Continuing Education
Minnesota Medical Association and offers various continuing medical education (CME) opportunities to its employed physicians, allied health professionals and affiliated providers. Continuing Education opportunities include both in-person and online events, such as the Monthly Lecture Series, conferences and podcasts.
Visit RidgeNet to view upcoming Continuing Education events. Events can be found in the events calendar on the home page or on the Continuing Education page.
The Ridgeview Podcast CME Series can be accessed through the Continuing Education page on RidgeNet or by visiting ridgeviewpodcast.libsyn.com. The podcast is also available on most audio streaming services, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
For questions regarding continuing education opportunities at Ridgeview, please email the health education coordinator at education@ridgeviewmedical.org.
1. Audience
Continuing Education events are available to all Ridgeview employees and providers, allied health professionals and affiliated providers; however, the target audience is for physicians and advanced practice providers.
2. Fees/Cost
Ridgeview’s Continuing Education events are free to all employees, Medical Staff and advanced practice providers.
3. Continuing Education credit availability
Ridgeview designates one AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per 60 minutes of live activities or enduring material upon completion and submission of the event’s evaluation.
Ridgeview’s accredited continuing education events are also designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for one contact hour credit per 60 minutes of live activities or enduring material for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Health care professionals in other disciplines may use this for their continuing education as appropriate.
It is the participant’s responsibility to ascertain if this program meets their requirements.
Per Ridgeview’s current accreditation requirements, presenters and speakers may not receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for their event(s).
4. Topics
A range of medical disciplines and topics are presented through Ridgeview’s Continuing Education events. All topics presented are supported by current, evidence-based medical information.
5. Disclosure announcement
The information provided through any accredited continuing education event at Ridgeview as well as any and all accompanying files, images, videos and documents is/are for continuing education and other institutional learning and for communication purposes only and is/are not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician, health care provider or other health care personnel relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition; and are property/rights of Ridgeview. Any reproduction of any of the materials presented would be infringement of copyright laws.
It is Ridgeview's intent that any potential conflict will be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.
None of the planners for this education activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. (Speaker disclosures are noted within their corresponding podcast or event.)
