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www.cap.org
Continuing Education Opportunities
Surveys Education ProgramsWhen your lab participates in Surveys, every member of your team can enroll in education activities and earn CME/CE at no additional charge. Each staff member simply establishes a free Web account, completes a reading provided in the Participant Summary or Final Critique, and answers online learning assessment questions. Surveys education activities are available for six months. For information on upcoming topics, visit www.cap.org, click the Education Programs tab, and then click Surveys.
Quality Management Programs
Continuing education credit is available with select quality management tools. Continuing education credit will be applied toward the year in which the activity is completed. For more information on available continuing education credit for LMIP, Q-PROBES, and Q-TRACKS, call the CAP Customer Contact Center at 800-323-4040 option 1.
For LMIP, each quarter one individual at each participating institution can earn education credit upon completion of the paper-based education activity. New for Q-PROBES and Q-TRACKS, multiple laboratory staff can earn continuing education credit (CME/CE) by reading the Final Critique and answering the online learning assessment questions. For more information, visit www.cap.org, click on the Accreditation and Laboratory Improvement tab, and then click About Q-TRACKS, About Q-PROBES, or About LMIP under Quality Assurance Programs.
Product Maximum CME Maximum CE
Program Name Code Category 1 Credits Credits/Hours Page
LMIP® LMB 12 12 32
Q-PROBES™ QP081-084 4 4 30
Q-TRACKS® QT1-5, QT7-10, QT15-17 48 48 23
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Continuing Education
College of American Pathologists
Anatomic Pathology Education ProgramsMany of the CAP’s Anatomic Pathology Education Programs include CME/CE credit. These case-based programs may include glass slides, photomicrographs, and/or CD-ROMs. Participants review the slides, images, clinical background, or reference information, then select an appropriate diagnosis or answer learning assessment questions. Target responses are included in the original mailing.
* The NGC and PAP programs contain online components using virtual microscopy. Two of the possible CME/CE credits in each program relate to the online components.
Maximum CME Maximum CE Product Category 1 Credits/
Program Name Code Credits Hours Page
Autopsy Pathology AU/AUCD 12 NA 193
Forensic Pathology FR 12 NA 201
Immunohistochemistry MK 4 NA 186
Interlaboratory Comparison Program NGC 22 22 188
in Non-Gynecologic Cytopathology*
Neuropathology Program NP 8 NA 192
Interlaboratory Comparison Program in PAPCE1, PAPJE1, 12 12 189
Gynecologic Cytopathology* PAPKE1, PAPME1
Gynecologic Cytology PT Program PAPCPT, PAPJPT, 12 12 190
(including educational component) PAPKPT, PAPMPT
Performance Improvement Program in PIP 40 NA 183
Surgical Pathology
Anatomic Pathology Education Programs
Cytotechnologists may apply credits/hours from the NGC Program toward required educational activities for the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Continuing Education Credit Program (CECC).
Cytotechnologists may apply credits/hours from the PAP Education Program toward required educational activities for the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Continuing Education Credit Program (CECC) and the International Academy of Cytology.
Additionally, cytotechnologists may apply credits/hours from the PAP Education component of PAP PT toward required educational activities for the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Continuing Education Credit Program (CECC) and the International Academy of Cytology.
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Online Virtual Microscopy Education Programs
The CAP now offers new online education programs that use advanced imaging technology to present images from actual glass slides for a variety of sites and specimen types. This technology simulates a microscope, allowing you to scan the image and use multiple magnifications to view the material. From the images and clinical information provided, you select a diagnosis, answer learning assessment questions, and receive immediate feedback online.
The CAP’s online virtual microscopy education activities, which are compatible with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems, require Internet access. The download speed and the appearance of the activity will vary depending on the type and speed of your Internet connection, computer’s power, and browser. Higher speed connections will load pages and images at a faster rate, and newer browser versions will enhance how the pages look on screen. For optimal operation, the CAP recommends:
■ CPU: Pentium II class or better ■ Screen resolution of 1024 x 768
■ Ethernet, ISDN, DSL, cable modem, or other high-speed digital connection ■ Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 7.0 and higher (other browsers may also work)
In addition, to use the virtual slide’s microscopy display in the VBP program, as well as the online cases in the FNA, NGC, and PAP programs, you must have Java Virtual Machine (JVM) software on your computer. If you do not already have a JVM on your computer, you can download and install a free JVM from the following site:
java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
If you don’t have administrator rights to install software on your computer or cannot determine if your computer already has JVM software, please contact your technical support team for its assistance.
Maximum CME Product Category 1
Program Name Code Credits Page
Online Virtual Biopsy Program VBP 10 184
Online Digital Slide Program in Fine Needle Aspiration FNA 5 191
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Competency Assessment Program
College of American Pathologists
Competency Assessment Program
Start with twice-yearly competency assessment courses in nine major disciplines. Add customized training, optional reassessments, instrument-specific observation checklists, and automated management reports. Finally, incorporate tools that let you build your own courses.
What you get is Competency Assessment Program. With its comprehensive suite of powerful tools, Competency Assessment Program is the systematic, online answer to competency assessment in your laboratory.
This powerful system is designed to help you meet CLIA-mandated competency assessment regulations Competency Assessment Program includes:
❚ Competency assessment and training courses with customized training and CE credit ❚ Reassessment courses
❚ Instrument-specific observation checklists ❚ Course building and modifying tools
❚ Extensive management tracking and reporting …all in a single online product.
Take control, with the powerful system designed to help you meet CLIA-mandated competency assessment regulations, available exclusively from the College of American Pathologists.
Competency Assessment Program
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Discipline July-December 2007 January-July 2008 July-December 2008
Blood Banking/ Antibody screen and identification Transfusion reactions Transfusion therapy
Transfusion Medicine including criteria for
selection of blood products: Red Cell Components
Chemistry Liver and Renal Lipids Endocrine
Hematology and White blood cells including Erythrocyte morphology White blood cell Coagulation automated counts, sources of error, including automated counts, inclusions with
and distinguishing reactive sources of error, morphology, emphasis on clinical leukocytes from leukemic cells and clinical significance significance
Immunology Serology, including RPR, RA, HIV Infectious diseases
monospot, hCG STD
Microbiology Gram-positive bacilli and aerobic The Enterobacter-iaceae—old and Gram-negative bacilli:
actinomyces new Non-fermenters and
miscellaneous and fastidious species Phlebotomy/ Specimen General specimen handling and Collection and transport of Routine venipuncture Processing transportation requirements specimens for microbiology, performance
including blood cultures
Point-of-Care Testing Blood gases and electrolytes Physician Performed Microscopy Urine Dipstick Safety General Lab Safety (trips/slips, Hazardous Chemicals Waste management,
food, dress, workstation, first aid, (MSDS, storage) Accident Management,
showers, eyewashes, respirators, Good Housekeeping
hoods)
Urinalysis Microscopic analysis part 1 Microscopic analysis part 2 Other body fluids including synovial, peritoneal, pleural
Competency Assessment Program Course Schedule
If you have questions or would like a brochure mailed to you, please contact the CAP at:
[email protected]
800-323-4040 option 1
Use the new products page of the order form to enroll in Competency Assessment Program
for your laboratory.
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Continuing Education
College of American Pathologists
AccreditationThe College of American Pathologists (CAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Category 1
The College of American Pathologists designates these educational activities for a maximum of the stated number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE (Continuing Education for nonphysicians)
The College of American Pathologists designates these educational activities for a maximum of the stated number of credits/hours of continuing education. Each participant should claim only those credits/hours he/she spent in the activity. These activities are acceptable to meet the continuing education requirements for the ASCP Board of Registry Certification Maintenance Program.
These activities are approved for continuing education credit in the states of California and Florida.
Cytotechnologists may apply the credits from the PAPCE1/PAPJE1/PAPKE1/PAPME1, PAP PT and NGC programs toward the required educational activities for the American Society for Cytopathology (ASC) Continuing Education Credit Program (CECC).
International Designation Explanation
International CME designation enables a physician who participates in the activity, but who is not licensed in the US, to receive AMA PRA Category 1 credit. The physician can use this credit toward the AMA PRA Award. Each non-US-licensed physician should check with the appropriate accreditation/credentialing organizations to determine if they will accept these credits.
