American Medical Association (11/12/24) Murphy, Brendan

A resolution introduced at the American Medical Association's (AMA) 2024 Interim Meeting said that the continuing medical education (CME) process is overly complicated and needs to be streamlined. "With all of the other administrative burdens physicians face every day, it is vital to take steps toward simplifying the CME reporting process," said AMA Trustee Melissa J. Garretson, MD. "Right now, reporting is entirely too time-consuming and repetitive. If we can streamline the CME process and adopt standardized reporting, physicians can focus on what matters most — providing high-quality care to patients." Physicians who practice in multiple states may have an especially hard time earning CME credit, as state medical licensing boards have different CME requirements and federal entities, states, and medical specialty boards may have CME requirements that overlap. The AMA House of Delegates has called on the AMA to encourage medical specialty and state medical boards to continue to permit manual entry of CME until all boards and CME providers participate in a common reporting standard, to allow any CME that requires answering questions be categorized as "self-assessment continuing medical education," and that all entities should recognize all AMA Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) credit equally, not just AMA PRA Category 1 credit.

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