There are two types of Journal CME Activities for which you may claim AMA PRA Category I credit™.
- Quarterly Journal CME Activities consist of reading the articles published in JBJS in the previous three months and successfully completing the post-activity examination of 50 questions of interest to the general orthopaedic surgeon. Quarterly Journal CME examinations may be obtained in the April, July, October, and January issues of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, or can be taken online. You may claim up to 10 credits per activity upon successful completion.
- Subspecialty Journal CME Activities consist of reading the articles cited in the post-activity examination of 8 questions each in individual subspecialties. You may claim up to 4 credits per activity upon successful completion. Offered only online.
Quarterly Journal CME Activities - Online
The Quarterly Journal CME and the post-activity examination may be completed for Continuing Medical Education credit or for practice and general review. To benefit most from this educational experience and qualify for CME credit, please observe the following instructions:
- Read the Purpose Statement and be certain that these purposes meet your individual learning needs.
- These CME questions have been derived from the articles published in preceding monthly issues of the American Volume of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. A careful study of each article must be conducted before you respond to the questions.
- Read each question carefully and identify the best answer.
- Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should provide their AAOS membership number in the designated area if they want the Academy to document their participation in this CME activity.
- In addition to providing the answers to the CME questions, you must complete the evaluation questions. The way you answer these evaluation questions will not in any way affect the score that you achieve.
- In order to qualify for CME credit, you must correctly answer more than 50% of the post-activity examination questions. You must complete all the questions before submitting for scoring and feedback. If you cannot answer all 50 questions at one sitting, you may save the examination online and return to it when convenient. You will learn your results immediately after submission. If you have achieved a passing grade, you will be able to see the preferred answers for each question and you can easily link to a highlighted section of the text where the preferred answer is justified. If you have not received a passing grade, you will be asked to continue to answer the questions until the examination is successfully completed. As long as the post-activity examination has not expired (at the end of the quarter), you can continue to take it until you achieve your goal. Your CME award certification is available for download as soon as you pass.
- You may claim up to 10 credits for successful completion of this journal CME activity.
Price and deadline: The charge for the Online Quarterly Journal CME is $50 per quarter, or $185 per year, and must be paid prior to completing the post-activity examination. If you are requesting CME credit, you will be prompted to supply credit card information at the appropriate time. There is no fee for the post-activity examination if you participate for review or study purposes only. For information on deadlines, click here.
Quarterly Journal CME Activities - Print
The Quarterly Journal CME and post-activity examination may be obtained in the print issues of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Also, a PDF file of the post-activity examination can be downloaded and printed from the JBJS website. Follow the instructions included in the examination booklet.
Price and deadline: The charge for the printed Quarterly Journal CME Activity is $60 per quarter, or $220 per year, and must be paid at the time that the answer sheet is submitted. The deadline for submitting your answers will be posted in the instructions.
To benefit most from this educational experience and qualify for CME credit, please observe the following instructions:
- Read the Purpose Statement and be certain that these purposes meet your individual learning needs.
- These CME questions have been derived from articles published in the preceding three issues of the American Volume of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. A careful study of each article must be conducted before you respond to the questions.
- Read each question carefully and identify the best answer.
- Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should provide their AAOS membership number in the designated area if they want the Academy to document their participation in this CME activity.
- In addition to providing the answers to the CME questions, you must complete the evaluation questions. The way you answer these evaluation questions will not in any way affect the score that you achieve.
- In order to qualify for CME credit you must correctly answer more than 50% of the post-activity examination questions. You must complete all the questions before submitting for scoring and feedback.
- You may claim up to 10 credits for successful completion of the Quarterly Journal CME Activity.
Subspecialty Journal CME Activities - Online
Subspecialty Journal CME and post-activity examinations may be completed for Continuing Medical Education credit or for practice and general review. To benefit most from this educational experience and qualify for CME credit, please observe the following instructions:
- Each interactive post-activity examination consists of 8 questions derived from articles published in the American Volume of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in the past year. You must read the articles cited before answering the CME questions that have been developed for topics in each of 12 orthopaedic subspecialties. These questions address subjects in that subspecialty and also subjects that are of importance to orthopaedic surgeons in general.
- Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should provide their AAOS membership number in the designated area if they want the Academy to document their participation in this CME activity.
- In addition to providing the answers to the CME questions, you must complete the evaluation questions. The way you answer these evaluation questions will not in any way affect the score that you achieve.
- To qualify for CME credit, you must correctly answer at least 60% of the questions. You will learn your results immediately after submission. If you have achieved a passing grade, you will be able to see the preferred answers for each question and you can easily link to a highlighted section of the text where the preferred answer is justified. If you have not received a passing grade, you will be asked to continue to answer the questions until the examination is successfully completed. As long as the post-activity examination has not expired, you can continue to take it until you achieve your goal. Your CME award certification is available for download as soon as you pass the subspecialty journal CME post-activity examination.
- You may claim up to 4.0 credit hours for sucessful completion of each Subspecialty Journal CME Activity.
Price and deadline: The charge for each Subspecialty Journal CME Activity is $20. If you are requesting CME credit, you will be prompted to supply credit card information at the appropriate time. There is no fee for answering the questions for review or study purposes only. For information on deadlines, click here.
