While there are various topics on Medical Ethics by other providers which can be accrued for general CME points, doctors must complete CME under the following four core areas below and organised by AMS, CFPS and SMA during the qualifying periods (QP) between 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025 to be eligible for Medical Ethics core points. 

1. Professionalism / Medical Professionalism

2. Ethics (e.g. Four boxes approach, Ethical analysis in medicine, Public Health Ethics, Research Ethics)

3. Informed Consent and Medical Decision Making

4. Medical Records, Privacy and Confidentiality

Starting from the QP beginning 1 January 2026, doctors may participate in any of the following 15 topics in the approved MME curriculum.

1. Professionalism / Medical Professionalism 

2. Ethics (e.g. Four Boxes Approach, Ethical Analysis in Medicine, Public Health Ethics, Research Ethics)

3. Informed Consent and Medical Decision Making

4. Medical Records, Privacy and Confidentiality

5. Notification, Certification, & Dispensing

6. Medicine and the Law

7. Important Issues in Clinical Ethics – eg End of Life Issues, Transplant Ethics, Assisted Reproduction, Big Data

8. Professional Accountability, Medical Negligence and Risk Management

9. Communication Skills, Medical Report Writing and Personal Development

10. Practice Issues

11. Setting up Practice

12. Conflicts of Interests

13. Collegiality and Working in Teams

14. Telemedicine

15. Novel Therapy and Experimental treatment