professional practice gaps
CME that Addresses Non-Clinical Professional Practice Gaps
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:29 — kswimmDescription: Can I base my activities on non-clinical problems in my learners' practices, such as their needs related to their work in research, administration or teaching?
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ShareHandling Confidential Information in the Planning of CME Activities
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:25 — kswimmDescription: How should I handle planning activities using confidential information about patients, physicians or our organization?
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Examples of Professional Practice Gaps
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:21 — kswimmDescription: Can you share some examples of what is considered a professional practice gap and what is not ?
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Effective Communication with Physician Planners
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 15:11 — kswimmDescription: Michele Beleu, Project Manager for Physician Education and Development at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, talks with ACCME Chief Executive Murray Kopelow about how to more effectively communicate with physician planners.
Different Approaches to Planning CME Activities
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:27 — acantelmiDescription: How can I effectively use the ACCME Criteria when planning my CME activities?
Professional Practice Gaps and Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:10 — acantelmiDescription: Do we need to have a unique professional practice gap for each session of a Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)?
Explaining Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:58 — acantelmiDescription: What's the difference between "knowledge," "competence," "performance" and "patient outcomes"?
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Defining "Professional Practice" in Criterion 2 learners
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 08:26 — acantelmiDescription: How does the ACCME define "professional practice"?
Measuring Professional Practice Gaps of Your Learners
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 14:56 — kswimmDescription: Dr. Murray Kopelow discusses professional practice gaps.
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Description: Dr. Murray Kopelow discusses professional practice gaps.
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF).
Assembling a State-wide Partnership to Address Quality Improvement
Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:52 — accmeadminDescription: Rosalie Phillips, Executive Director of the Tufts Healthcare Institute, talks with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive, about a regional initiative for improving care and the process of assembling a team of collaborators. (Recorded May, 2009)
Measuring Improvement Using Clinical Measures
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:34 — breakthroughDescription: 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)
Implementing Big Change in a Small Community Hospital
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:16 — breakthroughDescription: 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.
Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 2 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:36 — accmeadminDescription: 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)
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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/.
Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:23 — accmeadminDescription: 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/.
Improving Care for Veterans (Part 2 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:54 — breakthroughDescription: Part 2 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 2 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
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Joining Forces website
Improving Care for Veterans (Part 1 of 2)
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:27 — breakthroughDescription: Part 1 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
Visit these resources for more information:
Joining Forces website
Common Noncompliance Issues
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:17 — breakthroughDescription: What are the most common areas of Noncompliance with the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria?
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Criteria Overview
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:14 — breakthroughDescription: How would you explain the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria for accredited CME in general terms?
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Documenting Professional Practice Gaps
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:54 — breakthroughDescription: What documentation does the ACCME expect for educational needs and professional practice gaps?
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Professional Practice Gaps – Special Cases?
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:52 — breakthroughDescription: What is the professional practice gap for education on a new medical device, or for morbidity/mortality conference and tumor boards?
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Traditional Needs Assessment
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:17 — breakthroughDescription: How do I adapt traditional needs assessment approaches to the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria expectations?
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Professional Practice Gaps and Scope of Practice
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:16 — breakthroughDescription: How do we identify the professional practice gaps of “our own learners” and how does that relate to their "scope of practice?"
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Finding and Measuring Professional Practice Gaps
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:15 — breakthroughDescription: Does the ACCME require that providers measure professional practice gaps of their learners?