Begin Your Educational Journey

As an accredited continuing medical education (CME) provider, you have a special opportunity to be a catalyst for change in your healthcare-focused organization. Use this website as a resource to inform and enhance your application of the ACCME Criteria as your algorithm for practice-based learning and improvement. You can do CME that Matters to Patient Care... and we can help!

Take a Tour

Click here for learn more about the features of the ACCME Education and Training website tab.

Get Help with PARS

The ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) is open for use by ACCME-accredited CME providers. We've developed video tutorials and compiled frequently-asked-questions to help get you up and running with the system before the March deadline for entering your 2010 activity and program data. Ready to get started?!  Get a brief overview of PARS from Kate Regnier, ACCME's Deputy Chief Executive, by clicking here.

Avoiding Noncompliance Pitfalls

After reviewing more than 300 accredited providers in 2008-2010, the ACCME has compiled a great deal of information to inform your success at reaccreditation. Fifty percent (50%) of providers reviewed by the ACCME were required to submit Progress Reports because they were found in Noncompliance with one or more of the accreditation requirements. However, many of these Noncompliance issues are easily preventable. To help you avoid these pitfalls, we've collected several video FAQs that address the most common reasons for Noncompliance. Click here to learn more.

Perspectives: CME Leaders Speak Out

What is the value of CME within your healthcare-focused organization? Recent interviews with University of Minnesota's Ginny Jacobs, Massachusetts Medical Association's Danna Muir, and Kaiser Permanente's Michelle Beleu tackle this issue by focusing on cultivating physician champions. In another interesting example, the Oklahoma State Medical Association's CME Chair, Dr. Tim Holder discusses an opportunity for CME to address risk management issues. Click here to view the entire interview video library.

Video FAQ

We're ready to answer your frequently-asked questions. Click here or on the "ACCME Video FAQ" category link at right to get the straight talk on common issues that CME providers inquire about. Have a question of your own? Submit your FAQ question to postmaster@accme.org, and we'll try to answer it!

Workshops

Whether you are a novice or veteran CME professional, ACCME’s intensive workshops are a great training opportunity for you and your stakeholders. Work closely with ACCME staff and national CME leaders to gain practical “how to” insights to achieving compliance and positioning your CME program as a Bridge to Quality. Click here for more information.