Continuing Medical Education in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics

A survey of continuing medical education verification for license renewal

“…It appears that few countries outside the United States and the former USSR require mandatory CME of any kind. [6][7][8] In states where CME is a requirement for license renewal, the choice of CME content remains largely up to individual physicians. Of the 40 hours of CME required biennially in Florida, five hours must concern risk management and one hour must concern AIDS/HIV education.9 Massachusetts requires 10 hours in risk management biennially, and, although New York does not have a CME requirement for license renewal, it does maintain a one-time licensure requirement of two hours regarding child abuse.…”