Each state updated its CME requirements near the beginning of the global pandemic for COVID-19. Find your state’s information in this document: States Modifying Continuing Medical Education Requirements in Response to COVID-19

AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ is issued by an accredited provider to physicians who participate in their certified activities and claim credit. Category 1 credit is provided for activities that meet all the requirements prescribed by the AMA. They are formal, pre-planned activities including live activities, and enduring materials.

AMA PRA Category 2 credit™ include activities that provide valuable learning for individual physicians that are not designated for Category 1 credit. They might include such activities as unstructured online searching, reading authoritative medical literature, or self-assessment activities.

For more:

• a complete explanation, consult: AMA CME Provider Resources page
• CRICO content and activities available for credit, refer to: CME Learners Overview
• The Board’s CME Pilot Program policy with details of the CME requirements in Massachusetts.

Risk management study consists of learning that includes information regarding the prevention of medical malpractice. Some examples are activities that include loss prevention, risk identification, and patient safety instruction. Risk management study must include instruction in medical malpractice prevention, such as risk identification, patient safety and loss prevention, and may include instruction in any of the following areas:

• medical ethics;
• quality assurance;
• medical-legal issues;
• patient relations;
• utilization review that directly relates to quality assurance; or
• non-economic aspects of practice management.

Note that at least some of the instruction should focus on medical malpractice prevention, and all instruction should be in one or more of the areas described above. A course designed to improve clinical skills by increasing technical knowledge may qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 credit™, but typically will not constitute risk management study.

Note: CPD was formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Risk management study is a self-claimed activity. This means you should maintain a record of the activities you complete that meet the requirement for risk management study.

Any physician licensed in Massachusetts must earn risk management credit during each licensing cycle.

After completion of an on-line activity, such as a test or questions on a recorded webinar, a certificate is sent to your email address on file. If you believe you should have received a certificate, and did not, contact the Patient Safety Department to inquire further.  

At this time CRICO offers AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. The Massachusetts Board of Nursing website describes how you may use participation in an activity that provides CME credit for license renewal in their frequently asked questions.