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University of California San Francisco CME/CEU Information
WebM&M on AHRQ PSNet offers continuing medical education (CME) and maintenance of certification (MOC) credit for physicians and continuing education units (CEU) for nurses for completion of Spotlight modules. Credit is available only for physicians and nurses, although physician assistants may be eligible (see below; please contact the American Academy of Physician Assistants for more information).
- Registration
- How to Obtain CME/CEU
- How to Obtain MOC
- Trainee Certification
- Accreditation
- Problems, Questions?
Registration
WebM&M on AHRQ PSNet requires registration for individuals who want to obtain CE/MOC credit. In order to send you certification, we must collect contact information from you. This registration process is separate from our newsletter subscriptions, which require only an email address to activate. Likewise, case submission is anonymous and only requires an email address. You may choose to use the same or different email addresses for each of these actions.
How to Obtain CME/CEU
Each Spotlight module contains an actual case submitted by practicing clinicians, with expert commentary addressing issues of patient safety and medical errors. To obtain CME/CEU, click the CME link from within the Spotlight Case. This will direct you to the CME login page. If you have already registered for CME, enter your login ID and unique password. You may then proceed to the quiz, which will be graded immediately. Upon completion of the evaluation and passing of the quiz, your credits will be automatically recorded by the University of California, San Francisco. Please wait weeks for your credits to be posted.
You may request a copy of your certificates from regemail@ucsf.edu and they will be mailed to you, but it may take up to 8 weeks (our downloading process for individual certificates is currently under maintenance).
To access information about your performance on previous CME modules and see modules still available for you to complete, log in to the CME portion of the WebM&M on AHRQ PSNet site. Quizzes are listed in chronological order of their release date, with the most recent quiz at the top. The main WebM&M on AHRQ PSNet CME page includes links to all recent Spotlight cases, just click on "Read the case."
How to Obtain MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 45 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
CME credits are reported as MOC points to the ABIM twice during the year. Your accumulated MOC points for modules completed from January to June are reported by July 31. Additionally, MOC points earned during July to December will be reported by December 31.
Please make sure you have provided your ABIM Diplomate ID and Date of Birth. The Office of CME will use this information to report your MOC points to the ABIM.
- Log in to PSNet
- Update your CE/MOC Profile and add your ABIM Diplomate ID and Date of Birth by clicking your profile name, and selecting "My CME Profile"
- To update your ABIM Diplomate ID in the UCSF system, click here: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a02FOTwZFQvStmJ
- For more information about MOC for the ABIM and other member boards, please visit this link: https://meded.ucsf.edu/cme/resources-participants/cme-moc.
Trainee Certification
Each Spotlight module offers a unique opportunity for medical trainees to demonstrate competency in patient safety and health care quality. Residency programs are under increasing pressure from the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to show evidence that residents have achieved established learning objectives in topics such as systems-based learning. Residents must demonstrate that they can effectively use systematic approaches to reduce errors and improve patient care. Program directors may use WebM&M on AHRQ PSNet Spotlight modules as a key component of their "tool box." Trainees may print out a certificate verifying successful completion of each module.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of UCSF and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of Health and Human Services. UCSF is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 45.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Each case scenario in this activity is inclusive of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category 1 Credit™ for the PRA for organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Current Certification: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.
Problems, Questions?
If you have questions specifically regarding UCFS CME/CEU, including registration, accreditation, or content, email us at info@ocme.ucsf.edu
If you have questions regarding technical issues related to use of this site, email us at psnetsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov.
