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• OWH CME/CEU Archive

The resources provided via the links below include a listing of continuing medical education (CME), or continuing education unit (CEU), activities by topic as well as links to continuing education programs hosted by professional associations. The CME/CEU archive includes activities from the Office of Women’s Health (OWH) and its federal partners. New CME/CEU opportunities from OWH will be announced on this page, so please visit again as you fulfill your continuing education needs.

CME/CEU Resources

• General Resouces
• Breast Health
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Health and Obesity
• Cultural Competence
• Immunology/Microbiology
• Infection Control
• Medicare
• Mental Health
• Pain Management
• Pediatrics
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Substance Abuse and Violence Against Women
• Women's Health

General Resources

Publications

1. CME/CEU & Trainee Certification
2. National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Continuing Medical Education
3. American Academy of Family Physicians: CME Center
4. American Academy of Physician Assistants – Continuing Medical Education
5. American Medical Association - Continuing Medical Education
6. American Public Health Association Continuing Professional Education
7. JAMA & Archives Continuing Medical Education
8. Johns Hopkins Office of Continuing Education
9. Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education

Organizations

1. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
2. Alliance for Continuing Medical Education

Breast Health

1. Breast Cancer Continuing Medical Education Program
2. American Cancer Society Online Continuing Education
3. Mammography for Women with Disabilities: Training for the Mammography Technologist
4. Breast Health Educator Training and Certification Preparatory Program

Cancer

1. Breast Cancer Continuing Medical Education Program
2. Training Sponsored by NCI
3. American Cancer Society Online Continuing Education
4. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) – Continuing Medical Education
5. The Center for Biomedical Continuing Education 

Cardiovascular Health and Obesity

1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Continuing Education Opportunities for Medical Professionals and Health Educators
2. Hemochromatosis for Health Care Professionals
3. American Heart Association - CME/CE Information
4. Obesity Online
5. Type 2 Diabetes (AMA)

Cultural Competence

1. A Family Physician's Pratical Guide to Culturally Competent Care: CME Course
2. Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA)
3. Cultural Competency in Women's Health

Immunology/Microbiology

1. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Continuing Education
2. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology – Continuing Education
3. American Society for Microbiology - Continuing Education and CME/CE Credit Opportunities
4. A Focus on Immunization and Preventable Disease Management (AMA) (Expired registration)

Infection Control

1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Continuing Education Program
2. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Continuing Education
3. American College of Preventative Medicine - CME Center

Medicare

1. Medicare Learning Network's Product Page
2. Medicare Policy: Low Vision Rehabilitation: What Today’s Service Providers Should Know

Mental Health

1. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Online CME
2. American Mental Health Counselors Association - CE Information
3. American Psychiatric Association Online CME Center
4. Depression (AMA)
5. Facts for Health

Pain Management

1. Breakthroughs and Challenges in the Management of Common Chronic Pain Conditions (Archive)
2. Pain Management Modules
3. PainEDU CE Course

Pediatrics

1. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Online CME
2. American Academy of Pediatrics - CME Finder
3. PedsEducation.org - On-line CME for the pediatric professional

Pregnancy and Childbirth

1. American College of Nurse-Midwives - Continuing Education and Practice Resources
2. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Education
3. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - Continuing Education
4. March of Dimes - Continuing Education
5. Wellstart International - Lactation Management Self-Study Modules (PDF, 5 Mb)

Substance Abuse and Violence Against Women

1. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Prevention Pathways Online Courses
2. American Medical Women's Association - Continuing Education
3. Washington State Coalition of Domestic Violence - Online Training

Women's Health

1. American College of Nurse-Midwives - Continuing Education and Practice Resources
2. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Education  
3. American Medical Women's Association - Continuing Medical Education
4. Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Educational Series on Women's Health Issues
5. Association of Reproductive Health Professionals - Medical Education Opportunities
6. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - Continuing Education

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OWH CME/CEU Archive

• Cystitis
• Gastrointestinal Health
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Pain Management
• Urology
• Vulvodynia
• Miscellaneous

Cystitis

1. Managing Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis in Women in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance (1 Mb)
   Interdisciplinary Medicine, Vol. 5 No 9. January 2004 (archive)

Gastrointestinal Health

1. The State of the Art in Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Update and Recent Advances in Colorectal Cancer prevention (493 Kb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 1. June 2004 (archive)

Interstitial Cystitis

1. Chronic pelvic pain of Bladder Origin: A Focus on Interstitial Cystitis, Case Studies (179 Kb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 34. November 2004 (archive)

2. Chronic pelvic pain of Bladder Origin: A Focus on Interstitial Cystitis Case Studies: Patients Who Fail Endometriosis Therapy. (181 Kb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 32. October 2004 (archive)

3. Chronic pelvic pain of Bladder Origin: A Focus on Interstitial Cystitis (179 Kb)
   Clinician, Vol. 22 No. 10. August 2004 (archive)

Obesity

1. Management of Obesity: Assessment and Management of Overweight and Obese Adult patients

Osteoporosis

1. Importance of Calcium for Bone Health Throughout the Life Span (1.98 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 24 No. 5. August 2006 (archive)

2. Determinants of Bone Strength and Impact of Antiresorptive Therapy (6.37 Mb) (archive)

3. Nonvertebral Fracture Prevention, Treatment, and Management: Critical Review of the Data (7.42 Mb) (archive)

4. The State of the Art in the Management of Osteoporosis: Highlights from a Scientific Roundtable (720 Kb)
   Held July 2003, Washington, DC
   Interdisciplinary Medicine, Vol. 5 No. 5. January 2004 (archive)

5. The State of the Art in the Management of Osteoporosis (1.4 Mb)
   Based in part on the proceedings of a Scientific Roundtable Held July 2003, Washington, DC
   Clinician, Vol. 22 No. 3. June 2004 (archive)

6. The State of the Art in the Management of Osteoporosis: A Case-Based CME Activity (2.7 Mb)
   Interdisciplinary Medicine, Vol. 5 No. 7. March 2004 (archive)

Pain Management

1. Case Studies in the Management of Neuropathic Pain in Older Patients (5.15 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 24 No. 1. February 2006 (archive)

2. Breakthroughs and Challenges in the Management of Common Chronic Pain Conditions: A Focus on Menstrual Migraine (1.16 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 23 No. 35. December 2005 (archive)

3. Musculoskeletal Injuries and Osteoarthritis Pain: Optimizing Treatment Outcomes (1 Mb)
   Clinician, Vol. 23 No. 12. November 2005 (archive)

4. Breakthroughs and Challenges in the Pharmacological Management of Common Chronic Pain Conditions (1.76 Mb)
   Clinician, Vol. 23 No. 3. October 2005 (archive)

5. Multimodal Management of Mild-to-Moderate Osteoarthritis, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Other Conditions (1.37 Mb)
   Clinician, Vol. 23 No. 10. August 2005 (archive)

6. Breakthroughs and Challenges in the Management of Common Chronic Pain Conditions: A Focus on Neuropathic Pain (1 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 23 No. 23. June 2005 (archive)

7. The Role of Nonopioid Analgesics in Managing Osteoarthritis Pain (2.03 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 8. May 2005 (archive)

8. Pharmacist's Guide to Patient's Frequently Asked Questions — As Developed from State of the Art Management of Mild to Moderate Pain from Adolescence Through Old Age (710 Kb)
   May 2004 (archive)

Urology

1. Chronic Pelvic Pain of Bladder Origin in Men: A revealing look at the relationship between chronic nonbacterial prostatitis and interstitial cystitis
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 42. October 2004
   (210 Kb) (archive)

Vulvodynia

1. Vulvodynia: Integrating Current Knowledge into Clinical Practice
   3rd Edition. 2007
   Presented by The National Vulvodynia Association

Miscellaneous

1. Heart Truth: Awareness and Prevention
   A National Awareness and Prevention Campaign about Heart Disease in Women

2. Musculoskeletal Injuries and Analgesia (2.03 Mb)
   Clinical Courier, Vol. 22 No. 4. April 2005 (archive)

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