APA Learning Resources
There is a tremendous amount of material available at the APA Learning Center and the APA Annual Meeting On Demand. This page gives a brief descriptions of these resources.
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What Is the Learning Center?
The APA Learning Center is the integrated home for all your education needs. Complete educational activities within the system to earn CME credit, meet MOC requirements, and learn new skills. Completed activities are automatically reflected on your APA Transcript. You can even record activities from other CME providers on your transcript using the External Certificate feature.
Who Can Access the Learning Center?
Anyone. To get started, login to your APA account and select an activity. Don’t have an account? No problem. You don’t have to be an APA member to create a new user account for free.
What Types of Activities Are Available?
There are over 200 activities in the Learning Center Catalog. Many are offered for free or at a minimal cost. APA Members always get the best price.
You can use the Learning Center to:
Focus on a Specific Topic Area
Filter courses by subject area, ABPN core competency, or ACGME milestone.
Check out the “Recommended for You” content once you login. We’ll try to suggest content based on your MOC stage and previous activities.
Browse major topic areas throughout psychiatry.
Learn in Different Ways
Live Events: meetings or webinars with attendance certificates retrievable in the Learning Center. Credit for IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference and the Annual Meeting are automatically recorded on your transcript.
On Demand: single module courses on a focused topic.
On Demand Plus: multi-module courses offering a deeper exploration of material through rich content and enhanced features, typically completed over a longer time period.
Get More From Articles and Books
Journal CME: Get the most out of your subscription. Complete short quizzes corresponding to articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) and Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry.
Study Guide CME: Complete short quizzes corresponding to selected American Psychiatric Publishing textbooks.
Meet MOC and MOL Requirements
Performance in Practice (PIP): 3-stage chart review modules. Approved by the ABPN for MOC Part 4 (Performance Improvement)*.
Self-Assessment: a multiple-choice exam with peer comparison, to help users identify clinical strengths and areas for further study. Approved by the ABPN for MOC Part 2 (Self-Assessment)*.
What is the APA Annual Meeting On Demand?
The APA hosts its annual scientific meeting each May, with learning session covering the gamut of topics in psychiatry. After the meeting is completed, digital access to recordings of many of these sessions can be purchased through the APA Annual Meeting On Demand website.
The Annual Meeting On Demand provides hundreds of hours of high-quality education, and users may claim up to 75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits for participating.
Presentation Topics include:
Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Community Psychiatry
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Diversity and Health Equity
Ethics
Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Global, Political, and Social Issues
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Neuroscience and Genetics
Residents, Fellow and Medical Students
The must up-to-date information about pricing and content can be found at the APA Annual Meeting On Demand website.