Mission

The mission of Coastal Care Medical Management's CME program is to provide high quality, evidence based, continuing medical education to its participants and to be recognized as a  leader in comprehensive continuing medical education for the healthcare community. We will focus on the development and implementation of CME/CE activities that incorporate relevant topics of interest with interactive strategies for learning.  We plan to support the medical professional's lifelong learning process and continued professional development through evaluation and documentation of our educational efforts.  Our educational activities will encourage our medical community to improve patient care by making well informed decisions about the treatment and safety of the patient population.        

Purpose

The purpose of Coastal Care Medical Management's CME program is to provide scientific and evidence based educational activities intended to reinforce or change behavior in our audience. Our objectives will link identified gaps and established needs with the intended outcomes of the activity. Our programs will reinforce current knowledge, impart updated information and introduce new ideas, skills and technology. Coastal Care Medical Management CME/CE activities will be evaluated for their scientific rigor, content validity and ability to reinforce or make changes in provider competence, performance and patient outcomes. We will respond to the clinical and practice management needs of the audience as is identified in their own continuing professional development. We will uphold the ACCME's Essential Areas, Elements and Standards for Commercial Support.

Content Areas

The content of Coastal Care Medical Management's CME program will:

·         Encompass all areas of medicine and practice management to include the spectrum of clinical medicine, research and education

·         Be formulated on a valid needs assessment and identified gaps through the use of multiple data sources

·         Be relevant for medical specialties, diseases processes, current research, changes in health care delivery, and public health topics

·         Reflect a review of activity outcomes based on evaluation results and changed performance

·         Support the ACCME definition of CME and Content Validity Statements

Target Audience

• Physicians in the local and regional area
• Physician assistants, nurses/nurse practitioners and pharmacists
• Other health care professionals (such as case managers, psychologists, and nutritionists) in the local and regional area
• Medical students and residents in training will be welcome

Activity types

• Live local and regional conferences, such as single and multiple day seminars, symposia, review courses and updates
• Enduring materials to include but not limited to: monographs, journals, CD ROMs, DVDs and internet activities

Expected results

The intended outcome of our CME activities is:

·         To improve the quality of patient care in terms of patient outcomes, provider competence or performance

·         To measure improvements in the safety of the patient population

·         To verify and support and change current competencies as necessary  

As a result of Coastal CME offerings, we expect to:

·         Promote the practice of evidence based medicine

·         Optimize prescribing behavior

·         Enhance physician leadership in health care

·         Establish internal peer communication and review

·         Respond to identified audience gaps in knowledge, competence or performance

·         Expand our use of internal  technology to track changes in competence, performance or patient outcomes  

·         Partner and collaborate with other organizations across the continuum of medical education

·         Increase the number of professionals attending our CME offerings

·         Assist in the maintenance of professional certification and licensure

·         Maintain or increase the number of educational activities sponsored each year

·         Improve the quality of education through documentation of compliance with ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, AMA, OIG, FDA and other regulatory bodies  

Approved unanimously by the Coastal Care Medical Management Membership Board

and CME Planning Committee June 6, 2005.