Are You Aware of New CME Requirements?

There have been several changes over the years in regard to CME requirements. This week, we provide you with information on the current CME requirements in the State of Illinois. Watch now to learn more!

Referenced Links

ICS Webinars and On-Demand Courses (required CME)
Short CME checklist
Track Your CME with the ICS
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Transcript:

Over the last several years, there have been a number of changes to the requirements for Continuing Medical Education for chiropractic physicians here in Illinois. We want to make sure everyone is up to speed, so hang with me for the next couple of minutes and I’ll walk through all of those requirements. First, there have been no changes to the total number of hours that are required, you are still required to get 150 total hours of Continuing Medical Education of CME in that three year period 60, a minimum of 60 of those must be category one, the remaining can be any mixture of category two or category one hours and qualify for the full 150.

However, inside that category one we have now we have several specific courses that must be taken. Now all of you are familiar with at least one or two of those, the first being sexual harassment prevention training, that actually was in place for the last renewal that ended in 2020. But for the 2023 renewal that ends in July of 2023. That is still in place, you must take another course during this renewal cycle for sexual harassment prevention training. Additionally, now there are two more that must be taken in that same period. That includes implicit bias awareness training and also Alzheimer’s and other dementias. So both of those are going to be required courses. Now, for ICs. Members, this is actually a free course that you’ll be able to take through our live webinars that we have coming up. The Alzheimer’s course is available in June of this year, and the implicit bias course is available in early August of this year.

Now, all of the mandated education courses that we offer, and we have three of the four that are available, on-demand, and ready, they are in our catalog, you can actually get right to those specific required courses at ilchiro.org/mandatedcme that’s ilchiro.org/mandatedcme, you can check that out in the description of this video and see that link there. But go out, you can grab those courses, and again, for ICS members, those are free and included with ICS Membership.

Now the last of the four required courses is actually for child abuse mandated reporter training. That is actually done by DCFS. That’s available online, and it is free for everyone. And so you can jump out and get that education as well directly from DCFS. Now, if you’re curious, and you want to see some additional information, you can go to ilchiro.org/cme-checklist. You can see all of those items listed out as well, some hyperlinks to each one of those courses so you can get all the information that you need, and get all that nailed down. I encourage you to get registered early, start wrapping up those hours, and get things taken care of early. Too often we see doctors waiting until the very end of the renewal cycle to nail down all their hours. This is an opportunity for you to kind of get everything in order. Take a couple of courses, you know over lunches in the evenings, and lessen that press towards the end of that renewal cycle. Hopefully, this information helps you out and gets you started and ready for that July 31 2023 deadline that’s only about 15 months away. We’ll catch you next week.