Criterion 2
Simple and Effective Communication with CME Planners
Tue, 02/22/2011 - 16:21 — mmartinDescription: How can I make it easier to engage my stakeholders in the planning of accredited CME activities?
ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, suggests a simple algorithm CME professionals can use to act as facilitators of practice-based change when planning accredited CME activities. Using familiar concepts of the Plan-Do-Study-Act model, Dr. Kopelow offers five brief questions to help CME professionals and their stakeholders design educational interventions that meet the expectations of the ACCME Criteria while communicating the strategic value of accredited CME to address problems in practice.
ShareCME that Addresses Non-Clinical Professional Practice Gaps
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:29 — kswimmDescription: Can I base my activities on non-clinical problems in my learners' practices, such as their needs related to their work in research, administration or teaching?
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Handling Confidential Information in the Planning of CME Activities
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:25 — kswimmDescription: How should I handle planning activities using confidential information about patients, physicians or our organization?
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Examples of Professional Practice Gaps
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:21 — kswimmDescription: Can you share some examples of what is considered a professional practice gap and what is not ?
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Developing CME Based on National Research
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 16:46 — breakthroughDescription: Dorothy S. Lane, MD, MPH, Associate Dean of CME Stony Brook University School of Medicine discusses a team-based CME activity addressing improvements in colorectal screening rates with ACCME Chief Executive Murray Kopelow, MD.
Effective Communication with Physician Planners
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 15:11 — kswimmDescription: Michele Beleu, Project Manager for Physician Education and Development at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, talks with ACCME Chief Executive Murray Kopelow about how to more effectively communicate with physician planners.
Learning from Teaching: Activity Planning Tutorial
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 10:28 — kswimmDescription:
Murray Kopelow, MD, ACCME Chief Executive, walks you through an example of provider practices that would be in support of findings of “Compliance" for ACCME Accreditation Criteria through the application of the AHRQ Report’s Adult Learning Principles (ALP) Criteria in a "Learning from Teaching" CME activity.
| Planning Tool: |
| Download a copy of the planning tool that Dr. Kopelow uses in this tutorial. |
| Useful Links and Resources: |
| — ACCME Accreditation Criteria |
| — "Ask ACCME" Planning and Implementing CME Activities (FAQs on Learning from Teaching) |
| — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education (February 2007) |
Different Approaches to Planning CME Activities
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:27 — acantelmiDescription: How can I effectively use the ACCME Criteria when planning my CME activities?
Professional Practice Gaps and Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:10 — acantelmiDescription: Do we need to have a unique professional practice gap for each session of a Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)?
Explaining Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:58 — acantelmiDescription: What's the difference between "knowledge," "competence," "performance" and "patient outcomes"?
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Defining "Professional Practice" in Criterion 2 learners
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 08:26 — acantelmiDescription: How does the ACCME define "professional practice"?
Assembling a State-wide Partnership to Address Quality Improvement
Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:52 — accmeadminDescription: Rosalie Phillips, Executive Director of the Tufts Healthcare Institute, talks with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive, about a regional initiative for improving care and the process of assembling a team of collaborators. (Recorded May, 2009)
Measuring Improvement Using Clinical Measures
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:34 — breakthroughDescription: Victoria Street, Director of Education at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), discusses a performance improvement-based CME initiative to address national performance measures with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive. (Recorded May, 2009)
Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 2 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:36 — accmeadminDescription: Second part of discussion between Bertha Madras, former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow regarding CME approaches to address substance abuse. (Part 2 of 2, Recorded July 2008)
Visit these resources for more information:
For more information about the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, visit http://www.ondcp.gov.
For an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's "Screening and Brief Intervention for Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program, visit http://sbirt.samhsa.gov/.
Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:23 — accmeadminDescription: First part of discussion between Bertha Madras, former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow regarding CME approaches to address substance abuse. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded July 2008)
Visit these resources for more information:
For more information about the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, visit http://www.ondcp.gov.
For an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's "Screening and Brief Intervention for Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program, visit http://sbirt.samhsa.gov/.
Improving Care for Veterans (Part 2 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:54 — breakthroughDescription: Part 2 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 2 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
Visit these resources for more information:
Joining Forces website
Improving Care for Veterans (Part 1 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:27 — breakthroughDescription: Part 1 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
Visit these resources for more information:
Joining Forces website
Common Noncompliance Issues
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:17 — breakthroughDescription: What are the most common areas of Noncompliance with the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria?
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Designing for Change
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:58 — breakthroughDescription: Can you explain how Criteria 2, 3, and 11 support CME activity planning to change competence, performance, or patient outcomes?
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Documenting Professional Practice Gaps
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:54 — breakthroughDescription: What documentation does the ACCME expect for educational needs and professional practice gaps?
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Professional Practice Gaps – Special Cases?
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:52 — breakthroughDescription: What is the professional practice gap for education on a new medical device, or for morbidity/mortality conference and tumor boards?
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Practice Guidelines and Professional Practice Gaps
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:19 — breakthroughDescription: Can we determine professional practice gaps from clinical practice guidelines?
Traditional Needs Assessment
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:17 — breakthroughDescription: How do I adapt traditional needs assessment approaches to the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria expectations?
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Professional Practice Gaps and Scope of Practice
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:16 — breakthroughDescription: How do we identify the professional practice gaps of “our own learners” and how does that relate to their "scope of practice?"
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Finding and Measuring Professional Practice Gaps
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:15 — breakthroughDescription: Does the ACCME require that providers measure professional practice gaps of their learners?
Knowledge-Based CME Activities
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:03 — breakthroughDescription: Are knowledge-based CME activities compliant with ACCME 2006 AccreditationCriteria requirements?
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