Education Resources to Meet Physician Licensure Requirements

  Opioids

Feinberg Accredited activities

Northwestern University Opioid Modules: Thirteen 10-15 minute online modules. Total 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Alternatives to opioids for pain management John V. Prunskis, MD (January 16, 2026 - January 15, 2029)

Opioid Analgesics and the Neural Mechanisms of Addiction Amiel Rosenkranz, PhD (January 16, 2026 - January 15, 2029)

Neurobiology of opioid-induced respiratory depression; Kaiwen Kam, PhD (January 16, 2026 - January 15, 2029)

Telepsychiatry’s Role in Medication Assisted Treatment in Opioid Use Disorder;
Sajoy P Varghese, MD (January 16, 2026 - January 15, 2029)

Buprenorphine: an introduction and its use for chronic pain; Brian Chung, MD (July 23, 2023 - July 22, 2026)

Buprenorphine: its use for OUD and opioid dependence; Brian Chung, MD (July 28, 2024 - July 27, 2027)

Safe Opioid Prescribing: System-wide Best Practices; Sterling Elliott PharmD, BCMTMS  and Dost Khan, MD (February 1, 2024 - January 31, 2027)

Non-Feinberg Opioid activities and resources

American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM): ASAM DEA Education Requirements

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Opioid basics, data, overdose prevention, guidelines, and trainings. (Free. Multiple modules with CME available).  

NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids focus module. (Free. CME and MOC available)

Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS): Opioids: Resources to Combat Misuse, Abuse, and Overdose.  (Fee associated; free for ISMS members). CME available).

AMA Ed Hub: collection of over 90 credit hours that meet the new DEA requirements available here.

American College of Physicians: ACP - DEA Requirement Education (Free for members, otherwise fee-associated; multiple modalities w CME).

National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): NIH-NIKDA CME/CE Activities (Free. Multiple modalities; CME available)

Podcasts: The Curbsiders Addiction Medicine podcasts offer accredited CME: How to Claim CME Credit for Podcasts (Free. CME Available).

 

Sexual Harassment Prevention

Feinberg Accredited activities

Northwestern Annual “Preventing Harassment and Discrimination” Module* (Three hours of sexual harassment prevention, that will meet the IL and Chicago requirements).
*For Northwestern University faculty and staff only. Requires you to log in using your NetID and
password. For questions or issues logging in, contact the University support desk:
[email protected], or speak to a Support Specialist by calling 847-491-4357 (1-HELP).

Northwestern Medicine Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 2026-2029:
This activity is specific to Northwestern Medicine policies and procedures.

"NM Sexual Harassment Training for All Staff,” “NM Bystander Training to Prevent and Address Sexual Harassment,” and “NM Sexual Harassment Training for Leaders"  training meets the City of Chicago requirement for sexual harassment training. Chicago Sexual Harassment Training 2026-2029**

**For Northwestern Medicine physician and staff only. Requires you to log in using your NM user name and password. For questions or issues logging in, contact the HELP Desk 312.926.4357; https://nmhc.service-now.com/) or MyHR 312.926.4642 ([email protected] or [email protected])

Non-Feinberg Sexual Harassment Prevention activities and resources

Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) – Sexual Harassment Prevention Training (Fee associated. CME available).

 

Dementia

Feinberg Accredited activities

Recognizing Dementia; Heeren Patel, MD January 20, 2026 - January 19, 2029

Non-Feinberg Dementia activities and resources

Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) – Dementia. (Fee associated.)

Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Online Education:  Dementia  (Free online course after creating an account).

AMA EdHub (free):
1 hour: Screening and Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
1 hour: Treatment of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias

The Doctor’s Company. Dementia CME Series (Free)

 

Implicit Bias Awareness

Feinberg Accredited activities

The Impact of Bias in Medicine Time for Change 2026-2029 - Khalilah Gates, MD (January 16, 2026 - January 15, 2029)

 

Cultural Competency

Feinberg Accredited activities

Cultural Responsiveness Dinee Simpson, MD (September 15, 2025 - September 14, 2028)

 

Reporting Child Abuse

Feinberg Accredited activities

ENDURING-NLFH Identifying & Reporting Child Abuse - Norell Rosado, MD (June 12, 2024 - June 11, 2027)

 

Comprehensive Educational Resource Sites

UpToDate, an online evidence-based clinical decision support resource, can provide both CME and MOC (for participating boards). The user must login and add their board information to their profile. This tutorial is a helpful resource for setting up an account.

CME Passport, a CME search engine provided by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), is a large database of accredited education and searchable by keywords such as “tobacco use” or “opioid safety”.  The user creates a profile and credits are tracked in a transcript. User can filter by “Fee” to locate free activities.

AMA Ed Hub, an online resource of over 4000+ CME activities from multiple sources.  The user may login with AMA credentials or create a free account. Most courses are free.