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Welcome 2008 CME Coordinators Workshop

Welcome 2008 CME Coordinators Workshop. SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education. CME Update. Over 80 grand rounds activities New departments New types of activities to receive CME credit Updated mission statement Change in CME documentation. Disclosures.

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Welcome 2008 CME Coordinators Workshop

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  1. Welcome 2008 CME Coordinators Workshop SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education

  2. CME Update • Over 80 grand rounds activities • New departments • New types of activities to receive CME credit • Updated mission statement • Change in CME documentation

  3. Disclosures Presenters have nothing to disclose. Edeline Mitton Cassandra Greene

  4. RSC 2006-7 Review • Planning and supporting data were extremely poor • Objectives - very general, had nothing to do with topics being presented. • Grant Letter of Agreement / Acknowledgement • Letter of agreement not executed with OCME knowledge • Acknowledgement missing from flyer • Missing Disclosure Flyer • Regulatory statements absent • Evidence of public disclosure to audience is missing

  5. HOT TOPICS Documentation Planning Commercial Support

  6. Objectives • At the end of this workshop, all participant should be able to complete the CME application; • Discuss and translate the types of documentation and planning necessary for CME activities; and • Recognize the role of commercial support and disclosures.

  7. Documentation

  8. Solution • READ! - Review the Application Packet • Ask for Assistance • Streamline your application Fear Not! You too can effectively manage your department’s Serial Conferences

  9. Documentation • All the forms are designed for completion on your computer in Microsoft Word or PDF. • CME application is available online • Disclosure is available online

  10. Documentation • We are moving to a 2 year accreditation cycle! • Simplifying the application • Sample Application • Improving the evaluation process

  11. Planning     When ask about planning • Typical answer • We do not plan or have a committee • It’s just me and the department chairperson • What do you mean by planning?

  12. Knowledge Performance Gap Competence Scope of practice Evaluation Commercial support Disclosure Planning • What is Planning? • the act or process of making a plan or plans; a formal program for specified benefits, needs

  13. Planning • A planning session is required for a CME activity and is part of the needs assessment process and helps provide evidence of educational intent. • The planning session also provides an opportunity to establish the linkage between needs, objectives, instructional design, and results/outcomes.

  14. Planning Should include: • date and time of meeting • All in attendance recorded; collect signed disclosures for all planners • Describe process by which needs data are used to determine the curriculum for the activity • How needs were gathered • Selection of topics, speakers and method of delivering the educational activity • Do you think this activity fit your learner’s scope of practice? • How will change be measured

  15. CME Application

  16. CME Process Involvement

  17. ACCME Updated Criteria

  18. Understanding CME

  19. ACGME/ABMS General Competencies

  20. CME Application Question 1 What is the physician target audience for the CME activity? Sample Answer Identify the type of health professional the activity is targeting—i.e. house staff, family medicine physicians, ophthalmologist, nurses, neurologist, etc.

  21. CME Application • Question 2 What are the professional practice gaps/needs of the target audience that will be addressed? Sample Answer Describe the medical and/or educational reason for the activities.

  22. Example 1 The need for this activity is a result ofinsufficient treatment plan for psychiatry patients.

  23. Statement of Need/Gap • The professional practice gap is the overall need for the educational activity that relates to the target audience and derived from the Needs Assessment • Educational needs provide the reason for offering CME activities. They may imply a deficit in knowledge, skills, attitudes and/or behavior among prospective participants

  24. CME Application Question 3 • Is it a gap in physician knowledge, competence, or performance? Sample Answer • Knowledge • Facts and information acquired by a person through experience or education. • Competence • Having the ability to apply knowledge, skills, or judgment in practice if called upon to do so. • Performance • What a physician actually does in practice.

  25. Example 2 Need/Gap identified • The need for this activity is ineligible and insufficient treatment plan for psychiatry patients. • The planners identified a competence need. A strategy to write better treatment plans which also address the ACGME interpersonal and communication skills competency

  26. CME Application Question 4 • Based on the need/gap the activity is addressing, what is the activity designed to change? • Sample answer • You can say to improve: Competence, Performance or Patient outcomes • To affirm knowledge or improve knowledge

  27. Application Question 5 • How were those needs/gaps identified by your department? • literature, survey, evaluation summary, national guidelines, chart audits, department discussions, Quality Improvement data, federal or state guidelines, or other

  28. Needs Assessment Data FORWARD or ATTACH supporting documentation

  29. Example 3 Need/Gap identified • The need for this activity is ineligible and insufficient treatment plan for psychiatry patients. • The need was derived from chart audits of patient seen within the last 2 years.

  30. Application Question 6 Based on the desired results of the activity, list 3 to 5 overall learning objectives for this CME activity. • Clear statement of anticipated results • Focus primarily on what participants will do/learn as a result of attending the activity • Best when measurable

  31. Objectives • The provider must communicate the purpose or objectives of the activity so the learner is informed before participating in the activity • Objectives of the activity express learning outcomes in terms of physician performance or patient health (i.e. in behavioral terms), and are communicated clearly and consistently to the learner

  32. Objectives • All activities require objectives • For open discussion-based activities (i.e. M&M, Case conference) objectives for the year are adequate • For lecture-based activities (i.e. Grand Rounds) objectives for the year are required as part of the application and then a minimum of a single objective per lecture is also required

  33. Sample Answer After attending this activity, participant will be able to: • to improve skill of staff in writing better and clearer treatment plan; or • In a simulation of ventricular fibrillation, participant will be able to demonstrate appropriate ACLS protocol until the mannequin shows a normal cardiac rhythm

  34. Sample • Global grand rounds objectives can be stated as: • Participant will be motivated to change practice to improve patient care • Participant will have new skills that can be put into practice • Participant will be better informed about current research on ( dept discipline) issues

  35. Application Question 7 What ACGME, ABMS or IOM related competency is associated with this activity? • Medical knowledge • Clinical Care • Communication Skills • Professionalism • Systems-based practice • Practice-based improvement

  36. Application Question 8 • The educational format (s) that best supports the objective of the activity is/are: • listening to expert faculty • Interacting with faculty using Q&A or open discussions • Hands-on skills workshop • small group discussion • Simulation with real/or simulated patients • Reading materials such as journals with open discussions or Q&A • other

  37. Application Question 9 • How do you plan to evaluate the activity • Standard paper evaluation • Post-course follow-up • Survey • Post-test • Focus group • Practice data

  38. Question 10Brochure/Flyers • Intended audience • Needs & purpose of activity • Learning objectives • Speaker/Planner disclosure • Accreditation statement • Credit designation statement • Policy on speaker and provider disclosure • OCME must review and approve all marketing material in advance of distribution

  39. Question 11- Budget

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