For many medical education providers, granting Continuing Medical Education credits is fundamental to their business, whether they are a for-profit business or a non-profit entity. Currently, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) lists just over 1800 accredited organizations, many accredited by ACCME and others by accredited by a state. There are many more medical education providers that are …
Business Practice and Medical Quality Improvement
The aim of medical education is to improve the quality of patient outcomes, by improving the knowledge, strategy and performance of medical professionals. The way in which improvement is accomplished is often referred to as Quality Improvement and its closely related cousin, Process Improvement. Actually, the cousins go hand in hand, because you cannot improve quality without improving the process …
Mind the Practice Gap
Understanding what constitutes a professional practice gap is one of the fundamental building blocks of accreditation for medical education, but even more so, identifying and describing a professional practice gap correctly may be the more difficult task. Professional practice gaps, according to ACCME are measured in terms of: Knowledge (don’t know something). Strategy (don’t know how to do something). Performance …
When to Start Getting Ready for Reaccreditation
You have received your accreditation or your reaccreditation notice, and you can breathe a sigh of relief. You don’t have to go through this for 4 or 6 more years. Going through your next reaccreditation is the last thing on your mind, right? After the celebration, you can just settle in for the long term. Sorry to interrupt your reverie …