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Member Survey Report -
Insight into Annual Meeting CME
Application Processing
By
Mark E. Sobel, MD, PhD
Executive Officer
e-mail: mesobel@amp.org
A
frequent criticism is that it takes too long for CME
certificates to be sent to attendees after the annual
meeting. This is indeed unfortunate, but is due to auditing
requirements. We are required by the ACCME to verify CME
credit hours. In 2008, we audited over 400 CME
applications; more than 10% of CME applicants mis-reported
their credit hours. Most of these individuals requested
full credit for concurrent sessions so their applications
had to be amended. The auditing process is time-consuming
and is the reason why we announce a 60-day time delay. We
do realize that some CME applicants require certificates by
December 31 due to state licensing rules; therefore, the AMP
Office will expedite processing of CME ahead of schedule on
a special request basis. We will add a Special Request
Expedite option on the CME application for future annual
meetings.
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