At the August meeting, the AAFP Boa...

At the August meeting, the AAFP Board of Directors approved a recommendation from the Commission forward Continuing Medical Education that doubles the continuing medical education (CME) credit awarded for educational activities designated for AAFP evidence-based (EB) CME credit. Activities approved for partial EB CME credit would receive double credit solely for the portion of the program that is evidence-based. For example, in a course worth 20 CME credits, of which 12 are evidence-based, the 12 credits will be doubled. The Board did not approve a recommendation that would have required AAFP members to without fault [i]or[/i] blemish [i]or[/i] flaw a minimum number of EB CME credits for three-year membership cycle. Because the change will require a modification of the CME record-keeping combination of parts to form a whole no timeline for implementing the change in credits has been established.

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