The UNC School of Medicine’s (SoM) Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) will continue its work to foster continued education for physicians after receiving reaccreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
The UNC School of Medicine’s (SoM) Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) will continue its work to foster continued education for physicians after receiving reaccreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
The ACCME reaccreditation will bolster opportunities for SoM physicians to maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas, which supports its mission of being a leading school of medicine.
Dr. Cam Enarson and Doug Hudson, who leads the SOM CPD Office, co-led the reaccreditation process. “Doug Hudson deserves special recognition for the work he did in preparation for the Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation. His experience and expertise were critical to the successful outcome,” explained Dr. Enarson.
To achieve reaccreditation, the SOM demonstrated compliance with 13 criterion and associated polices, including the CME Clinical Content validation policy. Accreditation criterion includes incorporation of educational needs into CME activities; design of educational activities and programs to change competence; performance or patient outcomes; use of appropriate educational formats; analysis of changes in learners achieved as a result of educational programs; and implementation of necessary changes in the overall program to meet the School’s CME mission.
Improvements reported to the ACCME as part of the reaccreditation process included changes to the conflict of interest disclosure form, new mechanisms to resolve conflict of interest, initiation of a comprehensive review and revision of outcomes measurement for the program, and implementation of a data base that allows participants to access their CME credit online.
The SOM has achieved ACCEME accreditation without interruption since 1972.