About The Credit Hour

You need reliable background on continuing medical education in the United States. The Credit Hour is an independent journal that covers how credits and accreditation work, what state boards require for each profession, how accredited programs are designed, funded, and measured, and how learning formats compare from conferences to enduring materials and international credit.

You belong to one of the groups the site serves. You may be a physician, a nurse, a PA, or a pharmacist who tracks credit requirements across states. You may work in medical education and plan accredited activities. You may work on association staff and answer questions on maintenance of licensure or certification.

What you find in each section

In CME Basics, you learn how credit hours are defined, how accreditors review providers, and what boards require for license renewal. In Program Design, you follow needs assessment, learning objectives, funding, and disclosure practices, and methods that measure change in knowledge, competence, or performance. In Learning Formats, you compare live conferences, webinars, enduring materials, and pathways that relate credit in the United States to international systems.

How the articles are written

Each article is based on public documents that are named in the text. You will find references to guidance from boards, accreditors, and professional bodies. Each provider, accreditor, or board is described in the third person, with facts tied to those named references. When a rule varies by state or profession, the article states that limit and points you to the reference where you can check current detail.

The site is edited by The Credit Hour editorial team. You will find no sales offers on the site. You can write to [email protected] if you see an error or if a named reference has changed.

If you track credits across states, you can compare pages side by side and note where rules differ. If you design education, you can follow the planning steps in order and check each named reference as you build content, funding records, and evaluation forms.