In Massachusetts, a majority of CPD* credit must be directly related to the primary area(s) of a physician’s practice, and must include two hours studying the Board of Registration in Medicine’s regulations.
Massachusetts Risk Management Study:
Category 1 – Formal, pre-planned activities that focus on medical malpractice prevention such as risk identification, loss prevention, and patient safety. Those areas may include medical ethics, quality assurance, medical-legal issues, patient relations, utilization review, and non-economic aspects of practice management.
Category 2 – Activities that that provide valuable learning and address medical malpractice prevention but are not designated as formal, pre-planned activities. Those might include participation on peer review committees in quality assurance or medical ethics.
For a more complete explanation, you may consult: FAQs about Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
*CPD was formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)