CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME)

Mission

We strive to provide continuing medical education (CME) activities designed specifically for the Urgent Care setting.   

Our content will include material applicable to the Urgent Care setting, and our formats will recognize the education access challenges of Urgent Care providers.   

Expected Results 

Our goal is continuous development of the practice of Urgent Care medicine resulting in elevation of provider competence in clinical and practice management skills, and performance in executing this work in the Urgent Care setting.  

Continuing Medical Education (CME) defined by the ACCME

Continuing medical education consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.  

The content of CME is that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, and the provision of health care to the public. 

Planning Process

1. Plan the CME activity. 
2. Collect financial relationship information from all persons involved in the planning and delivery of the CME activity. Note: This form is good for the calendar year and a new form for each new activity is not necessary.
3. Mitigate the financial relationship, if necessary. 
4. Peer review the clinical content to make sure it’s valid.
5. Post accreditation, designation, and disclosures for learners. 
6. Collect learner feedback.
7. Issue CME certificate to learner. 
8. Report activity and learner information to ACCME.

Examples of communicating disclosures to learners.

Guidance for Planners to ensure clinical content is valid.

Key Steps to identify, mitigate, and disclose relevant financial relationships.

Sample Letter to explain why financial relationship information is collected.

Sample of Post Activity CME claiming survey.