Find AAMA State Society and Chapter Programs

Line up your AAMA CEUs for Recertifying by Continuing Education Units (CEUs). For more information about AAMA state and chapter programs, contact your local state or chapter president or view the programs listed below. 

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Other AAMA-Approved CEU Sources

The AAMA offers many options to earn AAMA-approved CEUs.

AAMA Self-Study Resources

Visit the AAMA store for continuing education self-study books or view online courses in the e-Learning Center.

Smiles for Life Program

Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum is a product of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) that provides educational resources to ensure the integration of oral health and primary care. The curriculum makes it easy for individual medical assistants to access the curriculum and learn on their own time and at their own pace. Each of the eight courses is available online with free continuing education credit. Each course (found under Course Quick Links) has been approved for 1 AAMA CEU credit. All eight modules also are available in downloadable format for classroom or small group education.

Disclaimer: Your overseeing provider must confirm with the appropriate licensing board that it is allowable for the provider to delegate to medical assistants the applying of fluoride varnish.

CPR Cards

Two-year CPR cards issued within the applicant’s recertification period will be counted as four clinical AAMA recertifica­tion points. Up to three two-year CPR cards may be submitted for a total of 12 CEUs.

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Non-AAMA CEU Sources

A maximum of 30 non-AAMA CEUs may be applied towards your recertification application. You can upload non-AAMA CEUs at any time during your certification period for review and approval. 

 

Task Force for Test Construction

Recertification points are granted for work serving as an item writer for the CMA (AAMA) Certification Exam.

  • Description: Task Force for Test Construction (TFTC) Item Writing and/or Post-administration Item Review
  • TFTC Recertification Point Value and Criteria: Fifteen (15) points each year with a maximum of five (5) points each in the general, administrative, and clinical areas per post-administration item review or writing assignment with attendance at the TFTC annual meeting. Nine (9) points each year with a maximum of three (3) points each in the general, administration, and clinical areas for completion of a writing assignment without attending the annual meeting.
  • Documentation: Certificate issued and signed by the TFTC chair.

Learn more about joining the Task Force for Test Construction via the "Volunteer Opportunities" webpage.

Medical assistants may earn recertification points for authoring textbooks, textbook chapters, and articles pertaining to medical assisting.

Category I

  • Description: Primary author or coauthor of a medical assisting textbook.
  • Point Value: Non-AAMA credit. Maximum of thirty (30) points in a 60 calendar-month period. Five (5) points per chapter will be awarded.
  • Criteria: The book meets the criteria of a classroom text that includes educational objectives, appropriate content, chapter summaries, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index. Content must address topics reflected in the Occupational Analysis of Medical Assistants, Content Outline for the CMA (AAMA) Certification Exam, or Advanced Educational Topics for Medical Assisting documents. The textbook must be published by an educational publisher and registered with the Library of Congress.
  • Documentation: Copy of published textbook.

Category II

  • Description: Primary author of one or more articles in Medical Assisting Today or a comparable national, professional journal.
  • Point Value: Non-AAMA credit. Maximum of fifteen (15) points in a 60 calendar-month period. Five (5) points are awarded per article written.
  • Criteria: Topic relevant to the medical assisting profession. Article publicized in a recognized journal. A recognized journal is defined as a regularly issued, specialized, educational periodical published by a national allied health, medical, or nursing association or organization.
  • Documentation: Copy of the journal issue containing the article or the publisher’s article reprint.

 

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Ensure You Get Credit

Submit documentation of Smiles for Life and/or CPR course completion in one of two ways:

Start a Program

If your state or chapter is not currently conducting any programming, help out by volunteering. Members-at-large can find out how to start a state or local chapter by contacting the AAMA Membership Department or calling 800-228-2262.

For more information about programs within your state, contact your state president.

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