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Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are earned by participating in educational activities designed to refresh and hone your skills
Every five years, you will need to earn 125 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.
Every 10 years, you will need to have earned a total of 250 CME credits.
Twenty of your credits must be ABA-approved patient safety CME.
You can earn up to 60 credits per year for those completed in or after 2013. Approved CME-credited activities should be Category 1:
Use our CME Explorer to find relevant learning activities. Completed activities found in the CME Explorer are submitted directly to us for you and are not subject to audit.
Over 800 Category 1 CME activities are searchable and link directly to the CME provider’s site. 108 CME providers across the country contribute to the online catalog. Best of all, you can find the CME Explorer on the homepage of the ABA GO portal.
Find ABA-certified patient safety credits through CME Passport. Every 10 years, diplomates are required to have 20 ABA-approved patient safety CME credits.
If you opted in to earn CME credit for answering MOCA Minute questions during your annual MOCA registration, you can claim up to 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ each year by completing your MOCA Minute questions in their intended quarter.
You must answer all 30 questions in the quarter they are intended to earn 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per quarter. For example, if you complete all 120 questions during Q4 (Oct. 1-Dec. 31), you will only receive 2.5 total credits for the year as you will have only completed one set of questions in the intended quarter.
Beginning in 2026, credits are reported on a quarterly basis and will be reflected in your ASA transcript and ABA GO portal. Non-ASA members will be charged a $40 quarterly processing fee by the ASA for each quarter in which they participate.
Note: 2025 MOCA Minute CME credits will not be reflected in your ABA GO account until mid-February of 2026.
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Self-reported CME activities, including Patient Safety CME, are subject to audit and verification within three years of submission. CME activities reported to us by registered CME providers, such as the ASA, are not subject to audit and are now automatically credited to diplomates’ accounts.
What if I don’t meet the requirement for this component?
