Postgraduate educational activities aimed at maintaining, updating, and extending professional knowledge and skills. Many professional organizations and state licensing boards require participation in CME activities.
Postgraduate education in the health professions; the enhancement or expansion of an individual’s knowledge or skills through coursework; home study; live, audio, or video conferences; electronic media; or clinical practice. Postgraduate courses may be required for continued certification or licensure requirements in a practice such as medicine, nursing, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and social work.