(Updated 4/20/22)
Each state has its own state CME requirements to fulfill – some depend on the amount of CME you earn, others center more on your educational hours. It can be hard to keep track. Texas requires a lot of CME credits, as well as mandating that you split your credits between designated subjects. And trying to keep track of all these requirements may be tedious for you.
For your convenience, we at GIBLIB have curated your state CME required topics and credits in one blog. Now, you can fulfill some of your CME needs in one place. Review your requirements and watch videos linked below that will fulfill them. Use our easy-to-access resource to make fulfilling your requirements less of a chore.
For both Texas MD and DO physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:
“48 hours every 2 years; 24 must be AMA Category 1 or AOA Category 1A; 2 of those 24 hours must be on medical ethics and/or professional responsibility including, but not limited, to courses in risk management, domestic abuse or child abuse; a human trafficking prevention course must be completed as part of the medical ethics and/or professional responsibility requirement; the remaining 24 hours may be composed of informal self-study, attendance at hospital lectures, grand rounds, or case conferences not approved for formal CME, and shall be recorded in a manner that can be easily transmitted to the board upon request.
For licensees with direct patient care practice, no less than 2 hours of CME regarding safe and effective pain management related to the prescription of opioids and other controlled substances must be completed in each of the first two renewal periods following initial licensure, and every eight years thereafter. For licensees practicing in pain management clinics, licensees must complete 10 hours of CME annually in the area of pain management.” – FSMB
- CME Credits Required: 48
- Complete those credits here.
- Term(Years): N/A
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: N/A
- Required Topics: 1 human trafficking prevention course; Min. 2 credits ethics and/or professional responsibility; 2 credits opioids/controlled substances; 10 credits pain management for those who practice in a pain clinic; (For DOs: AOA 1-A).
HUMAN TRAFFICKING REQUIREMENT
MEDICAL ETHICS REQUIREMENT
- Bioethics in Medicine: Cases to Consider (0.5 credits)
- Applied Ethics: Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic (1 credit)
- Session 14: Managing ICU Capacity and Ethics in Crisis Care (1 credit)
- Medical Therapy in Transgender Adolescents (0.25 credits)
Watch more medical ethic videos here.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REQUIREMENT
- Opioids: Use, Abuse and Alternatives Conference (17 credits)
- Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice (8 credits)
- Opioids Course (3 credits)
- Opioids and Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Chronic Pain and Opioids (0.5 credits)
- Using Opioids in Older Adults (0.5 credits)
- Opioid Edition: Treating Opioid Addiction (0.75 credits)
- Opioid Pharmacology: Clinical Application (0.25 credits)
- Opioids in Serious Medical Illness (0.5 credits)
Watch more Controlled Substances videos here.
PAIN MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENT
- Opioids: Use, Abuse and Alternatives Conference (17 credits)
- Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice (8 credits)
- Pharmacologic Neuropathic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Opioids and Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Interventional Alternatives to Opioids in Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Let's Hash it Out: Medical Marijuana in Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
- Spine: Approach to Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Radiculopathy (0.5 credits)
- Chronic Pain and Opioids (0.5 credits)
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Pelvic Pain (0.5 credits)
- Neuropathic Pain: Beyond Gabapentinoids and Duloxetine (0.5 credits)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (0.5 credits)
- Interventional Pain Procedures in Palliative Care (0.5 credits)
- Chronic Pain in Primary Care: Controversies and Opportunities (1 credit)
- Multidisciplinary Opioid Management (0.5 credits)
- Using Opioids in Older Adults (0.5 credits)
Watch more Pain Management videos here.
