The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) and the Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP) offer free web-based continuing medical education credits on a variety of clinical topics that are relevant to IHC patients. We encourage all PCPs to take advantage of these opportunities!
IAFP offers a variety of free online CME activities developed by Family Physicians for primary care, including several Quality Improvement (QI) programs. These activities and resources can be accessed at www.iafp.com/education if you register.
There are currently 14 CME activities on the IAFP website, including several Quality Improvement Programs. The resources cover pain management, mental health, chronic disease management, military families, heart failure, substance abuse and smoking cessation, and how to manage them in primary care practice.
ICAAP also offers several CME opportunities through free, web-based trainings. The Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care (EDOPC) and Bright Smiles From Birth trainings offer a total of six web-based courses for CME credits.
EDOPC is a partnership between the Advocate Health Care Healthy Steps program and ICAAP. You can register online at http://www.edopc.org/ for the following topics: early intervention; developmental screening and referral; domestic violence and its effects on children; identifying perinatal maternal depression during the well-child visit; social, emotional and autism concerns.
Bright Smiles from Birth is a program designed to provide information on children's oral health to primary care providers and staff. The online course provides an overview of oral health in young children and how to apply fluoride varnish. Providers who complete the program are eligible for reimbursement for application of fluoride varnish on children less than 36 months old.
