The provider has a CME mission statement that includes all of the basic components (CME purpose, content areas, target audience, type of activities, expected results) with expected results articulated in terms of changes in competence, performance, or patient outcomes that will be the result of the program.
The ACCME is looking for explicit information on the five components of the CME mission, in order to understand how the organization intends to change their learners' (competence and/or performance and/or patient outcomes) through an overall CME program oriented to a stated purpose. The manner in which the provider intends to achieve these expected results is described in terms of the content areas the CME will address, who the target audience of their educational efforts will be, and what types of activities they will pursue. Compliance is determined when all the components are mentioned and the expected results are 'articulated in terms of changes in competence, performance, or patient outcomes that will be the result of the program.'
