Pediatrics Board Review

• Purpose: To promote the professional development of pediatric clinicians.
• Educational objectives:
  • Demonstrate an increase in your knowledge of pediatric medicine.
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of clinical information as it applies to the care of your patients.
  • Demonstrate an improvement in your ability to make decisions that provide safe and effective medical care.
  • Recognize areas of personal strength and areas for growth in clinical knowledge.
• Target audience: Physicians and residents who are seeking to maintain and augment their knowledge in pediatric medicine and/or preparing for their initial board certification or recertification.
• Funding source: None
• Content: CME content is developed by a team of physician authors and editors in a standardized process that includes multi-stage peer review. The research sources that are used include updated best practice guidelines and expert recommendations, are adherent to accepted standards of scientific evidence, and are fully referenced. Content is free of bias and adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education as it relates to commercial bias (see here).
• Activity type: Enduring material
• Method of participation:
  • You must answer questions correctly to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and ABP MOC points toward Certification Maintenance.
  • Six questions answered correctly are designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 1 ABP MOC point.

Disclosure policy statement

AMBOSS adheres to the policies and guidelines, including the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education (CE), set forth to providers by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and all other professional organizations, as applicable, stating that those activities in which continuing education credits are awarded must be balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. All persons in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education program provided by AMBOSS are required to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company within the past 24 months to AMBOSS. All financial relationships reported are identified as relevant and mitigated by AMBOSS in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE before learners participate in the activity. The content of this activity was vetted by AMBOSS to ensure objectivity and that the activity is free of commercial bias. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by AMBOSS.

Disclosure of relevant financial relationships

The planners and managers for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

The content reviewers for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

The following faculty, authors, and content developers for this activity have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:

• Jan Schlebes: Stock Shareholder: Novo Nordisk; Stock Shareholder: Fresenius SE & Co KGaA

All other faculty, authors, and content developers for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

AMBOSS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.  

Physician Credit Designation Statement: AMBOSS designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 164.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification Program: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 164.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

This activity was initially developed by the Massachusetts Medical Society in 2017, and acquired by AMBOSS in April 2024.

• Original Release Date: February 1, 2024
• Termination Date: March 31, 2027

In order to receive a Certificate of Credit (physicians) or a Certificate of Participation (non-physicians) for participation in this activity, learners must complete the evaluation and submit a request for credit.
The evaluation and credit submission request can be accessed at the conclusion of the course on your CME page via https://www.amboss.com/us.

1. Click the Profile icon in the top right > View your CME page. You will need to fill out your personal information for your CME Profile if you have not done so already.
2. Under your profile, you will see 4 activities listed:
   - Internet Point of Care CME
   - Family Medicine Board Review CME
   - Internal Medicine Board Review CME
   - Pediatrics Board Review CME
3. Click “Claim credits” at the bottom right of the activity for which you wish to claim credits. Before clicking “Claim credits”, please make sure that all of your CME profile information is correct. Please also note that the American Board of Pediatrics does not accept multiple credit submissions for this activity on the same day.

4. Tick the box next to the credits you wish to claim in the To Claim tab and then click "Claim X credits" in the bottom right. 

   

    

5. A pop-up box will appear with some brief post-activity evaluation questions. Answer the questions, and click “Submit.”

6. The search entry will then disappear from the list in the “To claim” tab and will appear in the "Claimed" tab, with the date that it was claimed. You will see one of the following tags on the search entry: 
   - Submitted: The credit was successfully submitted to the board listed in your profile.
   - Rejected: The credit was unsuccessfully submitted to the board listed in your profile.
   - Not submitted: There was no board listed in your profile at the time of submission.

   You will also see an option to download a PDF that certifies your credit.

   

The deadline to claim credit is December 31, 2029.
For further information about redeeming CME credit and MOC points, please see CME/MOC FAQ.