In 2002, the ACCME adopted special policy for Regularly Scheduled Series in healthcare institutions, in academic medical centers. Regularly Scheduled Series are what people call grand rounds. They’re the education by the physicians...
Planning CME Activities
Monday, August 23, 2010
Yes. The new CME activity, must demonstrate compliance with all applicable ACCME accreditation requirements, including faculty disclosure and acknowledgement of any commercial support (SCS 6).
For CME activities including...
Test Item Writing CME activities may consist of either of the following processes:
- When questions are written for an ‘item pool’ from which they are later...
A course is a live CME activity where the learner participates in person and which is planned on a one-by-one basis and designated for credit as a single activity...
No. Previous activity evaluations may contain expressions of need that underlie professional practice gaps.
Yes. That documentation would verify that the first step of a mechanism for identifying conflicts of interest is in place. That would document for ACCME that the Provider knew the relevant financial relationships of the Committee...
Yes. See the ACCME's Joint Sponsorship Policies.
The decision regarding how you acknowledge their involvement or what words to use is up to you. See the ACCME's policies regarding the accreditation statement for a copy of the...
A journal-based CME activity includes the reading of an article (or adapted formats for special needs), a provider stipulated/learner directed phase (that may include reflection, discussion, or debate about the material contained...
The FDA wrote, "An outline of the content for this information is described"... and attached an "Appendix A" to the letter which can be found at...
This is an ACCME adaptation of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) definition of a gap in the quality of patient care where the gap is "the difference between health care processes or outcomes ...
ACCME has created a web-based tutorial that models one approach that accredited CME providers could take to facilitate learning from teaching activities that would meet compliance expectations of the ACCME...
No longer than three years. The ACCME policy on enduring materials requires both an original release date and an expiration date. In addition, the ACCME policy requires that you review each enduring material at least once every...
Committee learning is a CME activity that involves a physician learner’s participation in a committee process where the subject of which, if taught/learned in another format would be considered...
Below is a list of the different CME activity types that can be reported in the PARS System. You can click on the name of any of these activity types for a definition and additional information:
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An internet live course is an online course available at a certain time on a certain date and is only available in real-time, just as if it were a course held in...
Needs assessment is about understanding the basis for a 'professional practice gap' - in terms of an underlying problem with knowledge, competence or performance-in-practice. A provider may want to further understand the underlying...
ACCME expects to be able to review income and expense statements for all CME activities. These statements must reflect:
Significant sources...
Yes. See ACCME Policy on Journal CME for more information.
No. The ACCME does not require post-tests for any type of CME activity. In journal CME, some sort of challenge must be presented to the learner that is based on the content of the educational activity but we do not call it a post...
Manuscript review CME is based on a learner’s participation in the pre-publication review process of a manuscript.
The FDA has asked the manufacturers to submit their proposed REMS to the FDA for approval. Of direct relevance to ACCME-accredited providers is the FDA's instruction to manufacturers that the "[manufacturer's] plan should include...
Yes. CME providers can offer activities designed to change knowledge. The emphasis now is on the CME provider knowing the "educational needs that underlie the professional practice gaps of their own...
No. For guidance on the nature of documentation that the ACCME will expect to review at the time of reaccreditation, please see the ACCME's performance-in-practice review requirements and instructions and...
Yes. The ACCME released policies specific to Internet CME in early 2002. Please click here to view these policies.
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