PURPOSE:
The Goal of the School's CME program is to plan and deliver high quality education activities for practicing physicians in order to reinforce their past learning and to disseminate new concepts and practices in medicine which may improve patient care for all medical specialties.In accordance with the educational affiliation agreement between Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical
Center, the School is the accredited sponsor for all CME activities of the Detroit Medical Center and its constituent institutions. TARGET AUDIENCE: The audiences to be reached by its program of CME are:
a. Physicians in all medical specialties and sub-specialties
b. Faculty of the school and medical staffs of DMC hospitals
c. Physicians practicing in metropolitan Detroit, throughout the State of Michigan or wherever practicing in the US or internationally. Other health care professionals from Wayne State University, the DMC hospitals and the community
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES:
The educational activities provided within the program shall use whatever educational methods are appropriate and may include lectures, laboratories, discussion groups, and enduring materials such as, films, video tapes, monographs, computer programs and web based programs. The types of activities may include live courses, live regularly schedules seminars, live internet conferences, and enduring materials such as non-synchronous internet courses and journal CME. Whenever it may promote the educational objectives of the School, any of the above types of activities may be Jointly Sponsored with other institutions or groups which may or may not themselves be accredited to provide CME. CONTENT AREAS:
The content areas of CME activities sponsored by the Wayne State University School of Medicine include primary care, and specialty and sub-specialty topics in all fields of medicine. The scope of sponsored activities includes the basic medical sciences, clinical medical sciences and the provision of health care to the public. The Division shall promote excellence in teaching by facilitating the training of its faculty of the School and affiliates in the methods and techniques of medical teaching. It shall promote research into how physicians learn, how to plan and deliver educational materials to meet their needs.The Division of Continuing Medical Education expects the general academic quality of each CME activity to be relevant to the level of medical practice of the target audience, that the educational process activities will be of appropriate quality, and that the activities will be applicable to the professional development needs of physicians and health professionals in the community. The Division insures that all CME activities comply with the accreditation requirements as established by the ACCME. EXPECTED RESULTS:
The Wayne State University CME Program fulfills its mission of advancing physician competence and clinical performance by providing high quality activities. Wayne State is committed to a CME program with the expected result of changes in the areas of: a) physician’s strategies, or skills and abilities to perform a task; b) perceived self-efficacy in clinical practice, c) physician performance, and d) physician practice improvement.
