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Clinical is for single year Quiz questions are based in succession selected articles in this issue of American Family Physician. Answers appear in this issue. AFP has been reviewed according to the American Academy of Family Physicians as having contentment acceptable for Prescribed credit. limit of approval from the beginning distribution date of January 2005 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credits. united half of one credit conforms to AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME (EB CME) clinical peace The amount of CME has been doubled to muse two-for-one credit for the EB CME portion alone When reporting CME credits, AAFP members should report total Prescribed credits earned for this activity. It is not necessary for members to label credits as EB CME for reporting purposes

The AAFP is accredited at the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide CME for physicians.

The AAFP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 35 Category 1 credits toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award (AMA/PRA). Each physician should claim merely those credits that he or she actually exhausted in the activity.

AAFP Credit

Each fac-simile of AFP contains a Clinical Quiz answer card. AAFP members may use this card to obtain the designated number of Prescribed credit hours for the year in which the card is postmarked.

AMA/PRA Category 1 Credit

AAFP members who satisfy the Academy's CME requirements are automatically eligible for the AMA/PRA.

Physicians who are not members of the AAFP are eligible to receive the designated number of credits in Category 1 of the AMA/PRA forward completion and return of the Clinical Quiz answer card. AFP detains a record of AMA/PRA Category 1 credits for nonmember physicians. This record will be provided forward request; however, nonmembers are responsible for reporting their be in possession of Category 1 CME credits when applying for the AMA/PRA or other certificates or credentials.

For health care professionals who are not physicians and are AFP subscribers, a record of CME credit is kept by dint of AAFP and will be provided to you upon written request. You are responsible for reporting CME credits to your professional organization.

NOTE: The abounding text of AFP is available online (http://www.aafp.org/afp), including each issue's Clinical Quiz. The table of satisfys for each online issue will link you to the Clinical Quiz. Just run after the online directions to take the quiz and, if you're an AAFP member, you can submit your answers for CME credit.

Instructions (1) Read each article, answer all questions onward the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your pattern of AFP). This will help you avoid errors and permit you to check your answers against the correct answers. (2) Mail the Clinical Quiz answer card within common year (by February 1, 2006) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credit hours. Before beginning the ordeal please note: Each Clinical Quiz includes pair types of questions: Type A and model X. Type A questions have merely one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical protoplast A question: