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Developing CME Based on National Research

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 16:46 — breakthrough

Description: 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.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • activity planning
  • coordination of care
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 18
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • educational design
  • expected results
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • national data
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • research
  • team-based care
  • ShareShare

Defining "Professional Practice" in Criterion 2 learners

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 08:26 — acantelmi

Description: How does the ACCME define "professional practice"?

Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF).

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • Criterion 2
  • national data
  • needs
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

Communities of Practice: Supporting State-wide Healthcare Efforts (Part 3 of 3)

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 08:34 — acantelmi

Description: Murray Kopelow, ACCME’s Chief Executive, discusses an ongoing state-based collaborative effort among CME providers in Minnesota with Kelly Nowicki, CME Administrator at the Mayo School for Continuous Professional Development.  Ms. Nowicki discusses her administrative role at the Mayo Clinic, providing insights to working relationships between CME and physician leaders. (Part 3 of 3, Recorded August, 2009)

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • collaboration and cooperation
  • Communities of practice
  • Criterion 20
  • national data
  • needs
  • Needs assessment
  • ShareShare

Measuring Improvement Using Clinical Measures

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:34 — breakthrough

Description: 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)

  • ACCME Interviews
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • guidelines
  • Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • Performance Improvement CME
  • performance measures
  • professional practice gaps
  • quality assurance
  • quality improvement
  • surveys
  • ShareShare

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 2 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:36 — accmeadmin

Description: 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/.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 4
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • scope of practice
  • ShareShare

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:23 — accmeadmin

Description: 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/.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 4
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • scope of practice
  • ShareShare

Documenting Professional Practice Gaps

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:54 — breakthrough

Description: What documentation does the ACCME expect for educational needs and professional practice gaps?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Documentation
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • needs
  • performance
  • performance measures
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

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