Maryland Academy of Family Physicians

AAFP/MAFP CME Requirements for Active/Supporting Members

Active and Supporting Family Physician Members must accrue at least 150 hours of AAFP Prescribed and Elective credit within each 3-year reporting period, of which:

At least 75 must be AAFP Prescribed credit; of which at least 6 of those being obtained from MAFP sponsored programs every 3 years (eg. CME conferences and journal CME).
At least 25 are from group learning activities
Not more than 25 are from enrichment activities
Not more than 30 are from presentation or publication of an original scientific or socioeconomic paper pertaining to medical care
Not more than 45 are from publication in a state or national “refereed” journal
Not more than 15 are from preparation and presentation
Members are encouraged to review the document AAFP Continuing Medical

Education Requirements for Members at
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/cme/cmea/cmerequirements.html or contact the MAFP office to request a copy; info@mdafp.org.

The AAFP will send Maryland Chapter members, at regular intervals, correspondence showing each member’s reported number of hours and reminding members of what is required. All details about the AAFP/MAFP’s CME records, reporting and information can be obtained thru the AAFP web site at www.aafp.org/cme, toll free at 800-274-2237 (ask for the CME Records Department) or the MAFP at 410-747-1980; info@mdafp.org (e-mail).

Modifications to MAFP CME Policy
The MAFP Board of Directors has established four modifications to the chapter CME policy:

MAFP members who are faculty members at MAFP conferences may claim the credits for those sessions (even if they are not registrants) for the MAFP CME requirement.
MAFP members who are authors of CME articles published in The Maryland Family Doctor may claim those credits (according to AAFP policy) for the MAFP CME requirement.
MAFP CME credits will be waived, until the subsequent AAFP Reelection cycle, for those Active and Supporting members who relocate to the Maryland Chapter within 6-months of the end of their cycle of AAFP reelection.
Active and Supporting members who have not met the chapter requirement to report at least 6 chapter credits within their AAFP reelection cycle may receive a waiver for that cycle by following the process noted below:
1. Member must contact the MAFP office submitting a request (written, email, phone call) for a one-time waiver for the chapter requirement indicating a desire to continue membership, pledging to acquire the credits during the next AAFP reelection cycle.
2. Member must make up waived credits in the subsequent AAFP reelection cycle (in addition to the required 6 credits).
3. If failing to acquire the required chapter hours in the subsequent AAFP reelection cycle, MAFP will not accept another waiver request from member.

Two-For-One EB CME Credit

CME activities receiving the AAFP evidence based continuing medical education (EB CME) designation will receive double credit for the portion designated for EB CME. The AAFP's Commission on CME believes that 2-for-1 credit for physicians will elevate the use and recognition of the value of this type of enhanced CME.

An example would be a CME activity that is submitted for 14 Prescribed credits, 10 of which are designated as EB CME. The EB CME portion would double in credit, making the grand total of 24 Prescribed credits available for physicians to claim (4+10+10=24 credits).

As a provider of CME, MAFP seeks EB CME for all or part of all of its CME offerings. EB CME credits result when faculty members cooperate by correctly completing the necessary forms. Because of the additional time necessary for faculty to complete forms and for AAFP to review the forms, MAFP is generally unaware of the number of EB CME credits approved for any given program prior to the printing of conference materials. MAFP conference attendees will be informed on site at every conference of the number of total credits they are able to claim (Prescribed, EB CME, AMA Category I).

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about EB CME for CME faculty, providers and physician learners are available at www.aafp.org/online/en/home/cme/cmea/ebcme.html.

Questions: Contact the MAFP office at (410) 747-1980.