NEWS
DIVE DEEP INTO ACCREDITATION AT ACCME WORKSHOP
CME planners can take a dep dive into ACCCME accreditation requirements during the 2024 ACCME Accreditation Workshop, Aug. 27-28, in Chicago, with a Newcomer’s Orientation pre-conference session on Aug. 26. Learn more and register now!
LET THE LEARNING CONTINUE: SAVE THE DATES FOR LTT+ AND LTT 2025
Did you enjoy our annual conference, Learn to Thrive 2024? Couldn’t make it this year? Either way, ACCME is offering plenty of more opportunities to get in on the learning. Learn to Thrive PLUS, a virtual only meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 29, serves as a time- and cost-effective extension of LTT24 for attendees and non-attendees alike. And of course we will reconvene in Chicago from April 23-25, 2025, for Learn to Thrive 2025. Mark your calendars!
PODCAST FEATURES STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING HEALTHCARE CPD
The latest episode of “Emerging Best Practices in CPD,” a podcast hosted by Dr. Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEhp, delves into effective strategies for enhancing continuing professional development, a key focus in the healthcare education sector.
Dr. McGowan engages in a compelling discussion with Dr. Graham McMahon, President and CEO of ACCME, and Dr. David Wiljer, Executive Director of Education, Technology, and Innovation at University Health Network and Professor at the University of Toronto. The conversation stems from the article, “Paving the Way Forward for Evidence-Based Continuing Professional Development,” featured in the Winter 2024 issue of The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions.
CME SPECIAL COLLECTION CALL FOR PAPERS: AI IN CME/CPD
The Journal of Continuing Medical Education (CME) announces a Call for Proposals for its 2024 Special Collection on the topic, “AI Innovations in Lifelong Learning: Revolutionizing CME and CPD.” Manuscripts must be submitted by July 31, 2024. Select papers will be discussed at the 17th Annual European CME Forum, November 6-8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain.
Education & Resources
2023 WORKING GROUPS UNVEIL RICH TROVE OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 
At Learn to Thrive 2024, ACCME unveiled four valuable resources that our 2023 Working Groups created over the past year for their CE colleagues. These practical, easy-to-use tools will help you identify funding sources for your CE program, address the stigma of opioid use disorder in your educational activities, level up your patient-partner engagement, and spark innovation in CE planning. “I urge you to review these resources and start using at least one of them,” ACCME President and CEO Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, said. “Your colleagues have done terrific work in putting these tools together. It’s opportune to take advantage of their insights and advice.”
CALL FOR 2024 WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
Want to get involved in a 2024 Working Group? It’s not too late! Peruse the opportunities and view a recording of the June 17 Kickoff webinar.
HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE OF YOUR ACCREDITED CME PROGRAM
ACCME in May launched the #AccreditedCMEDelivers toolkit
to help CME planners advocate for the value of their work. The toolkit includes a document for you to share with key decision makers within your organization and the first of a series of social media posts to start your own viral campaign. Our goal is to help healthcare leaders understand the incredibly valuable role both you and your team can play in solving some of their most difficult problems. Start sharing your story and be sure to include the hashtag, #AccreditedCMEDelivers.
COMING SOON! NEW ACCME.ORG
We recently asked visitors to our website for their feedback. Thank you to all who responded! We learned that a good 75% of you are highly satisfied or satisfied with our site, but there is always room for improvement. Based on your feedback, we are redesigning the site to improve our search functionality, consolidate resources related to our Standards, and improve accessibility. Watch for our new site later this summer.
ABMS OPENS 2024 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Registration for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Conference 2024 is now open. The conference, Sept. 24-26 in Chicago, will focus on assessment, lifelong learning, improvement, and professionalism. Plenary topics include AI in Medicine: Embracing the Opportunities and Facing the Challenges and Competency-based Medical Education: Where We Were, Where We Are and Where We Need to Be. Learn more and register here.
DATA TIPS
ABS CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT REGISTRATION APPROACHING
As the registration period for the 2024 American Board of Surgery (ABS) Continuous Certification Assessment (CCA) approaches, accredited providers may receive a higher volume of requests from learners for CME credits to be reported into ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). Registration begins Aug. 1, 2024. The 2024 CCA window runs from Aug. 26 – Nov. 4, 2024. ACCME offers a variety of resources to help you report learner credits for ABS. Still have questions? We’re happy to help! Contact us at info@accme.org.
EXTENDED TIMELINE FOR REPORTING LEARNERS’ CREDITS IN PARS
We encourage accredited providers to report learner credits into PARS within 30 days of a learner completing an activity so that the credit is available to meet both licensing and certification requirements, and the learner is able to see the credit in their CME Passport profile. To accommodate different activity formats and the length of time it might take a learner to complete the activity, the cut-off deadline for reporting has been two years after the credit was earned. At the request of numerous accredited providers and their learners, we have extended that cut-off to five years effective July 1, 2024. This extended cut-off deadline applies to all CME credit reported for licensing and for the following certifying boards: the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the American Board of Internal Medicine.
This change is meant to add flexibility for accredited providers that wish to accommodate longer timeframes for reporting learner credit. Each accredited provider is encouraged to use whatever timeframe best meets their learners’ and system needs, within that five-year reporting window.
We are working with other collaborating boards to implement this change for them in the future. As always, we are happy to answer any questions you may have about the change. Please contact us at info@accme.org.
Careers
The ACCME has one open position:
- Manager, Accreditation Services
For more information, visit accme.org.
