Maureen Doyle-Scharff, MBA, FACME discusses the "Get the Facts" campaign launched by the Public Affairs Committee of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration. 16 minutes.

Dr. Judy Ribble provides an update on the certification examination for CME Professionals. 14 minutes.

Part two of a two part series discussing a collaborative project between QI and CME in a small community hospital focused on Sepsis care. This session describes the third phase of a PI CME project including some lessons learned. 17 minutes.

Part one of a two part series discussing a collaborative project between QI and CME in a small community hospital focused on Sepsis care. This session describes the first two phases of a PI CME project. 13 minutes.

Dr. Ronald Cervero discusses the results of his literature review examining the empirical evidence related to bias in commercially supported CME.  The review was commissioned and funded by the ACCME. 18 minutes.

Dr. Norman Kahn, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for the Council on Medical Specialty Societies provides rich background information and insights into the emergence of Performance Improvement CME. 15 minutes.

Jennifer Smith, MS., PhD, Executive Director, PES Department, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, discusses the importance of  outcomes to  to funding CME grants. 17 minutes.

Dr. Donald Moore, Director, Division of CME, Vanderbilt University discusses approaches to evaluating the overall impact of the overall CME program. 17 minutes.

Tom McKeithen, a principal with Health Performance Consulting, (www.changingperformance.com) discusses two approaches to qualitative evaluation for CME activities. First, the use of interviews in Commitment to Change studies. Second, an approach called Script Concordance Testing. 12minutes 30 seconds.

Dr. Judy Ribble, Executive Director, National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals, Inc. provides a status report on the development of a certification examination for people working in the field of continuing medical education. 9.30 minutes.

Derek Dietze, MA, President of Improve CME(www.improvecme.com), provides practical suggestions for measuring outcomes in CME that meet ACCME requirements. 9 minutes.

Derek Dietze, MA, President of Improve CME (www.improvecme.com) provides practical advice on how to measure outcomes in CME that meet ACCME requirements. 9 minutes.

Dr. Nancy Davis, Executive Director of the National Institute for Quality in Improvement and Education, (www.niqie.org) discusses the important relationship between quality improvement and continuing medical education.

Dr. Judy Ribble, Executive Director of the National Commission for Certification of CME professionals discusses the early development of a certification process for CME professionals.