Will all ethics-related CME programmes offered by SMC approved MME CME providers qualify for MME core points?
CME programmes offered by approved MME CME providers that are not under any of the following 15 topics in the approved MME curriculum will not be regarded as MME CME activities (however they may be awarded normal CME 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
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
Please note that for new MME CME providers, only approved MME CME activities offered from 1 January 2026 onwards will be eligible for the award of MME Core points.