EARNING CME

CREDITS AT
MEDMASTERY
A step-by-step Guide

So you’re a clinician who needs to fulfill CME

(or equivalent) requirements? Well, consider
that problem solved.

With the Medmastery Pro Membership

you can now become a great clinician
AND accomplish your CME requirements
conveniently from your living room.

Here’s how...

Become a great clinician by learning important skills you can use today!
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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR
CME CREDITS...

• Medmastery has entered into a joint providership

with CME Consultants, who is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.

• All our activities have been planned and imple-

mented in accordance with the accreditation
requirements and policies of the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

• Medmastery is also accredited by the European

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (EACCME), who has mutual recognition
agreements with over 20 European countries.

• Clinicians can earn AMA PRA Category 1

CreditsTM and European CME credits (ECMECs)
when completing our courses and workshops.

• CME certificates can be viewed and downloaded

conveniently at any time 24/7 as long as you have
a Pro Membership.
HOW TO EARN AND CLAIM YOUR
CME CREDITS ON MEDMASTERY...

• In order to claim CME credits, you need an active

Medmastery Pro Membership (Don’t have a Pro
Membership yet? Click here for more information).

• Login to your account, go to the course library and

select the course or workshop you want to earn
CME credits for.

• Successful completion requires a passing score

of at least 70%.

• Please submit the post-evaluation form after

completion of a course or workshop. The post-
evaluation form is a requirement of the ACCME
(Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education) and EACCME (European Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education), and
helps them to evaluate the effectiveness in
meeting identified educational goals.

• Once you’ve completed the above steps, your

CME certificate will be ready for download on the
course page.
TRANSFERRING CME CREDITS TO
YOUR COUNTRY...

Here’s how you can transfer the credits

earned on Medmastery to various other
countries1...

1
We regularly collect information about how to transfer
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM and European CME credits
(ECMECs) to other countries. The information presented in
this document was retrieved from the websites of various
national accrediting bodies. Medmastery does not guarantee
that your national accrediting body will transfer the credits
as described. Should you be aware of any changes to the
procedures described below, please email us at support@
medmastery.com
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH
MUTUAL RECOGNITION
AGREEMENTS WITH EACCME:

The following countries have signed mutual recognition

agreements with EACCME and will accept Medmastery’s
European CME credits:

• Austria • Malta

• Belgium • Norway

• Croatia • Poland

• Cyprus • Romania

• Finland • Slovakia

• Georgia • Slovenia

• Greece • Spain

• Hungary • Sweden

• Ireland • Turkey

• Regione • United Kingdom

(Royal College of
• Lombardia Physicians only)

• Luxembourg

Upon successful completion of your Medmastery

course, please submit your Medmastery certificate to
your national or local medical association.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT
MUTUAL RECOGNITION
AGREEMENTS WITH EACCME:

GERMANY - Tach auch!

Bundesärztekammer

The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer)

recognizes European CME credits. Physicians can
submit their Medmastery course certificate to their
state medical association (Landesärztekammer) in
order to claim credits. In some states, physicians
must submit their certificate to their district medical
association (Bezirksärztekammer). Please find
the contact information for the 17 state medical
associations here: www.bundesaerztekammer.de

Landesärztekammer
Rheinland-Pfalz

Physicians that are part of the Landesärztekammer

Rheinland-Pfalz, must submit their Medmastery
certificate to their district medical association
(Bezirksärztekammer). Here is the contact
information for for the 4 Rheinland-Pfalz district
medical associations: www.laek-rlp.de

ITALY - Ciao!
National Commission for
Continuing Medical Education

Medmastery is considered as a Foreign Provider.

Italian physicians can earn up to 50% of their credits
needed over a three-year period from foreign providers.
However, credits from foreign providers will only be
recognized at 50% of the credit awarded and no more
than 25 credits per course.

Health professionals registered to an order or members

of a professional organization have to send a request
to claim credits and all the relevant documents to their
order/organization. Other professionals (not enrolled
in any order or organization) have to send the same
documentation to this email address:
ecm.professionistisanitari@agenas.it

THE NETHERLANDS - Hoi!

Nederlandse Internisten
Vereniging (NIV)

The NIV recognizes European CME credits and

doctors of internal medicine can use them for their
Dutch registration. Please note that the course must
be within the field of internal medicine.

In order to claim credits, NIV members have to

send a request, fill out a form and enclose their
Medmastery certificate to: secr@niv.knmg.nl

UNITED KINGDOM
Royal College of
General Practitioners

The RCGP operates its own CPD accreditation

scheme for activities relevant to the CPD of GPs and
other Primary Care clinicians. There is currently no
arrangement in place to convert activities accredited
for CME in the US to be accredited for GPs in the UK.
OTHER COUNTRIES:

AUSTRALIA - G‘day mate!

Royal Australasian College of
Physicians (RACP)

The RACP MyCPD program is a self-directed and

self-reporting tool enabling participants to record and
report on CPD activities they judge relevant to the
scope of their practice. RACP Fellows who complete
a Medmastery course are eligible to claim one credit
per AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM toward Category 6
requirements of the RACP MyCPD Program.

You can find more information about the continuing

professional development (CPD) program together
with the login link and requirements on the
following website: www.racp.edu.au

CANADA - HELLO! - BONJOUR!

Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

A personal learning project (PLP) is a self-initiated

learning activity that is stimulated by a question,
issue, or dilemma in your professional practice.
Medmastery courses can be considered a stimulus
for a Personal Learning Project under Section 2 for
two credits per hour and physicians can self-record
their participation in their MAINPORT ePortfolio.
Contact cpd@royalcollege.ca if you have any
questions or concerns. For more information:
www.royalcollege.ca
HONG KONG - Nei ho!

The minimum CME/CPD requirement is 90 points in a

three-year cycle. Self-study is accepted as a form of
CME/CPD. One hour of self-study corresponds to one
CME credit. However, self-study is only accredited
with prior approval from the College concerned,
and with the necessary evidence that it has been
carried out diligently:

You can apply for CME points from the The Hong
Kong Medical Association after completing an
activity and getting your certificate. To retrieve
CME points, please submit the following supportive
documents to cme@hkma.org:

• Filled application form

• The module author’s information
• The certificate awarded
• The module’s learning outcomes

For more information, go to: www.hkcp.org

KUWAIT - ‫مالسلا مكيلعو‬

Kuwait Institute for Medical
Specialization

The Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization (KIMS)

recognizes programs accredited by the ACCME.
Practitioners are encouraged to use web-based
learning for continuing education and continuing
professional development. The maximum number of
CME/CPD credits that may be claimed on accredited
CME/CPD activities undertaken through the Internet
is limited to five credits within a 24-hour period. For
more information, go to: www.kims.org.kw

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - ‫مالسلا مكيلعو‬

Dubai Health Authority (DHA)

The Dubai Health Authority recognizes CME programs

that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as equivalent.
Therefore, physicians can submit credits earned
from Medmastery to fulfill DHA Continuing Education
requirements. For more information, go to:
www.dha.gov.ae

Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD)

The Health Authority Abu Dhabi recognizes CME

programs that are accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
as equivalent. Therefore, physicians can submit
credits earned from Medmastery to fulfill Category 1
HAAD Continuing Education requirements. For more
information, go to: www.haad.ae
CONVERT CME AMA CATEGORY 1
CREDITSTM TO OTHER TYPES OF
CREDITS

American Academy of Family

Physicians (AAFP)
Medmastery courses are considered as professional
enrichment activities and thus, acceptable as AAFP
Elective credits. The maximum credit allowance for
professional enrichment activities is limited to 25
AAFP Elective credits per three-year re-election cycle.
For more information, go to: www.aafp.org

American College of Emergency

Physicians (ACEP)
Active ACEP members must earn 150 hours of
CME credits every three years. Of the 150 hours, 60
must be designated as ACEP Category I. Get more
information here: www.acep.org

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
accepts CMEs from organizations accredited by the
ACCME. When entering your Medmastery certificates
into the log, you will be asked to enter the total
number of contact hours for each course. One AMA
PRA Category 1 CreditTM equals one contact hour. For
more information, go to: www.aanpcert.org
American Nurses Credentialing Center
The AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM Medmastery
provides can be used to fulfil Category 1 Continuing
Education Hours requirements. For more information
please visit: www.nursecredentialing.org

American Academy of Physician

Assistants (AAPA)
Medmastery courses, which are certified for AMA
PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, are accepted by the
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA).
Physician assistants are required to log at least 50
credits of Category 1 CME during each two-year
logging cycle. For more information, go to:
www.nccpa.net