DAN's Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine courses are designed primarily for physicians, emergency medical personnel, paramedics, and nurses. Instructors, dive masters, and other non-medical dive-related personnel might also find the courses of value.

Any DAN educational activity that is primarily planned for physicians will request Category 1 credit from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). CME Programs are jointly sponsored with the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS). Certificates of attendance will be provided at all CME activities.

The DAN physician referral service falls under the Medical Department of the Divers Alert Network. The purpose of the physician referral service is to refer scuba divers or potential scuba divers to doctors knowledgeable and trained in diving medicine. Inclusion in the physician referral database requires completion of an introductory course in diving medicine and a special form. DAN's Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine course would fulfill that course requirement.

DAN typically offers a Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine course twice a year... once in the spring and once in summer or early fall. Lectures are held half-days Sunday through Friday. Optional diving is available with the DAN group. Courses are posted on the Upcoming Events calendar on the DAN Website.

DAN does not offer certification in their continuing medical education activities. At this time, the only DAN activities that receive certification are the courses being offered by DAN's Training Department.

The CME Department at DAN maintains a mailing list of persons interested in receiving all continuing medical education activity brochures offered by DAN. Please contact us by telephone at (919) 684-2948 x 555, or complete our CME Mailing List Request Form. We will be happy to place you on our mailing list. Please notify DAN CME directly if there is a change in your address.

We do not mail our CME activity brochures to all DAN members. Our CME mailing list is maintained exclusively by the Continuing Medical Education at DAN. The DAN website carries an up-to-date listing of educational activities.

Sometimes DAN CME will include an optional Oxygen Provider Course with our Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Course. These courses are coordinated through the Training Department at DAN. Please contact Training directly for more information.