Description: Murray Kopelow, ACCME’s Chief Executive, discusses Communities of Practice in CME with Barbara Barnes, Associate Dean of CME at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Morris Blachman, Assistant Dean of CME and Faculty Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.  Both Drs. Barnes and Blachman discuss strategies for successful planning and implementation of collaborative CME efforts within their respective states. (Part 1 of 3, Recorded August, 2009)