The American Medical Association (AMA) and the AAFP have approved the following equivalency statement of AAFP Prescribed credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Providers not accredited by the ACCME or by an authorized state medical society may wish to include the equivalency statement if they are not authorized to award AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ through another venue.
The following equivalency statement can be included after the official AAFP credit statement:
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed credit, not as Category 1.
Note: This equivalency agreement is not intended to bypass ACCME accreditation, which is required to designate AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
AAFP Prescribed credit is approved for CME activities that have been designed primarily for physicians and have had AAFP member input.
There are occasions, however, when family physicians who are not AAFP members and other physician specialists attend activities that have been approved for AAFP Prescribed credit. It is under such circumstances that the equivalency is appropriate.
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accepts AAFP Prescribed and Elective credit as AOA Category 2 credit:
AAFP CME providers may use the following statement after the official AAFP credit statement only if AOA members will be attending the CME activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.
CME activities that have been approved for AOA credit and that have not been reviewed for AAFP Prescribed credit eligibility are recognized by AAFP for Elective credit.
The Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP), Ministry of Public Health - Qatar accepts American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Prescribed credit as equivalent to Category 1 – Accredited Group Learning Activities and Category 3 – Accredited Assessment Activities. When reporting AAFP Prescribed credit to the DHP, AAFP Prescribed credit earned must be reported as AAFP Prescribed Credit equivalent to Category (1 or 3).
The AAFP accepts DHP Category 1 and 3 credit as equivalent to AAFP Elective credit. When reporting to the AAFP, DHP credit earned must be reported as DHP Category 1 or 3 credit.
The AAFP and the CFPC have a bilateral reciprocal certification agreement whereby: CME/CPD activities held across the Canada - U.S. border are certified according to the nationality of the primary target audiences regardless of where the providers are located. The activities will be reviewed according to the criteria of the certifying organization.
A CME/CPD activity is to be certified by the CFPC if the primary target audience is Canadian. If it is to be held in Canada by a U.S. provider, this is done through the appropriate CFPC Chapter office. If it is to be held in the United States, it is done through the CFPC national office. The CFPC will inform the AAFP of all such activities.
Organizers of such activities who would like to promote their activities to CFPC members or AAFP members can remind them of the reciprocal agreement.
Upon written confirmation from the AAFP or CFPC that an activity has been certified, the following statements can be used in activity materials but must be presented exactly as indicated:
AAFP-Certified CME Activities:
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive Mainpro+ Certified, Certified Assessment, or Non-Certified credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
CFPC-Certified CME Activities:
Members of the American Academy of Family Physicians are eligible to receive Prescribed credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the following organizations. Please contact them directly about how participants should report the credit they earned.