Continuing medical education
Nature Clinical Practice has partnered with Medscape, LLC and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to provide the opportunity to earn Category 1 AMA PRA credits™ for selected articles each month. Medscape, LLC and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity; the number of credits is provided at the start of the article. All other health-care professionals completing continuing education credit for this activity will be issued a certificate of participation.
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for these online educational activities. To obtain credit, you should first read the journal article. After reading this article, you should be able to answer related multiple-choice questions. A complete list of CME articles and links to the related multiple-choice questions can be found on the following pages:
- NCP Cardiovascular Medicine
- NCP Endocrinology & Metabolism
- NCP Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- NCP Nephrology
- NCP Neurology
- NCP Oncology
- NCP Rheumatology
- NCP Urology
To complete the questions online and earn continuing education credit, you must be a registered user on Medscape.com or have an account in the Vanderbilt CME database.
If you are not registered on Medscape.com please click on the New Users: Free Registration link on the top left-hand side of the website to register. Registration is free. For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME activity: cme@medscape.net. For technical assistance, contact cme@webmd.net.
If you do not have an account click on the Sign up link on the top left-hand side of the website to register. Registration is free. For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME activity: cme@vanderbilt.edu. For technical assistance, contact cme@vanderbilt.edu.
AMA PRA credits are accepted in the US as evidence of participation in CME activities. For further information on this award, please refer to www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2797.html. The AMA has determined that physicians not licensed in the US who participate in these CME activities are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Through agreements that the AMA has made with agencies in some countries, AMA PRA credit is acceptable as evidence of participation in CME activities. If you are not licensed in the US and want to obtain an AMA PRA CME credit, please complete the questions in the normal way, print the certificate and present it to your national medical association.
