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Welcome to the Beaumont CME/CE Portal!

This section of the portal is designed to address many of the questions commonly received. If your question is not addressed or properly answered below, please click here to email.

Click link below or scroll down for guidance on these topics:

LOGGING IN

UPDATING YOUR PROFILE

CME CREDITS ----- Regularly Scheduled Meetings / Courses / Texting / Mobile App / View Transcript

CME COURSES ----- View Details / Register / Claim Credits

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS INFORMATION (grand rounds, tumor boards, etc.) ----- View Schedule / Claim Credits

FACULTY FORMS

LOGGING IN <TOP>

Beaumont Health Employees: Click 'Sign In' under the Beaumont logo. Click "Sign In with Your Beaumont ID" and enter your Beaumont email (@beaumont.org) and network password. If you do not know your network password, you must contact the IT Help Desk at 888-481-2448.

Non-Employees: Click ‘Sign In’ under the Beaumont logo. If you have previously received CME credit from Beaumont, please enter your email address and password. If you do not know your password – OR – have never accessed the new CME portal, please click ‘Forgot Your Password’ and enter your email address. If you have never received CME credit from Beaumont before, click ‘Don’t Have an Account’ and follow the on-screen prompts.

I’m locked out of the CME portal: After a certain number of failed attempts to login, your account will be locked. CME staff can unlock your account for you; email [email protected] for assistance.

UPDATING YOUR PROFILE <TOP>

To update your profile, including email address, contact information, etc.:

Click ‘Sign In’ (under the Beaumont logo) to log in to the Portal (see above for assistance with logging in).
Click on the yellow ‘My CME’ button to the right (button will appear once successfully logged in).
Click on ‘Profile’

CME/CE CREDITS – Claim Credits / View Transcript <TOP>

For Regularly Scheduled Meetings (grand rounds, tumor boards, case conferences, etc.) <TOP>

There are currently 2 ways to claim CME/CE credits for attending Beaumont regularly scheduled meetings such as grand rounds, tumor boards, case conferences, journal clubs, etc.

Text message– Text the meeting’s assigned unique code to 833-256-8397. Click here for a list of CME codes. Credits claimed using texting will be instantly recorded in your account and immediately available on your CME transcript if successful. For additional assistance with texting, click here. iMessage Tips– The Apple iPhone iMessage feature is not compatible with our credit system. Please disable iMessage and send a standard text message to claim credit.
Online at https://www.beaumont.edu/continuing-medical-education/mycme-credit. Credits claimed using the online method will be added to records on a monthly basis.

For Courses (one-time events, conferences, symposiums, etc.): <TOP>

STEP 1: Sign in at the meeting on the provided sign-in sheet (in-person) or through the online platform (virtual).
STEP 2: Text Message – Text the unique activity code provided at the meeting to 833-256-8390 [this step tells us you were present at the meeting].
STEP 3: Online - Complete the course evaluation - evaluations can either be completed online in the CME Portal (sign in, click ‘My CME’, and then select ‘Evaluation & Certificate’) or through the Mobile App (click ‘My Evaluations’) – Download the free CloudCME® mobile appfrom the App store (Apple devices) or Google Play (Android devices). Organization code is beaumont. Login with the same email address and password used for the online CME portal.

TEXTING CREDITS <TOP>

First Time Texting? You must first pair your mobile number to your account. To do so, either text the email address used for your CME portal account to 833-256-8397 to opt-in to the text message attendance program or click ‘Sign In’ in the CME Portal, enter your login information, and then click the yellow ‘My CME’ button. Click ‘Profile’ and add your mobile number where indicated.

Timing: Credits must be texted during the approved window, which is 60 minutes prior to the meeting start time, during the meeting and up to 12 hours after the meeting ends. For example, if your meeting is from 7 to 8 a.m., you can text your credits any time from 6:00 a.m. to 8:59 p.m. If you send the text outside of this approved window of time, your credits will not be recorded.

Common Text Messages Received: <TOP>

Service Access Denied: This message indicates that your phone is blocking "short code" text messages. This is often seen with individuals who use T-Mobile as their phone carrier. To resolve the issue, contact your mobile phone carrier and ask them to activate short code text messaging.

User not found in system, text your email to update your cell phone number in the system: This message indicates that the user does not have an existing account, the user has not yet paired their phone to their account, or the email address used to pair the phone is not the email address listed in the individual’s CME portal account. If you received this message after texting your email address, verify that it was typed correctly and if so, try texting a different email (see also “System Does Not Recognize My Email” in the Logging In section.

Thank you [your name], your phone number has been updated to: [your mobile number]: you can now successfully use text messaging to record credits for Beaumont CME events. Please text the CME code provided to you at the CME event to officially record your credits.

Thank you [your name], we have recorded your attendance for [activity name]: your meeting attendance has been recorded.

Sorry [your name], your attendance for [activity name] could not be recorded – you can only record 60 minutes prior to, during or 720 minutes after the activity has completed: This message is received if you text the CME code too early or too late. Texts can only be received by the system during the allowed time period which is 60 minutes before, any time during, and up to 12 hours after the meeting.

Sorry [your name], but this activity requires pre-registration before you can record your attendance for [activity name]. Please ensure that you are registered for this event at http://beaumont.cloud-cme.com: This message is received if you are trying to text for a meeting that has a monetary registration fee and you have not pre-registered. If the activity has a registration fee, you must be pre-registered in order to text your credits. If you register on-site for a meeting, you will not be able to complete the CME process until your registration has been entered into the CME system.

Sorry, that activity ID does not exist: This message is received if an incorrect CME code is entered. Contact CME for assistance.

[entered code] is not an activity id or activity code for an activity in the CloudCME system. Please find the activity id or code for the activity you are trying to register for and try again using only the id or code: This message is received if additional text is included with the code. For example, if the activity code is 803, but the text is entered as 803* or if the activity code is 19493, but the text is entered as "attended 19493". Note, only the provided numerical code should be listed in the text message. Do not include other words, symbols, etc. when texting the code.

Mobile Application <TOP>

Use the mobile application to claim credits, complete evaluations, access presentation slides, view credit transcripts and more!

Download the free CloudCME® mobile app from the App store (Apple devices) or Google Play (Android devices). The organization code is beaumont.

Login with the same email address and password used for the online CME portal. If you have never logged into the Beaumont CME portal at https://beaumont.cloud-cme.com, you must first set up your login and password online before you can log into the mobile application.

View Credits / Transcript Report <TOP>

To view your CME/CE credit report/transcript, you must first login (click ‘Sign In’ under the Beaumont logo). After successfully logging in, click the yellow ‘My CME’ button located to the right and then click ‘Transcript’. Transcripts can be downloaded or emailed using the buttons that appear above the transcript report.

Report Date Range: by default, the start date for the transcript report is 1/1/2010. To change the date range for the report, click in the date box and type in the new date and then click on the preferred date in the open calendar box to set the date. The screen will refresh and reflect the selected date range.
Missing Credits: if you feel your CME/CE transcript is incomplete or missing credits, please click here or call 947-522-1845. Please be sure to check your transcript regularly to ensure your credits are properly recorded. If you are claiming credits using the online-based process, credits are added on a monthly basis. If you are claiming credits using the text-based process, credits are instantly added if the text was sent successfully.
Certificates: certificates for courses are available for approximately 6 weeks following the course date. Once logged into the CME Portal, click ‘Evaluations & Certificates’ in the ‘My CME’ section to view, print, or email a certificate. Credit will continue to be documented on the Transcript after the certificate becomes unavailable.

CME/CE COURSES (special events, conferences) <TOP>

Click ‘Live Conferences’ to view all available upcoming courses
Click on the image or details button for a specific courses to view more information, including objectives, registration, and agenda when available.
To ‘Register’: courses open for online registration will display a Register button within the course details page. After clicking the register button, you will be prompted to sign-in (if not previously signed in) to complete the online registration and payment process. For assistance with registration, please call 947-522-1845 or click here.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS INFORMATION (Grand Rounds, Case Conferences, Tumor Boards, etc.) <TOP>

Click ‘CME Calendar’ to view available upcoming regularly scheduled meetings such as grand rounds, case conferences, tumor boards, journal clubs. Please note, some meetings are restricted to specific groups and are not visible on the calendar. Regularly scheduled meetings are restricted to Beaumont employees and affiliates unless otherwise noted.
‘Search’ – to easily locate a specific meeting, use the ‘Search Current Month’ box. Type in a portion of the meeting name or hosting hospital (i.e., Royal Oak, GP, Dearborn, etc.).

FACULTY FORMS <TOP>

As a faculty member (speaker, planning committee member, panelist, moderator, author, etc.) assigned to a CME-certified meeting, there may be specific Faculty tasks to be completed prior to the event. To access your assigned tasks, Sign In to the Portal and click the ‘My Tasks’ button (located to the left of the ‘My CME’ button). The ‘My Tasks’ button contains important forms that you must complete in order to be involved with the accredited CE activity, including, but not limited to conflict of interest disclosure, speaker information form, etc.

To complete an assigned form, click on ‘My Tasks’ and then click on the assigned form. Update the information as needed and click ‘Submit’ once complete.

If you need additional assistance with the CME/CE Portal, please contact us at [email protected].