Mission Statement
The mission of the School of Medicine and Dentistry's Office of
Continuing Professional Education is to provide high quality educational
activities for physicians and health care professionals. Activities
are designed to enhance professional performance, impart new knowledge,
teach new skills, and develop appropriate physician-patient relations
thereby serving the needs of the patient and improving the quality
of health care. The Office of Continuing Professional Education
provides access to and an awareness of quality continuing medical
education activities throughout the Rochester region and nationally.
Purpose
The Office of Continuing Professional Education is committed to
developing, organizing, and implementing quality educational activities
through a collaborative process with physicians, nurses, and other
allied health care professionals. In assessing the continuing medical
education needs of the community, the Office of Continuing Professional
Education offers diverse, multi-faceted educational activities,
reinforcing an awareness and the importance of lifelong learning,
self-motivation, self-assessment and the development of self-learning
skills. Continuing medical education activities can incorporate
basic science concepts, clinical practice, recent literature, and
scientific research perspective on the best currently accepted clinical
practices. Types of activities mounted include, but are not limited
to, didactic presentations and seminars, hands-on skill workshops,
faculty development, regional lecture series, grand rounds, videoconferencing
and enduring materials, including Internet and on-line interactive
materials.
Description
Continuing medical education (CME) activities are designed to foster
and promote the University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong
Memorial Hospital's mission "to improve health through caring,
discovery, teaching and learning". Under the guidance of course
directors, and across potentially all content areas served by our
faculty, CME activities address the interdisciplinary needs of clinicians,
primary care physicians, specialists, clinical sub-specialists and
other health care professionals. Continuing Professional Education
strives to maintain standards by constantly evaluating the balance
of approaches to meet institutional requirements as well as the
perceived and expressed needs of our learning audience.
Objectives
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) Essential Elements and Standards, the Office of
Continuing Professional Education has set forth the following objectives:
* Organize and sponsor activities which encourage professional
inquiry, and meet the needs of physicians and allied health care
professionals as they develop and sustain quality patient care
* Explore innovative practices to improve content integration
and knowledge application
Evaluation
Data collected from participants at the conclusion of each CME activity
are evaluated and analyzed for their effectiveness. Results are
shared with activity directors, faculty and the Office for Continuing
Professional Education staff for the continuous improvement of CME
activities.
January 8, 2003
