## CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) REQUIREMENTS FOR WASHINGTON

The Washington State Board of Medical Examiners and the Washington Board of Osteopathic Medicine both require all licensees to earn a minimum number of CME Credits that include content-specific CME. The requirements are detailed below:

## WASHINGTON MEDICAL COMMISSION CME REQUIREMENTS:

- • Total credit hours every four years : Physicians licensed by the Washington Medical Commission must • Total credit hours every four years : Physicians licensed by the Washington Medical Commission must complete 200 hours of Continuing Medical Education every four years.
- • Credit hours addressing Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management: This is a one-time requirement • Credit hours addressing Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management: This is a one-time requirement to be completed during the first full continuing education period after January 1, 2016, or during the first full continuing education period after initial licensure. Beginning July 1, 2017, the training must be on the model list developed by the department of health.

## WASHINGTON BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY CME REQUIREMENTS:

- • Total credit hours every three years : Licensees of the Washington Board of Osteopathic Medicine and • Total credit hours every three years : Licensees of the Washington Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery must complete 150 hours of Continuing Medical Education every three years. Certification of compliance with the requirement for continuing medical education of the American Osteopathic Association, or receipt of the AMA Physicians Recognitions Award or a current certification of continuing medical education from medical practice academies shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy the requirements.
- • Credit hours addressing Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management: Licensed osteopathic physicians • Credit hours addressing Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management: Licensed osteopathic physicians must complete a board-approved onetime training that is at least six hours long in suicide assessment, treatment, and management. This training must be completed by the end of the first full continuing education reporting period after January 1, 2016, or the first full continuing education reporting period after initial licensure, whichever is later. Beginning July 1, 2017, the training must be on the model list developed by the department of health.

The American College of Surgeons has posted summaries of these State CME Requirements for your convenience. The Washington Chapter and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) are committed to providing members with the highest quality educational resources and supporting you in meeting your Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements, for example:

- • online AMAPRA Category 1 Credit ™ and Self-Assessment Credit through your member subscription to • online AMAPRA Category 1 Credit ™ and Self-Assessment Credit through your member subscription to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- • online Safe Pain Control courses totaling 4 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits ™ • online Safe Pain Control courses totaling 4 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits ™
- • Congress 2019 Webcast packages offer up to 175 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 175 Self- • Congress 2019 Webcast packages offer up to 175 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 175 Self- Assessment Credits which can be tailored to a physician's interests or requirements
- • soon! A new online 8-module course, Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management: An Evidence-Based • soon! A new online 8-module course, Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Approach, will offer 8 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits ™