Participate from the convenience of your home or office 
Mark H. Gelula, PhD

Continuing Medical Education (CME) is dominated by a single type of activity: the lecture.  No matter how it is clothed, more than 95% of all physician-oriented continuing education is organized as what may be called "show and tell."  From the one-hour, hospital-based weekly "update" to the five-day, forty (plus)-hour board certification-oriented "review course", the lecture remains like a seawall, resolute against tides of change.  In an informal survey, I recently queried about ten physicians friends, and asked them how they best liked to learn in their CME opportunities.  Their response -- lecture.  This is interesting, because we know that the lecture is the least effective form of instruction for physicians (or anyone, for that matter).
Individual activities can be completed at a time convenient for you
Courses combine
online convenience with collaborative learning
Each instructor is a specialist in the disease process
Improve your knowledge of the disease, its diagnosis, and management
Integrate techniques into your practice
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Program Overview

The Specialty Needs online program is designed to focus on six specialties. These specialties include:

• Gastroenterology
• Women’s Health
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Rheumatology and Arthritis
• Pediatrics

Each specialty is in turn composed of five mini-modules each of which is dedicated to the study of a particular disease. Gastroenterology, for example, consists of the following mini-modules:

• Helicobacter pylori and ulcer disease
• Pancreatitiis
• Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Hepatitis C
• Irritable bowel and granulomatous bowel disease

Participants can earn up to 3 hours of CME credit for each mini-module which they successfully complete. The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. (Please see credit designation on enrollment page.)

How do you participate in a CME Online course?

If you can use a can use a computer word processor and have been on the World Wide Web for fun or research, you have all the skills that you'll need to participate in the CME Online program. Using your computer and Internet connection, you will interact with other physicians, participate in discussions and group activities, and present your ideas online. Click this link for software and hardware requirements.

Mini-modules take 3 to 4 hours over a month's time to complete. You will read background materials, attend an online lecture, participate in 3 online small group case discussions, complete an evaluation, and follow up with your colleagues on a web-based discussion board.

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