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Instructions for Accessing NESP Courses on the CMEadvantage.com Web Site and Receiving AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABP MOC Credits

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Beginning January 2011, NESP courses will be available on the CMEadvantage.com web site generally within two weeks of the live event. To access the courses online and obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and American Board of Pathology (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credits:

  1. From your PC or MAC browser , access the CMEadvantage.com web site at: http://www.cmeadvantage.com
  2. If you have not done so already, create an account by clicking on the New User button on the right side of the page. You must use the same email address as you use when registering with the New England Society of Pathologists.
  3. Login with your user name and password.
  4. Click on Course Catalog in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
  5. Find the NESP courses in the catalog near the top. (You must be logged in.)
  6. Click on the Select button in the course’s catalog entry and complete the Course Registration. NESP members may take NESP courses and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABP MOC Credits at no charge.
  7. For the first course that you take, CMEadvantage.com will send you an email containing a link back to https://www.cmeadvantage.com for you to click on to verify your email address. When you receive the email, click on the link (or copy it into your browser’s location bar). For subsequent courses, this step is not required.
  8. You will then be able to view all slides from the course. Viewing the slides is optional for those members who have attended the live lecture and fully understand the material.
  9. To complete the course and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and American Board of Pathology (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credits:
    1. Take the Exam by clicking on the Exam button above the left pane in the course.
    2. Complete the course evaluation by clicking on the Eval button.
    3. Claim credits and obtain you completion certificate by clicking on the Cert button.

You may return to the course online at any time to review the material. To facilitate finding information in courses that you have taken, a search capability is provided in the Control Panel (the page after you log in) on the left side.

You may obtain your transcript at any time using the View My Transcript button on the left of the Control Panel. You may also download your completion certificate at any time after completing the course.

1 It is recommended that you use a recent-version browser on a PC or MAC. Older browsers may have rendering, performance, and security problems. For example, the Firefox browser may be downloaded at no charge from: http://www.mozilla.com.

2 If the NESP discount is not shown at the top of the Course Registration page and you are not offered an NESP course at no charge, check that email address for your CMEadvantage.com account (shown at the left side of the Control Panel) matches the email address that you have provided to NESP (shown on the Membership Directory on the NESP.ORG web site). If they do not match, you may edit the email address in your CMEadvantage.com user profile using the Edit button on the left side of the Control Panel under Email Address.