Practice Guidelines: Evidence in Practice

NEW Guideline Course January 2011.
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Earn up to 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

APA practice guidelines are evidence-based, patient care strategies intended to assist psychiatrists in clinical decision-making. These online courses target clinical application of guideline recomendations. Earn between 5 and 8 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per course.

Meetings

Plan now to attend the 165th APA Annual Meeting, May 5-9, 2012, in Philadelphia, PA. Registration opened November 1 for members and November 15 for nonmembers. The 63rd Institute on Psychiatric Services (IPS) was held Oct. 27 - 30, 2011 in San Francisco. Log in to access the general evaluation and your CME certificate.

Psych Services on Demand brings you highlights of the 2011 Institute on Psychiatric Services. Receive access to over 150 hours of cutting edge educational content, designed to address the needs of individuals suffering from mental illness, substance abuse or other assaults to their mental health, including Dr. Alan Schatzberg's course on Essential Psychopharmacology. Watch video presentations of presenters' slides with synchronized audio as if you were in the room.

Buprenorphine Training

APA is designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to educate physicians for office-based treatment and management of opioid-dependent patients. This online course meets the eight (8) hour training requirement for physicians.

Performance in Practice (PIP)

Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for free by completing the MDD PIP module. Please note that these are practice PIP and not approved by the ABPN.To facilitate continued clinical competence, the ABMS and all its specialty boards including ABPN are implementing Maintenance of Certification.

In 2013 the ABPN will require a review of one’s own practice, a Performance in Practice (PIP) clinical module.