Category 1 Credit
$150 for 12.0 credit hours
These events are approved until January 17, 2011
No fee to view or listen to "War on Pain" presentations

The requirement is for California physicians to complete 12-hours in pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients by December 31, 2006.
California Assembly Bill 487 and the Medical Board of California, Business and Professions Code Section 2190.5
"(a) All physicians and surgeons shall complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients. For the purposes of this section, this course shall be a one-time requirement of 12 credit hours within the required minimum established by regulation, to be completed by December 31, 2006".

• I am a California physician, active and living in California.
  Yes, California Assembly Bill 487 requires California physicians to obtain a minimum of 12-hours of Category 1 continuing medical education credit in pain management by December 31, 2006. (If you missed the deadline you are still required to obtain a minimum of 12-hours).
• I am a retired California licensed physician living in California and want to keep my license active.
  Yes, if you want to keep your license active, you will need to take the 12-hours.
• I live outside the state of California, but am licensed by the California Medical Board.
  You will need to contact the California Medical Board, (916) 263-2382 phone or (916) 263-2687 TDD.
• Who is exempt?
  Contact the California Medical Board to confirm if you are exempt. California Assembly Bill 487 states: "By regulatory action, the board may exempt physicians and surgeons by practice status category from the requirement in subdivision (a) if the physician and surgeon does not engage in direct patient care, does not provide patient consultations, or does not reside in the State of California. (c) This section shall not apply to physicians and surgeons practicing in pathology or radiology specialty areas." 

For CME credit, you will need to pay $150 for the course, view the 12 - one hour videos, complete an evaluation for each module, pass the test with 80% or better.

• If you want CME for this course click on "War on Pain CME course" link
• This will bring you to our new CME California web site
• Read the course information page
• At the bottom of the page choose occupation "physician" or "other"
• New learners will need to create an account to log in
• You will need to pay for the course ($150) at this time by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover)
• This couse is free if you are a current UC Davis staff, faculty or resident, email UCD/CME office for the discount code; on payment page click for discount and enter code
• After payment, new page will show list of 12 modules and the test

  TIP - print test worksheet first then...
  a. view a video
  b. complete the evaluation
  c. repeat this for all 12 modules
  d. after that - take the test

• Each module will have link to "enter activity"
• "enter activity"  will have four items "activity" (to access video),  "test worksheet" (this can be downloaded to print and use as your sample test), "evaluation" (complete after viewing video), or "tell a friend"
• After viewing all 12 videos and completing the evaluations you will need to successfully complete the post-test and pass with 80% or higher, learners are allowed three chances to pass
• Your CME certificate with 12 hours will be created after you have completed all 12 evaluations and passed the test
• You can reprint your certificate by loging in to CME California web site, clicking "transcript" then "view" course certificate
• This event is self recording. You will need to notify your Medical Board
• Email Gwenn Welsch at gwenn.welsch@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu and add "War on Pain" in subject line if you have any additional questions

Helpful tips:

• Print the test worksheet to use when viewing the videos
• Videos show an expiration date of 2008 - material was reviewed and approved until January 17, 2011. To keep the registration fees low we did not edit the 12 videos
• Watch videos only when you have an hour available since the videos cannot fast forward or reverse, only pause
• After each evaluation a certificate will show (0 hours of credit), the 12 hours of credit will only show after completing all 12 evaluations and passing the test

Yes, there are two ways to access the material (NO CME).

• Online videos
• Audio files

• Click the "Play" button and the video will auto start.
• The video will auto play and cannot go fast forward or reverse, only pause.
• Slides may not show if you have a dial up service or a small bandwidth.
• If you have a MAC you can access the online videos using safari browser or use the MP3 audio files and the handouts.

• To listen to a presentation: double clicking on link will open file and auto start the presentation. It will take 1-5 minutes to open in your computer. You may need to download Quicktime to play event.
• To download a presentation: right click, click on "Save Target As" and you may then save file. The files are for one hour presentations. This creates long download times. Be prepared to wait 15-20 minutes for each download.

Information can be obtained by calling
Gwenn Welsch at (916) 734-5773 or CME at (916) 734-5390
Fax number (916) 734-0776
E-mail at gwenn.welsch@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Web site: http://cme.ucdavis.edu