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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

Language of Expected Results in Mission Statement

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 13:17 — acantelmi

Description: Do I have to use the exact words "competence, performance, or patient outcomes" when defining the expected results in our program's mission statement?

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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • compliance
  • Criterion 1
  • expected results
  • mission
  • Mission statement
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • 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

Common Noncompliance Issues

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:17 — breakthrough

Description: What are the most common areas of Noncompliance with the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria?
 
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • commercial support
  • competence
  • conflict of interest
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 12
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • Criterion 7
  • Criterion 8
  • designing for change
  • disclosure
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • independence
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • Needs assessment
  • noncompliance
  • Overall Program
  • patient outcomes
  • planners
  • professional practice gaps
  • relevant financial relationships
  • resolution of conflicts of interests
  • Standards for Commercial Support
  • written agreements
  • ShareShare

Criteria Overview

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:14 — breakthrough

Description: How would you explain the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria for accredited CME in general terms?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • advertising
  • commercial bias
  • Criteria
  • designing for change
  • desirable physician attributes
  • expected results
  • format
  • independence
  • mission
  • needs
  • Overall Program
  • Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA)
  • professional practice gaps
  • promotion
  • quality improvement
  • scope of practice
  • Standards for Commercial Support
  • ShareShare

Designing for Change

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:58 — breakthrough

Description: Can you explain how Criteria 2, 3, and 11 support CME activity planning to change competence, performance, or patient outcomes?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • expected results
  • needs
  • objectives
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • ShareShare

Overall Program Evaluation and Improvement

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:49 — breakthrough

Description: Can you explain the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria as it relates to a provider's process for continuous quality improvement?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • Criteria
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 12
  • Criterion 13
  • Criterion 14
  • Criterion 15
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • Overall Program
  • Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA)
  • ShareShare

Methods of Activity Evaluation

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:46 — breakthrough

Description: How should I approach evaluating the effectiveness of a CME activity?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • Criterion 11
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • outcomes
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • performance measures
  • ShareShare

Analyzing Activities’ Impact

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:45 — breakthrough

Description: What are the ACCME’s expectations for “analyzing changes” achieved as a result of the CME program’s activities?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • analyzes changes
  • competence
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • ShareShare

Using Effective Formats

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:22 — breakthrough

Description: What are the ACCME’s expectations of choosing formats to match the expected results of the CME activity?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 5
  • designing for change
  • desired results
  • expected results
  • format
  • knowledge
  • objectives
  • performance
  • setting
  • ShareShare

Non-Clinical Professional Practice Gaps

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:07 — breakthrough

Description: Are professional practice gaps only found in patient care?

  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 12
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • ShareShare

Revisiting your CME Mission

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:01 — breakthrough

Description: Does the ACCME require us to change our CME mission statement each year?

  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 12
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • ShareShare

Expectation to Change Patient Outcomes?

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:01 — breakthrough

Description: Are we required to change “patient outcomes” with our CME program and activities?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 11
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • patient outcomes
  • ShareShare

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