The ACCME does not require accredited providers to measure patient outcomes -- neither in their CME Mission (Criterion 1), activity planning (Criterion 3), nor evaluation of CME...
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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...
Yes, evaluation of learners' change in competence, performance or patient outcomes is required.
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...
No. Criterion 21 requires that the provider, "participates within a institutional or system framework for quality improvement", but does not specify the manner in which this is achieved. Criterion 21 is required to achieve...
Let us say a CME provider set its mission so that the expected result of its program of CME was to change competence and was, "To enable learners to develop strategies for the identification of patients with drug addiction."
...It is expected that CME providers will enhance the impact of CME in their system, or micro system, when they are in collaborative or cooperative alliances with other stakeholders in quality.
Examples of a "non-educational strategy to enhance or facilitate change as an adjunct to activities or educational interventions" would be, 1) implementing a mechanism to send reminders to participants following CME activities (e.g...
Through self-assessment or self-audit, the physicians in an ACCME accredited group practice might identify the following professional practice gap:
Professional Practice Gap = "We are not identifying any...