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Continuing Medical Education

Online Education

On-Demand Courses

Browse our offerings by content topic to find an on-demand course that fits your needs.

The following courses are certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM  and can be used in any combination to meet the new 2023 DEA requirement. These courses are only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access modules.

Course Title

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM Amount

PAIN Management - Module I: Responsible Opioid Prescribing

1.75

PAIN Management - Module 2: Opioid Agreement and Consent and Urine Drug Testing

1.0

PAIN Management – Module 3: Strategies for Managing the Patient with Pain and Addiction

1.0

MAT Module 1 - Buprenorphine In The Hospital: How Do We Do It?

0.50

MAT Module 2 - CA Bridge Model: Treatment, Culture and Connection 

0.50

MAT Module 3 - Substance Use Navigators

0.25

MAT Module 4 - Nurses Drive Care for Opioid Use Disorder

0.50

UC Quits - Module 1: Top Ten Reasons to Prioritize Tobacco

0.25

UC Quits - Module 2: The Five A's of Tobacco Treatment Counseling

0.25

UC Quits - Module 3: Kick It California (formerly California Smokers' Helpline)

0.25

UC Quits - Module 4: Medications for Smoking Cessation

0.75

UC Quits - Module 5: Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Children

0.25

UC Quits - Module 6: Vaping and Lung Injury in Young People

0.50

UC Quits - Module 7: Smoking Cessation in the Perioperative Period

0.25

UC Quits - Module 8: Managing Tobacco for Maternal Health

0.50

UC Davis Financial Literacy for Faculty

The UC Davis Financial Literacy for Faculty Series is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual course modules.

Through this engaging course, which incorporates case studies and clinical support tools within Epic, learners identify gaps in practice and how to apply a valuable new insulin order-set. Participants will also learn the most recent standards of care published by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on inpatient diabetes/hyperglycemia management and how to apply them in practice, in addition to being provided with adjunct support materials such as pocket reference guides.

Two modules for Glycemic Care Quality Improvement are only available to UC Davis Health employees through the UC Learning Center:

Human Trafficking — Training for Healthcare Providers

This one-hour course is designed for health care providers who want to learn more about human trafficking, which involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. At the end of the course, learners will be able to describe trauma-informed care, identify five red flags and/or risk factors for human trafficking, identify two conversation starters to discuss human trafficking with patients, and access resources when trafficking  is suspected.

This course is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the course module.

This series of four modules is produced in conjunction with California BRIDGE. The goal of this series is to educate inpatient physicians on the identification, treatment, and follow up needs for patients with opioid use disorder. The following coursework is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual modules.

UC Davis Pain Management Series: Pain Management and the Appropriate Care and Treatment of the Terminally Ill

The UC Davis Pain Management Series is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual course modules.

  • Module 1: Responsible Opioid Prescribing
  • Module 2: Opioid Agreement and Consent and Urine Drug Testing
  • Module 3: Strategies for Managing the Patient with Pain and Addiction
  • Module 4: Spinal Imaging for the Patient in Pain
  • Module 5: Non-Surgical Interventional Therapies for Spine Pain
  • Module 6: Spine Surgery and Who Needs It. Surgery for Spinal Degenerative Disease
  • Module 7: Understanding and Treating Neuropathic Pain
  • Module 8: Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
  • Module 9: Cancer Pain Management and Supportive Care
  • Module 10: Approaches to Pediatric Pain Management
  • Module 11: "AMPS" - A Quick, Effective Approach to the Psychiatric Assessment in the Pain Clinic
  • Module 12: End of Life: Pain Management and Supportive Care

UC Davis Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Series

The UC Davis Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Series is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual course modules.

  • Module 1: Provider Performed Microscopy : Wet Mount - Saline
  • Module 2: Provider Performed Microscopy: (KOH) Skin, Hair, Nail and Vaginal Preparations
  • Module 3: Provider Performed Microscopy: Urine Microscopic, Urine Sediment Module
  • Module 4: Provider Performed Microscopy: Fern Test, Vaginal Fluid (Amniotic Fluid Crystallization Test)

Race and Medicine in Clinical Practice

During this course, clinicians will learn how to define race, racism and anti-racism, distinguish race as a social construct, and identify methods of practicing anti-racism in medicine.

This course is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the course module.

Acute Seizure Management

Improve care of patients with active seizures using a standardized guideline based on evidence-based science. The goal of the course is to increase the comfort level of healthcare teams managing patients with seizures or suspected seizures, and to optimize the interdisciplinary teamwork required to provide effective patient care.

This course is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the course module.

Taking Care of Patients with Serious Illness Program 

The following coursework is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual course modules.

UC Davis Precision Interprofessional Neurologic Educational Learning  (PINECLE) Program

The UC Davis PINECLE Program combines teaching at a patient's bedside, simulation education, and online educational videos and modules to teach learners how to conduct a neurological examination, with a particular focus on stroke patients. The following coursework is only available to UC Davis Health employees. 

Modules will be available soon! 

  • Module 1: Assessment of Consciousness/Orientation
  • Module 2: Language Assessment for Aphasia
  • Module 3: Eye Movement
  • Module 4: Facial Strength Testing
  • Module 5: Arm and Leg Strength Testing
  • Module 6: Sensation Testing
  • Module 7: Coordination Testing of Arms and Legs

UC Quits

The purpose of these courses is to provide training on evidence-based tobacco treatment for clinical providers and staff with eight modules to accommodate learner needs and maximize flexibility. These on-demand courses are presented by University of California faculty with over twenty years in experience in tobacco research and integration of tobacco treatments in health care settings. The following coursework is only available to UC Davis Health employees. Sign-in to the UC Learning Center to access the individual course modules.

The UC Davis Health Office of Continuing Medical Education is pleased to partner with Graduate Medical Education (GME) to develop a series of on-demand coursework to support clinicians preparing to transition from residency to practice. The following coursework is only available to UC Davis Health employees through the UC Learning Center. 

X-Ray and the Human Body Series

This series of complimentary courses is aimed at helping learners be aware of the importance of radiation safety as it relates to fluoroscopy practice, as well as help reduce radiation exposure to both patients and operating room personnel during procedures. 

The following coursework is only available for UC Davis Health employees through the UC Learning Center.