Criteria Rationale Critical Elements Addresses Public Health Priorities C27 The provider addresses factors beyond clinical care that affect the health of populations. This criterion recognizes providers for expanding their CME programs beyond clinical care education to address factors affecting the health of populations. Some examples of these factors include health behaviors; economic, social, and environmental conditions; healthcare and payer systems; access to care; health disparities; or the population’s physical environment. Teaches strategies that learners can use to achieve improvements in population health C28 The provider collaborates with other organizations to more effectively address population health issues. Collaboration among people and organizations builds stronger, more empowered systems. This criterion recognizes providers that apply this principle by building collaborations with other organizations that enhance the effectiveness of the CME program in addressing community/population health issues. Creates or continues collaborations with one or more healthcare or community organization(s) AND Demonstrates that the collaborations augment the provider’s ability to address population health issues Criteria Rationale Critical Elements Enhances Skills C30 The provider designs CME to optimize technical and procedural skills of learners. Technical and procedural skills are essential to many aspects of professional practice, and need to be learned, updated, reinforced, and reassessed. Some examples of these skills are operative skill, device use, procedures, physical examination, specimen preparation, resuscitation, and critical incident management. This criterion recognizes providers that offer CME to help learners gain, retain, or improve technical and/or procedural skills. Provides CME addressing technical and or/procedural skills AND Includes an evaluation of observed (e.g., in person or video) technical or procedural skill AND Provides formative feedback to the learner about technical or procedural skill C32 The provider utilizes support strategies to enhance change as an adjunct to its CME. This criterion recognizes providers that create, customize, or make available supplemental services (e.g., reminders) and/or resources (e.g., online instructional material, apps) that are designed to reinforce or sustain change. Utilizes support strategies to enhance change as an adjunct to CME activities AND Conducts a periodic analysis to determine the effectiveness of the support strategies, and improvements
Criteria Rationale Critical Elements Demonstrates Educational Leadership C35 The provider demonstrates creativity and innovation in the evolution of its CME program. This criterion recognizes CME providers that meet the evolving needs of their learners by implementing innovations in their CME program in areas such as education approaches, design, assessment, or use of technology. Implements an innovation that is new for the CME program AND The innovation contributes to the provider’s ability to meet its mission. Criteria Rationale Critical Elements Achieves Outcomes C37 The provider demonstrates healthcare quality improvement. CME has an essential role in healthcare quality improvement. This criterion recognizes providers that demonstrate that their CME program contributes to improvements in processes of care or system performance. Collaborates in the process of healthcare quality improvement AND Demonstrates improvement in healthcare quality NOTE FOR CME: C23, C24, C25, C27, C32 all require a 10% attestation.