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Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Serving Physicians’ Needs

Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Educations (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

As an AOA and ACCME approved CME provider, COMP offers a variety of opportunities each year to refine your skills and meet your ongoing AOA and ACCME Board Certification requirements administered by WesternU faculty and other physician experts.

In addition to our live and virtual courses, we work closely with the Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library to find resources that provide Continuing Education credits.

COMP Annual CME Events

COMP hosts bi-annual Alumni CME conferences that award Category 1A/1 CME credit:

  • Upcoming CME Conferences

     

     

    WESTERNU COMP SUMMER 2024 VIRTUAL CME CONFERENCE

    Sunday, July 28, 2024 8:00am-12:05pm PST
    This free live virtual event is designated for 4 AOA Category 1A/1 CME credits.

     

    • COMP CME Conference Welcome, Lisa Warren, DO, MBA
    • Introduction to Pharmacogenetics and Clinical Genomics, Andrius Baskys, MD, PhD
    • Practice Guideline on Genitourinary Cancers: Testicular Cancer, Jacob Adashek, DO
    • Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Primary Care Clinic, Joachim Brown, DO
    • Applied Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Gregory Pecchia, DO

    Register today for your reserved seat, this event has a capacity limit.
    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

  • The following items are resources that can assist physicians with fulfilling their CME requirements:

  • CME Online

    Current faculty or staff can obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits through two resources at the Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library: DynaMed and UpToDate. More information can be found on the DynaMed and UpToDate CME pages.

    Alumni may access DynaMed and ejournals from on-campus when the library reopens.
    There are also some e-journals that offer free CMEs. For more information on how to obtain these continuing education credits, please contact reference@westernu.edu or Chat with a Librarian

  • Mentoring Students

    Rewarding experience educating students and earning CME credits at the same time. Many of these activities can take place in your practice location

    Physicians can participate as a “preceptor” for our medical students during clerkship rotations. Each preceptor can earn 1 CME credit for each hour spent teaching the student. (4 week rotation = 160 hours of CME). CME information is extracted from the “Student Performance Evaluation Form” submittied by each physician upon completetion of a rotation.

    DO’s: Receive Category 1B CME for their participation as a Preceptor. A report is submitted to the AOA on their behalf on a quarterly basis. An official CME letter is available upon request.

    MD’s: Receive Category 2 CME for their participation as a Preceptor. An official CME letter is distributed to all MD’s. They can also use these letters to “self-report” their CME to their respective associations.

    For more information on becoming a Preceptor, please contact Colleen Galindo at (909) 469-5477 or cgalindo@westernu.edu

    We are recognized by the AOA for Accredited Category 1 CME (pdf file)

  • Additional CME Resources

    AOA CME Guide

    AOA CME Opportunities
    All members of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), other than those exempted, are required to participate in the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program and to meet specified CME credit hour requirements for the current CME cycle.

    ACCME website

    AMA CME Information

    To help physicians maintain, develop and increase the knowledge, skills and professional performance and relationships they use to provide services for patients, the public and the profession, the AMA offers physician resources that include a wide range of continuing medical education (CME) activities that foster physician lifelong learning.

    CMElist.com

    The CME List offers a specialty categorized list of websites that offer AMA-approved CME online.

  • Grievance Policy

    Grievances shall be submitted via email to: ICME@westernu.edu. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt.

    The CME Sponsor will review all grievances and resolve if possible. If no resolution is possible, the CME Sponsor may then pass the information on to Dean Lisa Warren for resolution.

    If the Dr. Warren is unable to resolve the grievance she may then pass the grievance on to the CME Committee and if no resolution can be made the grievance will then be presented to the full Board of Trustees.

    Further appeals shall be addressed to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at: 142 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611-2864.

  • Contact Us

    If you are interested in participating in a COMP or COMP-Northwest CME activity, please contact:

    • Dr. Tina Lekas, Executive Director, Institute of Continuum Medical Education (ICME) ICME@westernu.edu