CME/CPD 2.0 Are We Close?
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Abstract
Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development (CME and CPD) represent the longest portion of physician life-long learning, yet have the least structure of all medical education components. Whilst CME has certainly evolved over the last 10 years, it lags behind other physician-oriented information delivery when it comes to technological innovation and use.
An ongoing review of electronic CME (eCME) and other technology-based CME platforms continues to reveal a paucity of activities that take advantage of the benefits of strengths of the media in which they are presented, as well as a lack of understanding of how to best use the media in many instances. Best practices have been developed, but more examples of worst practices can be found.
A strategic plan for the incorporation of new media and technologies into CME and CPD activities is necessary, and innovation in educational strategies is always required. This presentation will review the very brief history of technology-based CME and CPD and provide a strategic plan for incorporating open and closed social networks, wikis/blogs, point of care technology, smartphones, and other platforms into CME and CPD.
The roles of these technologies will be explored from the perspectives of assessing educational needs and professional practice gaps through educational methodology selection and ultimately demonstrating their use in measuring educational impact as improving physician competence, physician performance, and patient outcomes.
The session will be interactive, with the audience serving as an additional collective presenter by sharing observations of best and worst practices and sharing their thoughts about the future.
An ongoing review of electronic CME (eCME) and other technology-based CME platforms continues to reveal a paucity of activities that take advantage of the benefits of strengths of the media in which they are presented, as well as a lack of understanding of how to best use the media in many instances. Best practices have been developed, but more examples of worst practices can be found.
A strategic plan for the incorporation of new media and technologies into CME and CPD activities is necessary, and innovation in educational strategies is always required. This presentation will review the very brief history of technology-based CME and CPD and provide a strategic plan for incorporating open and closed social networks, wikis/blogs, point of care technology, smartphones, and other platforms into CME and CPD.
The roles of these technologies will be explored from the perspectives of assessing educational needs and professional practice gaps through educational methodology selection and ultimately demonstrating their use in measuring educational impact as improving physician competence, physician performance, and patient outcomes.
The session will be interactive, with the audience serving as an additional collective presenter by sharing observations of best and worst practices and sharing their thoughts about the future.
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