Sports Medicine CME Information
Documentation on the AOA Activity Report for 2007-2009 and the current cycle of at least 120 CME hours for the previous three years with 50 of those hours in approved sports medicine courses; 25 hrs. must be from AOASM sponsored programs. The remaining 25 hrs. may be distributed among the following sources –
- AMSSM sponsored programs.
- ACSM Team Physician Course.
- AAFP or ACOFP sports medicine course.
- Presenting sports medicine lectures at state or national conferences; a maximum of 3 hrs. per lecture (for speaking and preparation) will be awarded by the Committee with a maximum total of 9 hrs. for 3 lectures. Original documentation required would be confirmation from the sponsoring organization or a program schedule with date and location noting you as a speaker along with the lecture title.
- Sports medicine preceptor hours; up to a maximum of 10 hrs. given by the Committee (1 hr. given for every 5 hrs. recorded on the AOA activity report, up to a maximum of 50 recorded hrs.). Original documentation from an institution confirming this hrs. would be necessary, as the Activity Report does not classify preceptor hrs. by specialty area.
- Home study hrs. in sports medicine, including self-testing quizzes, up to a maximum of 5 hrs.
- Attendance at AOA or ACGME university or hospital-based CME programs in sports medicine recognized by the AOA CME Activity Report; original documentation from sponsor would be necessary if not clearly defined on Activity Report.