How many Medical Ethics CME Core points will I need to accrue?

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Accepted Answer

Doctors applying for a 2-year Practising Certificate (PC) will need to compulsorily accrue at least 5 Medical Ethics CME core points while doctors applying for a 1-year PC require at least 3 Medical Ethics CME core points as shown in the Table below.

Table

PC Types	CME Requirements for PC Renewal
2-year PC	At least 50 CME points, of which: • 20% or 10 points shall be core points in each of their registered specialty and/or in Family Medicine; and • 5 core points in Ethics CME New
1-year PC	At least 25 CME points, of which: • 20% or 5 points shall be core points in each of their registered specialty and/or in Family Medicine; and • 3 core points in Ethics CME New
Doctors already on SMC’s Register and applying for a new PC	At least 50 CME points, of which: • 20% or 10 points shall be core points in each of their registered specialty and/or in Family Medicine; and • 5 core points in Ethics CME New

How many Medical Ethics CME Core points will I need to accrue?

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