Continuing Medical Education

The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) will offer its members and fellow healthcare professionals continuing medical education programs. These educational programs will have an emphasis on medical updates, techniques, innovations, and general educational topics appropriate to the field of emergency medicine. ACOEP’s CME program utilizes evidence-based research to provide educational opportunities. These educational offerings increase the emergency medicine healthcare professional’s competence and performance through developing or enhancing medical knowledge and expertise with the goal of becoming proficient and implementing new approaches, techniques and treatment of conditions in the emergency setting. A strong focus is placed on the importance of patient safety and improving the patient’s overall outcome within the emergency department and its institution.

CME FAQ’s

Keeping track of the credits you need and the credits you have already earned can be a headache. ACOEP strives to make this process as easy as possible for our members. Listed below are some frequently asked questions. If you do not find the answer you need here, please email info@acoep.org.

The AOA has a three-year CME cycle, with the current one running 2022- 2024. 

Physicians holding non time-limited certifications must complete 120 credit hours in the 2022-2024 CME cycle.

Physicians holding time-limited certifications or voluntarily participating in OCC must complete the requirements of their individual certifying board.

AOA provides an online CME guide as a reference.

ACOEP can provide you with the amount of credits earned through ACOEP activities. Contact ACOEP, to request information on past activities or to claim credit.

The AOA documents all of your CME activity. You can check your profile on their website using your AOA number.

If you have a question regarding their CME Activity Report, you should contact the AOA CME Department at (800) 621-1773, ext. 8262, or crc@osteopathic.org

ACOEP offers an Oral Board review course with a pass guarantee. Our next Oral Board Review course will be mid-October 2022. More information and registration will be available in June 2022.

Contact AOBEM directly aobem@osteopathic.org, Certification Manager, Jessica Dangles.

ACOEP offers several ways for you to earn CME credits through live conferences and online courses. 

If you do not see ACOEP credit listed in your CME Activity Report through the AOA, email ACOEP.

ACOEP is happy to reissue any CME Certificate needed from ACOEP conferences. Simply email ACOEP.

The COLA exams are administered by AOBEM. Information on how to sign up can be found on their website, or by calling (312) 202-8293.

AOBEM processes all COLA certificate requests for any COLA Exam taken after 2018. Email aobem@osteopathic.org for information regarding COLA credit and certificates.

ACOEP offers a review course at the Spring Seminar to prepare attendees for that year’s premiering COLA examination. In person attendees earn category 1A CME credit for participation in this in-depth review course of the articles and questions.

Past recordings of the COLA/CORE review course from 2021, 2022, and 2023 are available through ACOEP’s Digital Classroom.

AOBEM is responsible for administering the COLA exam, as well as determining the content and topics for each module. A COLA module involves reading assigned articles from the literature and then completing an online examination concerning those articles. The list of assigned articles and applications for the examination are posted on the AOBEM website. 

CME requirements for medical licensure vary greatly from state to state. While some states do not require CME for licensure, other states require as many as 50 CME credits per year. For more information on your state’s CME requirements, contact your state medical licensing board. Click here to find your state medical board’s website.

ACOEP is a membership organization which offers CME activities to help you meet board certification and state licensure requirements. We do not have a CME requirement to maintain membership and we are independent of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM).