AMA Issues Updates to PRA Credit System

The American Medical Association has issued updates to its Physician’s Recognition Award credit with which all activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ presented or released on or after July 1, 2011, must comply. The AMA Council on Medical Education also approved the release of the 2010 revision of the “The Physician’s Recognition Award and credit system: Information for accredited providers and physicians,” which outlines the entire credit system and can be downloaded from