Complete Listing
We recommend prior to using this section that you search your specialty if listed.
This list of online providers offer CEU and CME credits approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as well as many other accrediting bodies, such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and others.
Before beginning any course of study and testing, please be sure to verify the accrediting agency. Most impotantly, please verify the acceptance of the creditials by your state’s licensing board. In addition, ensure that the date of the CEU and CME is current and not expired.
Please be mindful that we are a portal to hundreds of sites found on the internet. Some sites are simple to use while others are a little more tricky to navigate. While we have tried to make our site as easy as possible to use, we can not guarantee the success of navigating on individual sites.
We will be updating this list periodically as we find more sites offering free credits.
All disciplines are well represented and usually can be found on some of the larger sites.
AARC Web Cast 1 CEU each, many to choose from RCP
There are a couple of things to consider before we classify these as free CEU’s. First, in order to get free CEU’s directly from AARC education you have to be a member which is not free to join. Secondly, these webcasts are only good for free CEU’s to AARC members for viewing the LIVE feed. “Live” is the key word as it means you have to be present during the scheduled showing. Once the show is no longer live, any replays of their archived broadcasts is going to cost $15.00. There is quite an impressive line up of upcoming broadcasts with multiple times posted and archived material if you are so inclined to pay.
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) 5.5 hours RCP
American Heart Association numerous AACN Approved, est. 50 hours RN EMT PHAR PHY RCP
Although we have found their selection and quality of courses to be updated and very timely, navigating their site is quite tricky. You will have a choice among web based course, archieved courses, satellite courses, and even CD-Rom sent out. Stroke, Heart Failure, and general heart disease issues well represented.
Anesthesiology Online 60 credits available CRNA RN
Now charges an annual membership fee, but once signed up member has unlimited access to CEU’s/CME’s. Applies to all interested professionals. Nurse CEU’s available. Updated and new articles each month.
Austin Heart 12 hours RN
Primarily for cardiologists, but great learning material for all health care workers.
Baylor College of Medicine 139 courses, 108 hours RN RCP PEDS ALL
Offering courses in Diabetes, Pediatrics, Oncology, Hypertension, Women’s Health, Surgery, Medical Ethics, Urology and more. Ideal for most health care workers.
BioCritique .5 per activity (over 900 activities totaling more than 400 hours of CME) RN RCP EMER ALL
BioCritique helps you stay on top of significant advances in biomedical research. Current course offerings in the areas of Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Growth, Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Primary Care with many subsets to each. A very complex site that covers nearly every topic and specialty.
BioTerrorism and Emerging Infections 11 modules 1 hour each RN RCP EMER PEDS ALL
Directed to front line personnel who work in Emergency Medicine, Primary Care postitions, Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Very relevant material for Respiratory Therapists as well as Emergency Medical personnel. Includes West Nile Virus, SARS, and Category 1 Biological Agents. Includes abstracts on Avian Influenza (H5N1).
Bioterrorism Practical Readiness Network (Bio-PRN) 12 diseases totaling 18 hours RN RCP EMER PEDS ALL
American Cancer Society about 30 RN RCP ALL
Current topics as well to access to previous journals each containing about 3-4 CEU’s per issue. Be sure to check the expiration of each before proceeding.
Cancer Education 0.25 hours each, case study presentation RN RAD
Cancer Network 31 activities offering 58 hours RN PHAR ALL
CancerNetwork.com offers a variety of Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs based on review articles published in the journal ONCOLOGY, as well as cancer-related news stories and background material available online. These interactive CME programs are offered to physicians and other health professionals without charge. All programs comply with ACCME and FDA guidelines for CME educational activities.
Cardio Village (University of Virginia) more than 230 hours RN RCP EMT EMER RAD ALL
Greatly expanded and offering even more CEU’s/CME’s since out last visit, CME and CEU credits are automatically tracked for you. You can print a formatted certificate acknowledging receipt of your credits from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, an ACCME accredited provider. Great refresher courses on EKG’s and more. Also many advanced topics. Very easy to navigate site. Spectacular site.
CDC Training and Continuing Education 135 courses offering countless hours RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PHAR ALLCEMedicus more than 9000 courses RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PHAR ANES PT SLP OT ALL
CEMedicus offers access and free credit for more than 9000 CME courses. The site allows you to search by medical topic, disease, instruction type , profession or content host. Database allows you to keep track of your hours.
Center For Clinical Excellence 12 hours RCP
Nellcor and Puritan Bennett offer accredited online continuing education courses for nurses and respiratory care practitioners. These educational programs focus on cardiopulmonary physiology and disease, ventilator management strategies and relevant technology. The self-paced courses include convenient post-testing and a printable certificate upon course completion. NOTE: Perioperative Patient Temperature not approved by AARC.
Cervical Health Online 5 courses RN
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education 37 hours RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PHAR ANES PHY ALL
Another good source for nearly any specialty in the medical field covering a variety of subjects; Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Generatl Topis, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, Rhumatology, Women’s Health.
CliniciansCME 15 courses RN RCP EMER
Some newer courses are: Managing the Daily Burden of COPD; Management of Comorbid Depression and Anxiety; Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Today’s Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of COPD; New Insights into the Management of COPD; Managing Hypertension in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease; and Current Approaches to the Management of ADHD
CME-CE 4 hours RN RCP
Four courses: Interrelationship Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder; Considering the Safety of Commonly Prescribed Fluoroquinolones in Respiratory Tract Infections; Evolution in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections; and Managing Serious Respiratory Tract Infections.
CMEcorner.com currently offering 27 courses with nearly 50 hours RN RCP PHAR PA NP
Contemporary OB-Gyn 12 hours RN PEDS NEONATAL
Contemporary Pediatrics 13 hours RN PEDS
Contemporary Urology 13 available RN
Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 3 hours RN
Each month, participants receive an email discussing a current topic in neonatal critical care. For example, the February 2005 issue deals with the issue of thromboembolic disease in neonates, usually associated with venous or arterial catheters.
Foundation for Better Health Care 24 hours, about 18 hours RN ALL
This site offers free CME for many medical specialties and in many medical topics. The site allows you to search for courses in your specialty or area of interest.
GeneticSolutions 19 courses, 25 hours RN
George Washington University (GWUMC) 34 hours RN PHAR
Both paid and free couses are found on this site
Heart Rhythm Society Grand Rounds and Webcasts 10 courses, 1 hours each RN RCP
Outstanding powerpoint presentations. Incredible refresher course for all involved with reading EKG’s and Cardiac care. You will find lectures and cases dealing with Atrial Fibrillation (4), Ablation (1), Basic Science (3), Heart Failure (1) and Sudden Cardiac Death (1).
HemostasisCME 13 hours RN
Excellent selection of topics from transfusions to rare blood diseases. The goal of HemostasisCME.org is to educate physicians and other healthcare professionals with the most cutting-edge information available related to hemostasis management.
HormoneCME (Council on Hormone Education) 29.5 hours RN
HormoneCME.org is the Council on Hormone Education’s Web site designed to provide OB/GYNs and primary care physicians access to the most up-to-date and fair balanced scientific and educational information about postmenopausal hormone therapy.
Hospital for Special Surgery CME Online Programs 2 hours RN RAD
Ultrasound and MRI in the Early Diagnosis of Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis; and Combining a Biologic Agent with Methotrexate in the Treatment of RA.
ImproMED 4 hours RN Glaucoma related courses of study
Interactive Grand Rounds from Medsite 1.0 per course. Total of 284 hours available RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PEDS PHAR SLP OT PA NP NEO PT ALL
Greatly expanded since we last viewed this site, now with nearly 6 times the courses than previous. Produced by Baylor University. Each course consists of a very brief case presentation followed by 10 multiple choice questions. The answers to the questions are found in an article that reviews the medical condition discussed. The subject areas are Allergy and Immunology, Arthritis, Breast Cancer, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes, Dyslipidemias, Epilepsy, Gastroenterology, Hypertension, Infectious Diseases, Intraocular Hypertension and Glaucoma, Mineral Metabolism, Osteoporosis. Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Psychiatric Disorders, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sleep Disorders and Transplantation Immunology.
IPRO CME Online 10 courses, 21 hours RN CODERS
RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PEDS PHAR SLP OT PA NP NEO ALL
Now part of medscape.com
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 48 hours RN PHAR ALL
Welcome to CMEInstitute.com, portal to high-quality, evidenced-based CME activities developed by the publisher of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. From here, you can also go to interactive, multimedia CME activities from MedFair.com, our patented online medical convention. Use your Net Society username and password to access your MyCME account at all 3 sites
LipidHealth 16 courses offering a total of 19.5 hours RN PHAR ALL
Masters of Pediatrics 4 lectures, total of 8 hours RN RCP PEDS
MedEDcenter 6 courses, 7 AARC credits available RCP
Asthma guidelines, Heliox, and CPAP make up this site with links sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.
Medical Education Group 7 courses, 11 hours RN
Click on Online CME/CME near the top of the page to find courses in cardiology, diabetes, oncology, primary care and women’s health.
MedicalRounds 638 hours RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PEDS PHAR ALL
Very easy to navigate site with every speicalty well represented. MedicalRounds webcasts multimedia presentations and conferences for many contributing medical groups. Many Canadian medical schools have contributed lectures to this series. All talks were originally presented at grand rounds of quality educational institutions or at accredited medical meetings. In addition, the website maintains an extensive database of hyperlinks to other free multimedia medical presentations available on the web. Check for credit status in U.S.
MediCom Worldwide 4 courses, one hour each RN
MedPage Today 0.25 hours for each news story. Up to 15 new stories covered each day, large archieve of other stories and issues well into the hundreds of hours available. RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PEDS PHAR ALL
One of our favorite sites! In fact, we are going to add their content to our RSS feeds. Want to keep up with current medical news? Don’t have time to knock out all your credits at once? Try this. Each day, important medical events and studies are summarized and presented in the form of news stories as brief (0.25 hours) CME activities. You may choose from the main stories of the day or from a list of stories geared towards your specialty. Very nice and easy to navigate site.
MedPix Radiology Teaching Files Cases and Medical Image Database 324 cases, 81 hours RAD
After login, click on Case of the Week. You will find (presently) 324 cases, each offering 0.25 hours of CME credit. Each case gives a brief history, summary of findings and images and asks you to make the diagnosis.
MedSiteCME 173 courses RN RCP EMT EMER RAD PEDS PHAR SLP OT PT PA NP NEO ALL
MedSynergy 0.5 to 1.0 hour per course; 19 courses totaling 16.25 hours. RN RCP EMER RAD PEDS
You must use Internet Explorer to access this site. On your first visit to MedSynergy, you will need to register and wait for a password to arrive by email. The courses are on a variety of medical subjects; about half are in pediatrics. Some topics are: Bone Marrow Transplantation; Club Drugs; Pediatric Kidney Transplantation; and Children as Research Subjects.
MeetingCast 13 courses,about the same number of hours RN RCP PEDS
This site contains the pdf versions of 26 current MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports) articles. Very timelyand current content ideal for nurses.
National Diabetes Education Initiative (NDEI) 30 hours RN PHAR
Clinical Insights in Diabetes is a newsletter containing reviews on the management of type 2 diabetes. Many case studies and other online activities for the management and treatment of diabetes.
National Marrow Donor Program 1.0 hour RN
National Pain Education Council (NPEC) 10.5 hours RN PHAR
National Quality Management Program (Tricare) 7 hours RN
The National Quality Management Program (NQMP) is contracted by TRICARE to produce studies of relevance to the Department of Defense and the military health system. The studies focus on the Military Health System: Adolescent Immunization; Ischemic Heart Disease; Asthma Care; Childhood Immunization; Breast Cancer Screening; Cervical Cancer Screening; Chlamydia Testing for Females; Tobacco Use Cessation; Diabetes Mellitus Care; Depressive Disorder Care; Management of Dyslipidemia; and Post Deployment Health Care Evaluation and Management.
Network for Oncology Communication & Research (NOCR) 15 hours RN
NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers) 7.5 hours RN
The Oncologist 403 RN PHAR RCP RAD
There are courses on various hematology and oncology areas. A large assortment and easy to navigate site covering nearly all forms of systems affected. For all disciplines.
Orthopedics Hyperguide 50 hours per year RN PHAR OT RAD PT
This site contains tutorials, online lectures, and test questions in: Adult Orthopedics, Basic Science, Foot and Ankle, Hand, Pediatric Orthopedics, Spine, Sports Medicine, Trauma, and Tumor. Tutorials focus on clinical and radiographic features, diagnosis, risk factors, evaluation, treatment, and outcomes. Tutorials give access to clinical photographs, radiographs, and magnetic resonance images. Online lectures simulate the lecture experience. Test questions serve as practice for board exams or recertification.
Pain.com 58 hours RN PHAR OT RAD PT
Some topics include: Arthritis Pain, Cancer Pain, Breakthrough Pain and Perioperative Pain, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy; Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Facial Neuralgias; Focus on Long-Acting Opioids; and Optimizing Opioid Therapy for Persistent Nonmalignant Pain: Management of Back Pain.
Pain Management Grand Rounds 3 hours RN PHAR
Passy-Muir 5 hours RCP SLP
AARC approved and also approved for Speech Language Pathologists
Patient Care 12 hours RN PHAR
Each issue of this online journal has a single article accredited for CME.
Almost every week, a lecture is videotaped and archived at the site within a few days.
PedsEducation 99 courses, nearly 70 hours RN PHAR RAD PT RCP PEDS NEO NATAL
Greatly expanded since our last vist having nearly tripled in size and content. Recent courses include: Bioterrorism: What the Frontline Physician Needs to Know; Killer Poisons; Maintaining Confidentiality with Teenage Patients; Drowning and Near Drowning; and Sports Related Concussion in Pediatrics.
PeerView Press Online CME 25 courses, about 30 hours RN PHAR OT RAD PT RCP PEDS
There are courses in a variety of medical areas including, but not limited to: psychiatry, oncology, HIV/AIDS, cardiology, obesity, and diabetes. The URL I have selected takes you to the Most Recent PeerView CME Activities. If you do not find what you are looking for, use the various search boxes in the left frame to search by CME provider, medical topic or keyword,
Penn CME 83 courses, more than 125 hours RN PHAR OT RAD PT RCP PEDS ALL
A group of courses on varying subjects, mostly internal medicine, mostly offering 0.75 to 2.0 hours. You will also find two modules titled Succeeding as an Executive: Wharton Executive Development Series. These two modules offer a total of 11 hours of CME credit.
PowerPak 50 course, more than 100 hours RN PHAR OT RAD PT RCP PEDS ALL
This site offers 50 programs, each supported by a different pharmaceutical company.
You will find courses with content in Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Musculoskeletal, and Neurology. However, most courses are related to the treatment of epilepsy.
Projects In Knowledge 72 courses, perhaps 100 hours RN PHAR OT RAD PT RCP PEDS ALL
The newest offering is the Advanced Certificate Program in the Management of Chronic Hepatitis B, designed to educate you on all aspects of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (18 credits). Instruction is by a combination of online newsletters and an interactive CD-ROM. Also, three online courses: Striving to Achieve Improved Outcomes: An Integrated Approach to HCV Treatment; Effective Side Effect Management in Anti-HCV Therapy; and Emerging Therapies in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Be sure to check if the CEU is current. Many achieved courses are not longer current but stil present for the educational value.
psychLINK 487 courses, each about 1 hour RN PHAR
Radiology InfoNet 8 hours RAD
Rapid Deployment CME 93 course, 90+ hours RN PHAR RAD RCP PEDS ALL
StudyMaker.com 12 hours RN EMER EMT RCP ALL
Highly recommended for Emergency Department personnel. A single course, Use of Pretest Probability to Reduce Unnecessary Test Ordering in the Emergency Department. “Pretest probability is the probability of a disease or outcome that exists in an individual patient prior to any objective testing.”
ThyroidToday 1.0 per course (8 courses for total of 11 hours) RN PHARM
University of Alabama at Birmingham 80 courses, about 70 hours RN PHAR RAD RCP PEDS ALL
This site offers courses in many medical areas: Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Prediction, Dermatology. Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology, Oncology, Immunizations, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology. Nuclear Medicine, Pain And Insomnia, Patient Adherence, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Respiratory Disease, Urology and Women’s Health. You can earn credit for some UAB courses without fee at CEMedicus.
University of California at Davis 1 course 12 hours RN PHAR RAD RCP PEDS ALL
Currently, the “War on Pain” lecture is approvd for physicians but may also be approved for RN and pharmacy.
University of Michigan 28 activities, 31 hours RN PHAR RAD RCP PEDS ALL
Text only course guidelines on common medical conditions. You will also find slide-audio lectures on various topics; some are: Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Role of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide; Update on Primary Care Management for Congestive Heart Failure; Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals; and Migraine Management.
This online training is designed to meet the new OSHA guidelines issued in December, 2004 for hospital-based first receivers of victims of disaster events. Operations Disaster Life Support (ODLS) online course consits of 9 individual modules; however, continuing education credit will only be provided to those who compete the entire activity (all 9 modules).
Virginia Geriatrics Grand Rounds Lecture Series 49 lectures, nearly 50 hours RN PHAR RCP ALL
