Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Physician Assistants

Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Physician Assistants

After you have finished the PANCE and thought you were all done with the NCCPA, you were wrong! So wrong! Continuing medical education credits are the next place they have come to steal your money, right before the next NCCPA exam, the PANRE. The six areas of PA competencies these CME credits evaluate are: medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, patient care, professionalism, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice.

• PAs must log 100 CME credit hours (with a $130 certification fee) every two years to maintain their national certification, per AAPA’s requirements.
• Your CME earning and logging window is May 1st of the year your current certification was issued through December 31 of the certification expiration year.
• If you have met your requirements for your current CME cycle, you can begin earning and logging credits for the next cycle on May 1st during the certification expiration year of your current cycle.
• Additionally, each state may have their own specific CME requirements, which you can check here.
• Of the 100 CME credits you must earn and log
• At least 50 must be Category 1 CME
• The remaining 50 credits can be Category 1, Category 2 or a combination of both.
• CME can be classified as a Certification Program, Category 1 or Category 2.

Category 1 CME