What content may be certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™?
The content of all activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ must meet the AMA’s definition of CME, be nonpromotional and be appropriate in depth and scope for the intended physician audience. The AMA’s definition of CME is: • CME consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession. The content of CME is the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine and the provision of health care to the public. (AMA HOD policy #300.988) Accredited CME providers may certify nonclinical subjects (e.g. office management, patient-physician communications, faculty development) for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ as long as these are appropriate to a physician audience and benefit the profession, patient care
