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CME PG Eating Disorders

Go to APA Online CME to access the course.

Readers of APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, Third Edition who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (up to 5 hours) may do so by reading the guideline and answering the CME questions in the CME Self-Test section of the online course. After each question is answered, the course program will confirm or correct it and provide a link to the section of the text where relevant recommendations are discussed. A rationale for the correct answer is also provided. APA members, log in to the course using your APA username and password; these are set in the member's corner section of the APA website.

CME credit for this guideline course and for all the APA practice guideline courses is awarded to APA members free of charge.

After completing the program, APA members will be provided with an opportunity to print an official CME certificate showing the date of completion and hours earned.

For those who are not APA members who wish to earn CME credit for this practice guideline course, the CME processing fee is $60.00. Certificates are mailed following receipt of payment.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has reviewed The APA Practice Guidelines Program and has approved this course as part of a comprehensive lifelong learning and self-assessment program, which is mandated by the American Board Of Medical Specialities as a necessary component of maintenance of certification. ABPN approval of this individual practice guideline CME course began July 2006 and ends July 2009.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

• To acquaint physicians with the APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, Third Edition.
• To improve patient care for eating disorders by incorporating the principles of this guideline into individual practices.

ACCREDITATION

The CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the Essentials of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

The APA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The APA designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.