Physician Licensure Renewal

DISCLAIMER: It is the physician’s responsibility to understand the requirements of the applicable association, state and/or specialty and adhere to them precisely. In addition, it is the physician’s responsibility to verify the type of credit awarded by looking in the course brochure, flyer, advertisement, handout, etc. for the applicable accreditation statement.

DO Licensure Renewal

       

MD Licensure Renewal

From the Pennsylvania Medical Society License Renewal Checklist Website
100 total credit hours in a two-year license renewal period ending October 31. 100 total credit hours in a two-year license renewal period ending December 31.
  • At least 20 credits must be AOA Category 1-A.
  • At least 12 credits in the areas of approved patient safety or risk management content (either Category 1 or Category 2).
  • 2 credits from a Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) approved course on the topic of mandated child abuse recognition and reporting (either Category 1 or Category 2).
  • 2 credits in areas on pain management, identification of addiction, or the practices of prescribing of opioids (either Category 1 or Category 2).
 
  • At least 20 credits must be AMA PRA Category 1
  • At least 12 credits in the areas of approved patient safety or risk management content (either Category 1 or Category 2).
  • 2 credits from a Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) approved course on the topic of mandated child abuse recognition and reporting (either Category 1 or Category 2).
  • 2 credits in areas on pain management, identification of addiction, or the practices of prescribing of opioids (either Category 1 or Category 2).

Continuing Education Courses

 

Opioid and DEA

Child Abuse

 

Patient Safety and Risk Management

Patient safety and/or risk management credits are self-designated/self-claimed by the physician. There is not a requirement for Continuing Education providers to designate patient safety and/or risk management credit. According to the regulations, the patient safety or risk management credit hours can be in either Category 1 or Category 2. If any of the patient-safety credit hours that a physician has earned are Category 1 credit hours, they can be counted toward both the Category 1 requirement and the patient safety/risk management requirement.

How do I know if an activity satisfies the requirement for patient safety or risk management?

The following list of topics that will satisfy the patient safety/risk management requirement:

  • Improving medical records and record keeping
  • Reducing medical errors
  • Professional conduct and ethics
  • Improving communication among physicians and with other health care personnel
  • Communication between physicians and patients
  • Preventive medicine education
  • Health care quality improvement

If a Continuing Education activity falls within these topics, you can count it toward the patient safety/risk management requirement. The course does not have to state, and very likely may not, that it is a patient safety or risk management course.

 

 

Please note: Geisinger Continuing Education does not provide CME credit for any of the online modules listed above. And, we do not have access to any of your completion records; however, you can add them yourself to your online transcript at https://cce.geisinger.edu/.