Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Seeks New Public Member of the Board of Directors
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) is seeking nominees interested in serving as one of two public directors on its 20-member Board of Directors.
ACCME Expectations of Directors: Directors representing the public have the same rights and responsibilities as all directors. They are all full voting members of the Board. It is a director's duty to administer the corporate affairs for the benefit of the ACCME, and it is expected that each director acts upon an informed basis, in good faith, and in the honest belief that the action was taken in the best interest of the ACCME.
Time Commitment: The time commitment includes participation in three (1 1/2 day) Board meetings per year and some committee or task force work between meetings, usually virtually or via email.
Eligibility:
- Nominees should be able to articulate a public and patient perspective based on some experience with the healthcare system.
- Nominees may NOT be members of the health professions.
Deadline: Nominations should be emailed to dbrucki@accme.org no later than October 21, 2022, and should include a curriculum vitae, contact information, and a brief letter of nomination.
Questions: Questions may be directed to ACCME's Manager of Governance and External Relations, Debbie Brucki, MA, CAE at dbrucki@accme.org.
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The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, responsible for accrediting organizations that offer continuing medical education (CME) and for recognizing state medical societies as accreditors of local CME programs. The ACCME is a cofounder of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™.
The ACCME sets standards for CME that reflect the values of the educator community and aim to accelerate learning, inspire change, and champion improvement in healthcare. These standards ensure that accredited CME is designed to be relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence. Through participation in accredited CME, clinicians and teams drive improvement in their practice and optimize the care, health, and wellness of their patients.
Accredited CME facilitates engagement with physicians and healthcare teams where they live, learn, and work. There are approximately 1,700 accredited CME providers within the ACCME System, across the country and internationally, representing a range of organizations including medical schools, hospitals/health systems, government/military agencies, specialty societies, and insurance/managed-care companies. Accredited providers offer about 170,000 activities each year, comprising more than one million hours of instruction and including more than 45 million interactions with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
For more information, visit www.accme.org. You can also follow the ACCME on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.