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Call for Comment - Knowledge-based CME Activities

Thu, 01/21/2010 - 09:59 — accmeadmin
  • Artist: ACCME Commentary
  • Title: Call for Comment - Knowledge-based CME Activities
  • Year: 2010
  • Length: 1:38 minutes (1.88 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 160Kbps (CBR)

Description:

Knowledge-based CME Activities

ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, explains a new Call for Comment which asks the CME community for feedback on whether or not the ACCME should add the word knowledge into Criteria 1, 3, and 11.

  • To view the Knowledge-based CME Activities Call for Comment and responses, and information about other calls for comment click here 
  • To listen to an overview of the Calls for Comment, please click here.

To listen to this audio file, click on the Play button ( ►) above.  Click here to download a transcript of this recording (PDF).

This Call for Comment closed on March 8, 2010.  A PDF including the responses and ACCME's preliminary analysis of the responses is available here.

  • ACCME Commentary
  • activities
  • Call for Comment
  • Calls for Comment
  • knowledge
  • knowledge-based activities
  • Download audio file
  • 105 downloads
  • 243 plays
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Explaining Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:58 — acantelmi

Description: What's the difference between "knowledge," "competence," "performance" and "patient outcomes"?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF).

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • designing for change
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • 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

Implementing Big Change in a Small Community Hospital

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:16 — breakthrough

Description: Michael Romano, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa speaks candidly with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive, about challenges and opportunities for changing physician performance with CME.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • CME as a Bridge to Quality
  • Criterion 16
  • Criterion 19
  • Criterion 21
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • guidelines
  • Hospital/Healthcare Delivery System
  • knowledge
  • leadership
  • literature review
  • Needs assessment
  • performance
  • Performance Improvement CME
  • professional practice gaps
  • quality improvement
  • Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
  • 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

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

  • 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

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

Professional Practice Gaps – Special Cases?

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:52 — breakthrough

Description: What is the professional practice gap for education on a new medical device, or for morbidity/mortality conference and tumor boards?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 2
  • knowledge
  • Medical Devices
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
  • scope of practice
  • 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?
 
Click here to view a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 5
  • designing for change
  • desired results
  • expected results
  • format
  • knowledge
  • objectives
  • performance
  • setting
  • ShareShare

Traditional Needs Assessment

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:17 — breakthrough

Description: How do I adapt traditional needs assessment approaches to the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria expectations?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)
 

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Documentation
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • Needs assessment
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

Knowledge-Based CME Activities

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:03 — breakthrough

Description: Are knowledge-based CME activities compliant with ACCME 2006 AccreditationCriteria requirements?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • ShareShare

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