Free CME Online

Free online CME courses are usually sponsored by pharmaceutical companies or device manufacturers. In our listings, we try to identify the sponsoring organization. As is obvious, these courses usually deal with the specific pharmaceutical or medical device industry sold by the sponsoring company, but does not specifically identify brands. These courses generally meet the qualifying standards for Category 1 CME courses.

Free PRA Category 1 online courses are offered by PRIME which are categorized into specialty practice and are augmented with free monthly case studies for physicians. Many of these meet relicensure requirements and are provided free without commercial support. Another major provider of free CME online courses is Medscape. These courses often take the form of "reports" and "highlights" from major medical meetings. The programs are generally of high quality and qualify for Category 1 CME credits. A wide variety of medical specialities (everything from Internal Medicine CME to Psychiatry CME and Surgery CME) are covered.

There are also a small number of free CME courses provided by medical schools and training hospitals. More often, though, CME courses provided by these institutions cost about $25/credit hour. For example, Harvard provides several online CME courses and charages between $20 and $50 per credit hour.

Free CME Course Lists

MedPix: Category 1 CME for physicians and CNE for nursing professionals from the Uniformed Services University. One hour of category 1 CME credit is awarded for every 4 "case of the week" completed and after filling out an online survey.

Free Ultrasound CME - this is a catalog of online courses provided by GE and Siemens

Baylor College of Medicine CME - Baylor provides free online CME courses in a wide range of specialties. Each course is reviewed annually. Credits range from 0.5 to 2 category 1 CME credits.

CME courses - the Netdoc database is one of the most comprehensive and easily searched databases of CME courses.

Emergency medicine CME - LLSA: The emergency medicine specialty has shifted to the Lifelong Learning Self Assessment (LLSA) model of recertification. This resource provides links to the LLSA reading list and requirements.

Medicine Board Review - Board review options including courses that offer Category 1 CME credits.

Please note, this site is not affiliated with any of the CME course providers, and the courses have not been reviewed.