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Meet the Administrator and Staff

Needs Assessment Survey

The OCME collaborates with the AHSC and community faculty, as well as renowned state, national and international educators to disseminate significant information related to patient care, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice, in primary and specialty patient care. This knowledge is delivered primarily to a target audience of physicians, but the needs of other health care professionals and students are considered. The specific characteristics of participants are identified through the needs assessment and addressed in the educational design of each activity which include traditional and innovative educational methods, such as live conferences (including teleconferences and audioconferences), grand rounds, mini-residency programs, enduring materials and internet education.

Physicians, other health care professionals, graduate and undergraduate students will as a result of the CME program:

Evidence a desire for lifelong independent learning and scholarship.
Identify significant faculty contributions of medical knowledge based on research.
Indicate increased knowledge leading to improved patient care outcomes

ACCME’s definition of CME describes what content is acceptable for activities that are certified for credit:

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.

Accreditation

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

On March 23, 2007, the Office of Continuing Medical Education received Full Accreditation for a four-year period by the governing body of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The accreditation was granted through March 2011.

Useful Industry Guidelines :

ACCME Standards for Commercial Support

http://www.accme.org/dir_docs/doc_upload/68b2902a-fb73-44d1-8725-80a1504e520c_uploaddocument.pdf

ACCME Essential Areas and Elements
http://www.accme.org/index.cfm/fa/EssentialAreas.home/EssentialAreas.cfm

AMA Gifts to Physicians

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/noindex/category/10017.html

PhRMA Code

http://www.phrma.org/files/PhRMA%20Code.pdf

Office of the Inspector General

http://www.oig.hhs.gov/authorities/docs/03/050503FRCPGPharmac.pdf

Educating Physicians for the 21st Century" is now available:

Practical Implementation of the Competencies (5/11/06)
http://www.acgme.org/outcome/