The Irwin H. Brown Office of Continuing Professional Development

Brown Office of Continuing Professional Development is is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The goals of the Office of CPD are to improve patient outcomes by providing the following:
•To provide educational activities targeted to specific physician audiences in Oklahoma and the United States in order to

keep their knowledge and skills at the highest possible levels, based on physician needs and abilities
•To present new research knowledge and its application to health care and disease prevention to health care professionals
•To partner with other organizations and institutions, under the clinical and scientific guidance of the OU College of Medicine faculty, in offering educational activities to regional, national and international medical communities
•To develop and evaluate new educational methods employing emerging technologies that will bring cutting-edge knowledge and skills to physicians worldwide with more speed and better interactive learning techniques
•To meet or exceed the expectations of the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the guidelines of the American Medical Association's Physician Recognition Award (AMA/PRA)

Content

The content of the varied activities sponsored by the Irwin H. The scope of activities involves the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the medical profession within the basic medical sciences and the discipline of clinical medicine. The content is determined through the use of needs assessments, surveys, participant evaluations, quality assurance data, and current literature. Target Audience

The target audience of the Irwin H. Brown Office of CPD includes OU Medical Center and OU-Tulsa physicians, all Oklahoma physicians, and other physicians and health care professionals locally, nationally and globally. Activities

The Irwin H. Brown Office of CPD sponsors conferences, seminars and workshops, regularly scheduled programs, teleconferences, home study courses, and enduring materials, which include print, video, audio and Internet CME. Expected Results

As a result of these educational activities, the Irwin H. Brown Office of CPD fosters the continuing professional development and abilities of physicians. The offerings are intended to enhance physician and other health care professionals' training to affect their competence and where possible their performance with the immediate goal of satisfying the learners' needs and the ultimate goal of improving patient care. November 19, 2008