Guidelines for the CME Planning Committee

The planning committee initiating CME activities must fulfill the duties listed below. The timeline explains when to submit forms for category I credit.

• Identify and document needs
• Establish the goal of the activity
• Create objectives
• Develop the activity title
• Identify the target audience
• Choose the activity date and location
• Identify speakers
• Resolve any speaker conflict of interest (See: COI Policy)
• Communicate all conflicts of interest and commercial support to the audience (See: COI Policy)
• List contributors
• Create the activity content, including a desirable physician attribute
• Ensure appropriate disclosure is communicated to the audience (See: Disclosure to the Audience Guidelines)

All CME educational activities developed and presented by a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and associated with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ must be developed and presented in compliance with all ACCME accreditation requirements — in addition to all the requirements of the AMA PRA program.

For more information: Individuals involved in CME events are encouraged to visit National Faculty Education Initiative web site to take a free 30-minute tutorial on eliminating commercial bias from CME presentations.

Another resource for information for those who plan and participate in CME and improvement programs is the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The AAMC CME web site is a guide to employ best educational methods of quality improvement and performance improvement principles to close the clinical care gap.

For more information, contact:
Karen Bertke, CME Program Administrator
E-mail: karen.bertke@wright.edu
Phone: 937-775-3435
Fax: (937) 775-3256

Mailing address:
Office of Faculty and Clinical Affairs
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
P.O. Box 927
Dayton, OH 45401-0927

Location: University Park
3817 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Fairborn, OH 45324