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.