Free Continuing Medical Education for MIEC Members

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Last Updated: May 7, 2024

As an added benefit to membership, MIEC offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) at no cost to members through our partnership Med-IQ.

MIEC’s free online CME is a great way for member physicians to work towards annual CME requirements while learning skills to enhance their interactions with patients, maximize patient safety, and reduce liability.

Med-IQ:

Med-IQ provides online specialty-specific CME programs that focus on patient safety issues and are derived from actual malpractice claims. Coursework is customized for each medical specialty, and specialty courses are refreshed annually. Each specialty has access to a total of 5 courses, and each course is eligible for at least one hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

A partial list of current course topics includes:

Hospital Based

  • Diagnostic Error: Inpatient
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Safely Manage Opioid Analgesia
  • Goals of Care Discussions: Hearing the Patient’s Voice

Office Based

  • Opioid Crisis: What You Still Might Not Know
  • Diagnostic Error: Outpatient
  • Moving to an Accountable Culture

Surgical

  • Bowel Obstruction
  • Dangerous Workarounds: Surgery
  • Intraoperative Safety

Emergency Department

  • Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking: Healthcare Roles
  • Health Equity: Pain Management
  • Team Communication

Pathology/Radiology

  • Coordinating Care: Preventing Incidentalomas
  • Risk and Safety Issues in Radiology XV
  • Enhancing the Accuracy and Integrity of Electronic Health Documentation

Pediatrics

  • Pediatrics: Family Education and Post-Event Documentation
  • Weighing the Evidence of Pediatric Size Bias
  • Pediatric Office Risk: Effectively Navigating Minor and Parental Consent, Telehealth, and Test Results

Psychiatry

  • Suicide Prevention Strategies: Managing At-Risk Patient Populations
  • Conflict Resolution Strategies: Patients and Families
  • Behavioral+A2:A41 Health: Patient Rights and Protection

Ob/Gyn

  • Patient Safety in the Birthing Process
  • Team Communication
  • Informed Consent: Not Just Another Form

To login or register for Med-IQ, go to the Med-IQ Sign-In page or to MIEC’s CME page for more information and registration instructions.