The American Journal of Clinical Pathology offers journal-based CME/SAM.
Each month several AJCP articles selected by the editorial board for their new and noteworthy findings in the field will be offered to readers to earn CME/SAM credit (one credit per article). Articles and the associated examination to document credit will be available online only for three years.
To get started, click the link below, choose from the available articles, and pay through the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) online store. To take an exam after paying for an article, log in to your ASCP account, choose My Courses, and select the exercise. Each of the articles available for SAM credit contains a pretest and posttest and educational content. There will be a minimum of 5 multiple choice questions in the pretest and the posttest. Once the posttest is completed, you will be scored immediately. Credit will be documented in your ASCP transcript available in My Courses, and you can print a certificate upon completion of the exercise.
The ASCP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The ASCP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per article. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity meets MOC Part II Lifelong Learning requirements. A self-assessment option is available to earn SAM credits for Maintenance of Certification, Part II Self-Assessment Modules (MOC-SAM). MOC Part II (lifelong learning and self-assessment) requires that at each of the two-year check points you supply documentation that you obtained 35 AMA PRA Category 1CME credits per year, or 70 credits in two years. Of these total numbers of credits, ten credits must be SAM (self-assessment modules) credit in one year or 20 SAM credits in two years. The goals for the creation of these modules of self-assessment are to provide pathologists an opportunity to self-assess themselves on practical “need to know” information that is used in daily practice and required for competence.
