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Tools to Support Implementation of the ACCME's Updated Accreditation Criteria
The ACCME is pleased to provide to the CME community the enclosed set of tools to help our system implement the ACCME’s Updated Accreditation Criteria. Since September 2006, the ACCME has received your feedback regarding the need for information to help organizations understand new expectations, materials to provide education for CME staff and volunteers, and documents to support the implementation of the Updated Accreditation Criteria. The ACCME is hopeful that these tools will meet the CME community’s articulated needs.
1. Toolkit Cover, memo, and Table of Contents
2. Initial Announcement Materials ACCME’s Updated Accreditation Criteria Announcement, September 2006
PowerPoint Presentation: Accreditation for Learning and Change (as presented at ACME Annual Conference January 18, 2007)
4. Case Studies
The following case studies have been designed to support the learning exercises that follow. We recommend that you print and use whichever case study most closely resembles your organizational type.
A. “National Physician Membership Association” case study Program Based Analysis Information
B. “MECC USA” case study Program Based Analysis Information
C. “State University School of Medicine” case study Program Based Analysis Information
5. CME Activity Learning Exercise* CME for Learning and Change slide copies Activity Development Worksheet: An Example
6. Overall CME Program Learning Exercise* NEW – Overall Program Evaluation and Improvement slide copies (added 5/2007) NEW – Overall Program Evaluation and Improvement Learning Exercise (added 5/2007) A Directed Self-Assessment for Readiness to Meet the ACCME’s Updated Accreditation Criteria
7. Education Tools and Resources Standards for Commercial Support Terms and Definitions List of Desirable Physician Attributes
Complete Toolkit (click to download a 3.6 MB .ZIP file containing all of the above materials in source file format – PowerPoint and editable Word documents)
The ACCME welcomes your suggestions for additional needed materials. As always, the ACCME appreciates your commitment to quality continuing medical education for physicians.
*The ACCME is offering these learning exercises not as finite interpretation of its policies, but as an example that providers have requested to give them ideas and foundations with which work can begin. Organizations should feel free to adapt all materials to their specific CME programs. |