financial, and patient care tool, the complexity of the medical record has grown in recent years, and your expertise in maintaining it has become increasingly crucial. This publication is a response to the most frequently asked questions regarding medical records. 4 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; Offers TMLT discount; 1.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility education
Nonphysician Practitioners, 2nd Edition New!
This up-to-date self self-study publication will guide you through hiring, supervising, and billing for the services of an NPP in your practice. It covers billing requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payers; billing for E&M services; "incident-to" vs. independent billing; and much more, including delegation of prescriptive authority, proper documentation, establishing practice parameters, and liability. 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™; 3.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility education; Offers TMLT discount.
Pain Management: A Handbook for Texas Physicians
This monograph reviews the basic principles of pain medicine, with a focus on pragmatic clinical approaches to optimal assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of conditions. The handbook also addresses barriers that Texas physicians face in assessing and treating patients suffering with chronic pain. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility education
Be Wise - ImmunizeSM
Vaccine Safety and Efficacy is a continuing medical education (CME) video for physicians. Upon completion of the activity, the physician should be able to: (1) identify resources to assist in educating parents on vaccine safety, (2) state evidence relating to vaccine safety and efficacy, (3) describe techniques for allaying parental vaccine safety concerns, and (4) provide physicians information for patients and parents on newly recommended vaccines for adolescents, as well as information on vaccines in development.
TMA designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I Credit TM if completed. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Contact Tammy Wishard, TMA Outreach Coordinator at (512) 370-1470 or (800) 880-1300 ext. 1470 to receive your DVD. Download your evaluation form and quiz to receive credit.
Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) Courses
Breast Cancer Screening: CME Performance Improvement Activity
Implement changes in your practice based on best evidence to promote breast health. Improve screening rates in your practice. Demonstrate an easy, efficient way to incorporate prevention into primary care that might translate into other cancer screening initiatives. A maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; Expires: July 20, 2010
Ovarian Cancer: Designed for the Primary Care Physician
This module has been created for primary care physicians for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of ovarian cancer with a particular emphasis on prevention strategies, early diagnosis, treatment options, and management. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 1 hour of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility education; Expires: April 25, 2011
Pain Primer for Primary Physicians: Essential Concepts
This module is designed for primary care physicians and physician assistants for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of the essential concepts of pain with a particular focus on identifying types of pain, outlining a systematic approach to assessment and evaluation, medications, therapy, physical and procedural interventions and more. 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 1.5 hours of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: July 1, 2011
Tobacco Intervention and the Health Care Provider (PDF): Activity Evaluation Form
This self study module is designed for primary care physicians and physician assistants. It is intended to provide professional education about the importance of talking about tobacco cessation to patients. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility education; Expires: June 1, 2009
Physician Health and Rehabilitation
Most of the following courses developed by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation (PHR) offer 1 and 2 hours of ethics credit:
Chemical Dependence in Physicians: Identification and Intervention
The course is designed to educate participants about physician impairment, including the identification, intervention, and rehabilitation processes. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 15, 2010
Coping with Stress in the Practice of Medicine
This course will educate participants about how to effectively cope with many of the stresses encountered in the practice of medicine. The course will offer self-assessment tools, prevention strategies, treatment options, and solutions.
2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 26, 2009
Ethical Considerations in Physician Aging and Retirement
This course will educate participants about how to recognize signs and address common illnesses in the aging physician and encourage them to become more aware of the professional, personal, and ethical considerations involved in planning for successful retirement. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 23, 2011
Effective Strategies for Smoking Cessation
The course is appropriate for continuing education of physicians and others interested in learning about how to help their patients quit smoking. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; Expires: May 15, 2010
How to Create Balance in Your Life
The course includes information germane to planning and making positive changes that will help create balance between the areas in one's life. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 28, 2010
How to Establish a Peer Assistance Committee
The course includes information relative to the nuts and bolts of establishing a peer assistance committee, how to select members, and how a committee should function to be effective and maintain credibility. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 15, 2010
Joint Commission Standard Regarding Licensed Independent Practitioner Health
The course will educate participants about how to comply with a Joint Commission requirement that medical staffs implement a process to identify and manage matters of individual physician health separately from the medical staff disciplinary function. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 23, 2011
Maintenance of Professional Boundaries and Effective Management of Challenging Patient Encounters
The course will educate participants about the importance of maintaining professional boundaries while working with a wide variety of challenging patients. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2 hours ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2011
Monitoring Physicians in Recovery
The course discusses ethical and professional responsibilities of monitoring physicians in recovery so as to provide responsible advocacy for the monitored physician and protect public safety. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; Expires: June 21, 2010
Psychiatric Illness and Disruptive Behavior in Physicians
The course will educate participants about how to recognize signs and symptoms of psychiatric illnesses and disruptive behavior in physicians. An intervention process for approaching colleagues identified as exhibiting behavioral or emotional problems will be described. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 23, 2011
Regulatory and Ethical Aspects of Managing Patients with Pain
This educational program presents regulatory and ethical aspects of managing patients with pain. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: Sept. 14, 2009
Spirituality in Medicine
The course includes information regarding ethical principles for integrating religion and spirituality into patient care and guidelines for inclusion of spirituality in medicine.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 21, 2010
The Family in Addiction and Recovery
The module will educate participants about addiction as a family illness and how each member, including the impaired individual, impacts the health and well-being of the family. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 26, 2009
CME Accreditation
Texas Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
3 Easy Ways To Order!
- Mail order form and check or credit card information to: TMA Knowledge Center, 401 W. 15th St., Austin, TX 78701-1680
- Call (800) 880-7955, to order with MasterCard, Visa, or American Express.
- Use Visa, MasterCard or American Express to order via fax at (512) 370-1635.
For More Information
TMA Knowledge Center
401 W. 15th St.
Austin, TX 78701
(800) 880-7955 or (512) 370-1544, or e-mail TMA Knowledge Center
To renew your medical license, visit the Texas Medical Board (TMB) Web site.
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Last Published: 11/3/2009
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