Join over 30,000 pediatric professionals who choose PREP® The Curriculum as their preferred way to complete their continuing medical education credits, study for the Pediatric Maintenance of Certification™ (MOC) exam, and engage in lifelong learning.

The Academy's PREP The Curriculum® is a learning system developed annually by pediatric experts. The curriculum is based on the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) content specifications, which are the focus of the Board's Program for Maintenance of Certification (MOC)™.

PREP The Curriculum® leads subscribers through a structured, sequential, year-long learning activity that covers the full range of knowledge every pediatric professional should know. Offered in a variety of formats and options (see enrollment form), PREP The Curriculum® is the perfect way for professionals in pediatric practice to assess their knowledge, identify areas for further study and measure their progress, complete a self-assessment, update their knowledge, and earn Continuing Medical Education credits. PREP The Curriculum® is specifically designed to address the vast majority of the ABP's content specifications over any 5 year period. It serves as an excellent resource for providing patient care, preparing for examinations and developing comprehensive educational materials.

The Academy also offers a convenient and efficient way for AAP members and subscribers to access PediaLink™, the online CME home of the Academy, to keep track of their Continuing Medical Education credits. CME credits are posted in the transcript section of the site giving members and PediaLink™ subscribers 24 hour access to their records. Other professionals will receive CME certificates upon request. Members and subscribers to PediaLink™ who have subscribed to PREP The Curriculum® or PREP Self-Assessment only can conveniently access the current year's Self-Assessment online.

PREP The Curriculum is supported, in part, by an educational grant from Abbott Nutrition, a division of Abbott Laboratories.

PREP ENROLLMENT OPTIONS

OPTION 1: PREP® The Curriculum

• 255 new Self-Assessment questions and critiques in both print. CD-ROM, and online formats
• Individual enrollees get online access to Self-Assessment (www.pedialink.org). Online access to PREP Self Assessment is not available to institutional subscribers.
• 12 printed and online issues of Pediatrics in Review.
• Individual and institutional subscribers get online access to Pediatrics in Review (www.pedsinreview.org).
• Content Specifications and PREP Study Guide - Now searchable on the CD-ROM
• PREP The Curriculum Storage Binder
• Credit Reply forms
  • earn a maximum of 76 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 76 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD award available to Fellows and Candidate members of AAP
  • Earn a maximum of 76 NAPNAP contact hours, pharmacology (Rx) hours to be determined per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Educational Guidelines.
    

OPTION 2: PREP Self-Assessment Only - An ABP-approved MOC Part 2 activity

• PREP Self-Assessment in print, CD-ROM, and online formats
• Individual subscribers get online access to PREP Self-Assessment (www.pedialink.org). Online access to PREP Self-Assessment only is not available to institutional subscribers.
• Questions, critiques and answer key book
• Credit Reply form
• Earn a Maximum of 40 AAP credits toward the AAP CME/CPD Award
• Earn a Maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
• Earn a Maximum of 40 NAPNAP contact hours of which 8.0 contain pharmacology (Rx) content per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education Guidelines

OPTION 3: Pediatrics in Review Only

• 12 printed and online issues of Pediatrics in Review
• Access to Pediatrics in Review, archives from 1979 to present
• Credit Reply form
• This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 36 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD award
  • Earn a Maximum of 36 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • Earn a Maximum of 36 NAPNAP contact hours, pharmacology (Rx) hours to be determined per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education Guidelines
    

Individual online only subscriptions can be ordered at www.pedsinreview.org. Institutions can call the AAP Customer Service Center at 1-866-THE-AAP1 (866-843-2271) for assistance.

Goals of the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP The Curriculum)

The Academy's PREP The Curriculum is a coordinated, continuing medical education and self-assessment program designed for the practicing pediatrician and other health care practitioners.

The objectives of PREP The Curriculum are to assist:

• Participants in acquiring and updating the knowledge and skills needed to provide health supervision and manage acute and chronic illnesses in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults
• Participants in assessing their own specific continuing education needs
• Pediatricians in preparing for the ABP's examination in its Program for Maintenance of Certification (MOC)™

The American Academy of Pediatrics is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Pediatrics designates this educational activity for a Maximum of 76 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Here are the CME credit deadlines:

• To have credit summarized on your 2009 CME transcript (available to AAP members and PediaLink.org subscribers only), credit reply materials must be postmarked by midnight, January 31, 2010. Credit materials received after the deadline will be reflected on the following year's transcript. Online submissions must be completed by December 31, 2009 to appear on your 2009 transcript. Submissions made after the deadline will be reflected on the following year's transcript.

• CME certificates will be mailed upon request to subscribers who mail in credit reply forms. Subscribers who submit their CME electronically will receive verification of those credits via e-mail. Members of the Academy and PediaLink.org subscribers have 24 access to their transcript (www.pedialink.org).

• 2009 PREP The Curriculum® material will be accepted for credit through December 31, 2011.

These organizations also recognize CME credit earned through PREP The Curriculum®:

• PREP The Curriculum® is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certifiation program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Paediatric Society.
• This program is approved for 76 NAPNAP contact hours, pharmacology (Rx) contact hours to be determined per the National Association of Pedatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Educational Guidelines

For more details, please contact these organizations directly.