Because you have direct contact with adolescents, we would like to extend an invitation in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to a CME and QI project, entitled Addressing Adolescent & Young Adult Depression in Primary Care. This information is important now, more than ever, due to the mental health crisis our children are facing as a result of the pandemic. Participants will advance their knowledge and competency to improve depression screening and follow-up for adolescents and young adults, while earning free certification credits (up to 25 MOC Part 4 points and 20 Performance Improvement CME points). See attached and below for eligibility and credit information.
Project participants are eligible to earn credit towards professional certifications.
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25 credits towards ABP Maintenance of Certification (MOC), Part 4: Pediatricians
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Up to 20 Performance Improvement CME points: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Medical Assistants o These points are eligible for the ABFM Family Medicine Certification program.
The Performance Improvement CME credit offered for this project is through the American Academy of Family Physicians. The following organizations have written credit conversion agreements with the AAFP:
- American Medical Association
- The College of Family Physicians of Canada
- American Osteopathic Association
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the following organizations/physician licensing boards. This acceptance is confirmed each year, though no written agreement exists. Participants should contact these organizations directly to find out how to report credit:
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP)
- American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
- American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
- American Board of Urology (ABU)
Participants can register here or by completing the attached form by September 21.
Please reach out to jansen@azaap.org to let us know you’ve registered or with any questions.
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