CME category 2

[futurepa588]

Hi

I am logging my CME credits. This is my first time doing this on the NCCPA's website. I have been a preceptor for a NP student. I have spent about 500 hours in a span of 8 months being her preceptor. Can I count this towards my CME or does it have to be a PA student for them to count? If I can count them towards my CME, does it go in category 1 or 2? Is there a maximum number of CME credits I can claim for this?

[rev ronin]

Short answer: if you didn't get a cat 1 certificate for it, it's cat 2.

[CAAdmission]

6 hours ago, futurepa588 said:

If I can count them towards my CME, does it go in category 1 or 2? Is there a maximum number of CME credits I can claim for this?

I'm not sure, but since there is a max for Cat 1 for being a preceptor, I'd suppose there would be for Cat 2.

[futurepa588]

On 12/4/2022 at 2:12 PM, rev ronin said:

Short answer: if you didn't get a cat 1 certificate for it, it's cat 2.

But how many credits can can I claim in category 2 from this 500 hours?

[Reality Check 2]

Category 2 is hour by hour and one site says it is not audited, only Cat I appears to be audited for authenticity.

I can't remember if you can rollover any Cat 2 hours to the next cycle.

You only need 50, you have 500. 

You can call NCCPA, if you can get anyone to answer the phone.

This used to be easier.

[SedRate]

I only claim the number of hours actually spent one on one with my students for Cat 2. (I treat it like journal reading: one hour reading equals one hour Cat 2.) But I usually end up forgetting how much so I claim 40 hours per student rotation, which is probably way under but like is said above, we can only utilize a total of 50 Cat 2 anyway. Precepting also allows one to claim Cat 1 credit. The school sends me a cert for Cat 1 credits at the end of the year which is usually something like 1.5 credits per student rotation. There is a max to Cat 1 for precepting; not sure what it is. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by SedRate
Clarification

[rev ronin]

2 hours ago, SedRate said:

I only claim the number of hours actually spent one on one with my students. But I usually end up forgetting how much so I claim 40 hours per student rotation, which is probably way under but like is said above, we can only utilize a total of 50 Cat 2 anyway. The school sends me a cert for Cat 1 credits at the end of the year which is usually something like 1.5 credits per student. There is a max to Cat 1 for precepting; not sure what it is. 

Pretty sure AAPA did away with the cap (or effectively did away with the cap by making it greater than 25 hours/year) for precepting Cat 1 at last HOD.

[ventana]

I just did 160 hrs with PA student and got a cme cat 1 cert for 4 or 8 hours. 
it is not 1:1 for clinic time for precepting  

the program has some hoops to jump through.