Prairie/HSHS has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded accreditation as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that Prairie/HSHS delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
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Purpose
The purpose of Prairie’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) program is to provide continuing medical education with content that is based on the identified practices gaps of the learners. We use a collaborative approach involving quality assurance, learners and administrators to improve the performance of the medical community members we serve, as well as increase the competence of health care providers. Prairie’s CME program also provides educational information to the general public relating to specialized and general medical education.
Content Areas
Prairie’s CME program strives to provide educational activities that are based on identified practice gaps through a formal needs assessment involving the educational facilitator and the CME planners and reviewers. Educational content is designed to increase medical staff competence, performance and/or patient care outcomes and is reviewed in advance to minimize any conflict of interest that may exist. The scope of our CME program includes the entire range of cardiac, vascular, and general medical care including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality improvement and cost effectiveness.
Target Audience
The audience for our educational programs includes physicians, nurses, ancillary medical personnel and the general public. Our physician CME program extends to all physicians in the community providing cardiovascular care, family practice, internal medicine, as well as all other specialties. Our educational programs are focused on the educational needs of general and specialized physicians as well as applicable ancillary staff.
Types of Activities
Educational activities are provided at CME events based on the identified practice gaps of the learners during the planning process, utilizing quality assurance personnel data, the educational facilitator, CME planners and CME reviewers. The faculty and activities are chosen based on these assessments, and gaps are identified in the learners’ competence, performance and/or patient outcomes. A variety of educational formats are utilized including lectures, question and answer sessions, enduring materials, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, live case demonstrations and individual case presentations.
Expected Results of the Program
Prairie’s Continuing Medical Education Program will provide high quality educational programs resulting in increased physician competence and improved physician, nurse and ancillary medical staff performance and clinical behavior.
Accreditation Information
Prairie/HSHS has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded accreditation as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that Prairie/HSHS delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.
Our CME Process
Step 1: Notify us that your are planning an event/series and are requesting CME: You can reach the Prairie/HSHS CME team by either emailing us at PERC-CME@hshs.org or by calling us at (217)492-9100 ext. 29113. Please provide us with any details specific to the event/series as applicable at the time of contact. We understand that these things take time to plan, so we know that all of the information may not be readily available but as soon as it is, we would love to know and document for CME. Pricing will be discussed with you during this step.
Step 2: CME Application and Planning Worksheet: This is the first item to complete, when applying for CME. Please login to our site and submit a new application. Once the application is received our CME team will review it and reach out to you if further information is needed. After all information is confirmed, the application will be sent to a team of reviewers which will include the Course Director and Co-Director (if applicable) you put on the application as well as the CME Committee to approve your application.
HOW TO APPLY FOR CME
The following document will give you a step by step guide on how to submit a CME application in our online CME software:
How to Submit a CME Application
How to Write an Effective Learning Objective
Click here to sign in or create an account to begin the application process.
Step 3: Conflict of Interest (COI) Form: The conflict of interest (COI) form is another requirement of CME, although it is separate from the application. The COI form will need to be completed by anyone who is involved with presenting or planning information, for the event. The COI Form is CME’s way of documenting commercial bias (if any) of the presenters and planners. CME Educational Programs must be free from commercial bias, per the ACCME (our accrediting body). All presenters and planners will be able to submit their online applications through our CME software. Once these individuals are added to your application, an email will be sent to them prompting them to login and fill out their COI. In addition to the completed COI Form, the CME staff will also request a CV/Bio for each presenter/planner.
HOW TO SUBMIT A COI FORM
The following document will give you a step by step guide on how to submit a COI form in our online CME software.
Click here to sign in or create an account to complete your COI form.
Additional Resources:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Accreditation Info:
http://www.accme.org/requirements/accreditation-requirements-cme-providers/accreditation-criteria
IL Medical Practice Act Continuing Medical Education Requirements:
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012850A01100R.html
IL Physician’s Assistant (PA) Practice Act License requirements:
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/06801350sections.html
IL Nurse Practice Act Continuing Education Requirements:
http://ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068013000A01300R.html
Information for CME Participants
All CME credits and activities are tracked through our online CME software which can be accessed here.
Live activities include conferences, courses, seminars and workshops that are presented on one or multiple different days. Some of these activities require pre-registration. View our current list of live activities you can register for.
An enduring material is defined by the ACCME as “a printed, recorded, or computer-presented activity that may be used over time at various locations and which, in itself, constitutes a planned activity”. View our current list of enduring materials.
A regularly scheduled series (RSS) is a CME activity that happens on a regular schedule with multiple different sessions throughout the year. These sessions can happen on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis. Examples of an RSS are grand rounds, case conferences, morbidity and mortality conference and tumor boards.
The following documents will help you as a participant of our CME activities.