Continuing Medical Education and Quality Improvement: A Match Made in Heaven?
Authors: Murray Kopelow
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Letters3 July 2012Continuing Medical Education and Quality Improvement: A Match Made in Heaven?Murray Kopelow, MD, MS (Comm)Murray Kopelow, MD, MS (Comm)From Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, IL 60654.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-1-201207030-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We applaud Shojania and colleagues (1) for recognizing that the integration of continuing medical education (CME) and quality improvement (QI) offers the opportunity to improve the quality of health care overall. Their examples describe meaningful ways for CME providers to deliberately incorporate QI into their partnerships. We appreciate the recognition of best practices and the opportunity to learn and share effective strategies.Continuing medical education providers in the United States have been recognizing this correlation. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) released new requirements in 2006 (2) to reposition accredited CME as a strategic asset ...References1. Shojania KG, Silver I, Levinson W. Continuing medical education and quality improvement: a match made in heaven? Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:305-8. [PMID: 22351715] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Accreditation Criteria. Accessed at www.accme.org/requirements/accreditation-requirements-cme-providers/accreditation-criteria on 29 February 2012. Google Scholar3. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Executive summary of the July 2011 Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Accessed at www.accme.org/sites/default/files/null/602_2011_07_Board_Executive_Summary_20110809.pdf on 29 February 2012. Google Scholar4. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Executive summary of the December 2011 Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Accessed at www.accme.org/sites/default/files/null/000_2011_12_Board_Executive_Summary_201101122012.pdf on 29 February 2012. Google Scholar5. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Executive summary of the March 2012 Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Accessed at www.accme.org/sites/default/files/null/623_Board_Executive_Summary_201203.pdf on May 30, 2012. Google Scholar6. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Interviews. Accessed at www.accme.org/education-and-support/video/interviews on 29 February 2012. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, IL 60654.Disclosures: Dr. Kopelow is the Chief Executive Officer of the ACCME. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoContinuing Medical Education and Quality Improvement: A Match Made in Heaven? Kaveh G. Shojania , Ivan Silver , and Wendy Levinson Metrics 3 July 2012Volume 157, Issue 1Page: 77KeywordsHealth care qualityHealth information technologyLibrariesMedical educationPrevention, policy, and public healthPublic policyQuality improvementResearch quality assessmentSafety ePublished: 3 July 2012 Issue Published: 3 July 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...