Free CME/CNE/CE - Self-Study Lessons and Question Bank Topics
This site provides continuing education for physicians (MDs), physician assistants (PAs), advanced practice nurses (APNs, ARNs, APNs, ARNPs), nurses, nurse-midwives, and other healthcare professionals described below.
The continuing education activity on this site, including continuing education (CE) credit, is provided free of charge. This website is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
View or download a list of this site’s activities and available CE.
Professional Credit for National STD Curriculum Self-Study Lessons and Question Bank Topics
The yellow Continuing Education box on the overview page of a lesson or a Question Bank topic will specify the CE accreditation period and the amount and type of CE available. 1.0 CE means someone can complete the activity within one hour. The Continuing Education box also includes and tracks the steps needed to acquire CE for each activity. Any step which is shaded and has a check mark is completed. To print/claim CE:
- Register or sign in to the site;
- Read the self-study lesson or Question Bank topic;
- Correctly answer 80% of the questions on a lesson’s CE quiz or 80% of the questions within a Question Bank topic;
- Complete and submit the survey; and
- Print the CE certificate.
Print/claim earned CE at any time either as a paper copy or save as a PDF. Access certificates by clicking on “Certificates” in the lesson’s navigation bar in the upper right or the yellow box with a printer icon, “CNE Certificate” or “CME Certificate,” above the individualized progress tracker table.
In the final three months of this curriculum’s CE accreditation cycle, we strongly recommend printing earned CE before the launch of the next edition. Once the new reaccredited edition is launched, any unfinished work (for which a CE certificate has not been printed/claimed) from the previous edition will disappear.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Notice
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) and the University of Washington (UW). The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
To print activities completed prior to January 1 of last year, please create an account on UAB MY CME.
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Notice
Advanced practice nurses, nurses, and other disciplines*: The number of contact hours to be awarded, including those that qualify for pharmacology CE for advanced practice nurses, is noted in each lesson and question bank.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
All CNE contact hours earned on the National STD Curriculum 3rd Edition, launched on 4/1/25 are accredited by the Oregon Nurses Association. The Continuing Nursing Education at the University of Washington School of Nursing (UWCNE) accredited CNE contact hours earned on the 1st and 2nd Editions.
This site provides continuing education for physicians (MDs), physician assistants (PAs), advanced practice nurses (APNs, ARNs, APNs, ARNPs), nurses, nurse-midwives, and other healthcare professionals described below.
The continuing education activity on this site, including continuing education (CE) credit, is provided free of charge. This website is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
View or download a list of this site’s activities and available CE.
Professional Credit for National STD Curriculum Self-Study Lessons and Question Bank Topics
The yellow Continuing Education box on the overview page of a lesson or a Question Bank topic will specify the CE accreditation period and the amount and type of CE available. 1.0 CE means someone can complete the activity within one hour. The Continuing Education box also includes and tracks the steps needed to acquire CE for each activity. Any step which is shaded and has a check mark is completed. To print/claim CE:
- Register or sign in to the site;
- Read the self-study lesson or Question Bank topic;
- Correctly answer 80% of the questions on a lesson’s CE quiz or 80% of the questions within a Question Bank topic;
- Complete and submit the survey; and
- Print the CE certificate.
Print/claim earned CE at any time either as a paper copy or save as a PDF. Access certificates by clicking on “Certificates” in the lesson’s navigation bar in the upper right or the yellow box with a printer icon, “CNE Certificate” or “CME Certificate,” above the individualized progress tracker table.
In the final three months of this curriculum’s CE accreditation cycle, we strongly recommend printing earned CE before the launch of the next edition. Once the new reaccredited edition is launched, any unfinished work (for which a CE certificate has not been printed/claimed) from the previous edition will disappear.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Notice
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) and the University of Washington (UW). The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
To print activities completed prior to January 1 of last year, please create an account on UAB MY CME.
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Notice
Advanced practice nurses, nurses, and other disciplines*: The number of contact hours to be awarded, including those that qualify for pharmacology CE for advanced practice nurses, is noted in each lesson and question bank.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
All CNE contact hours earned on the National STD Curriculum 3rd Edition, launched on 4/1/25 are accredited by the Oregon Nurses Association. The Continuing Nursing Education at the University of Washington School of Nursing (UWCNE) accredited CNE contact hours earned on the 1st and 2nd Editions.
