An Introduction to the AAP Grand Rounds Online CME System

The online version of AAP Grand Rounds includes a continuing medical education (CME) component, available only to subscribers. Each month's issue becomes available online throughout the world, without the delays that postal delivery can impose.

Using this system, subscribers can:

1. Take the quizzes in the newsletter;
2. Submit completed issues for CME credit, and receive confirmation of credit immediately via email;
3. Review the credit they've earned via AAP Grand Rounds Online via the CME Summary Report.

Important Notes

• An entire year (12 issues) must be completed before subscribers can submit quizzes for credit. There is no article-by-article credit.
• This service is only available to subscribers. If you wish to subscribe, please click here.
• Access is granted only for those years in which a subscription is held.

We invite you to provide any feedback on this system, to help us enhance it for our subscribers.

Using the Print Version of the AAP Grand Rounds CME Program

If you are using the paper newsletter exclusively, and wish to submit for CME credit, please complete the quiz online.

Expiration of Credit: December 31, 2012 for Volumes 20 and 21 (2009 publishing year). Credit for completing 2009 AAP Grand Rounds will be awarded for up to 3 years. Credits will be posted to the year in which they are submitted.

Verification of Credit: You will receive an e-mail message verifying the CME credit you have earned through AAP Grand Rounds.

CME Credit Deadlines

AAP Grand Rounds Online

If you need to earn CME credit for the AAP Grand Rounds quizzes in 2009, you must complete each quiz before December 31, 2009. You may earn up to 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for each year completed. You do not need to complete all of the quizzes in order to earn CME credit; you will be given credit only for those quizzes you choose to complete.

When you have completed all of the quizzes for a particular year (12 issues), you must submit the issue for CME credit via the Internet. If you are not sure if you have submitted completed issues for CME credit, you may access your CME Summary page by clicking on the "My CME" button on the AAP Grand Rounds home page. If you have submitted an issue for CME credit, your CME Summary page will indicate you received up to 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for that issue.

Issues submitted for CME credit online on or before December 31, 2009 will be recorded in 2009. Issues submitted for CME credit online on or after January 1, 2010 will be recorded in 2010.

If you have questions regarding CME credit and these deadlines...

You may contact the AAP:

• By phone at 866-The-AAP1 (866) 843-2271
• By fax at (847) 228-1281
• By e-mail at prep{at}aap.org

These questions and answers are provided to assist AAP Grand Rounds Online Continuing Medical Education (CME) subscribers. If you have a question that is not covered here, please email us and include the words "CME Help" in the subject line of your message.

1. How do I earn CME credit using AAP Grand Rounds Online?

Credit in AAP Grand Rounds Online is granted on a per-issue basis (1.5 hours per completed issue). In order to earn CME credits, you must be a subscriber to AAP Grand Rounds, take all the quizzes for a particular year (12 issues), and then Submit the issue for credit.

2. What will I receive to document the credit I've earned?

Once you have submitted a completed year for credit, you will receive an email CME certificate, and your CME Summary Page will be updated to reflect the hours earned.

3. How do I know that my answers for the CME quiz are correct?

In AAP Grand Rounds, there are "preferred" answers, not strictly correct answers. When you submit a particular quiz (one of the quizzes within an issue), these preferred responses are highlighted in yellow.

4. Do I need to get a percentage of questions correct to earn CME credit?

You only need to complete all the quizzes for an issue to receive CME credit. After you've submitted a quiz, you will see your own answer to each question as compared to the preferred answer. You do not need to earn a particular score to receive CME credit; however, if you would like to change your answers use the "Back" button on your web browser to return to the quiz, change your answers, and re-submit the quiz. When you are satisfied with your answers and have viewed the preferred answers, you may return to the CME Summary page by clicking on the CME Summary link at the bottom of the page.

5. What does the red highlighted text of a preferred response really mean? It doesn't always seem directly related to the highlighted response.

We have attempted to identify the area of the article that is relevant to the preferred response. In some cases, the red highlighted text has direct relevance to the preferred response. In other cases, the red highlighted text serves merely to indicate that a longer passage in its vicinity conveys important information about the topic, often yielding the preferred response after a complete reading.

6. Who accredits AAP Grand Rounds's CME program?

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 18 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Fellows of the AAP.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

This activity is approved for a maximum of 18 NAPNAP contact hours. Pharmacology credit is pending.

Expiration of Credit: December 31, 2012 for Volumes 20 and 21 (2009 publishing year). Credit for completing the 2009 AAP Grand Rounds will be awarded for up to 3 years. Credits will be recorded in the year in which they are submitted.

2009 Credit Deadline: Issues submitted online for CME credit on or before December 31, 2009 will be recorded in 2009. Issues submitted for CME credit on or after January 1, 2010 will be recorded in 2010.

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