Purpose and Mission Statement

CME Office Mission Statement

 

The purpose of the Office of CME is to certify learning activities for physicians in order to improve the practice of medicine. This includes patient care, research, medical education and administration.  In addition, the office tracks credits for physicians who attend CME certified activities and provides consultation on educational processes and accreditation issues.

The content areas include a range of clinical, research, medical teaching and leadership skills which are based on identified needs of practitioners.  This includes all segments of contemporary primary and specialty practice.

MSU is a world class institution of higher learning. The target audience of the Office of CME includes the broad community of health care professionals including primary and specialty physicians locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Those target audiences include:

• Clinicians, researchers, medical educators and medical administrative leaders at Michigan State University
• Physicians from our six community campuses throughout the state
• Physicians and other health professionals in the United States who participate in national activities jointly sponsored by our educational partners and framed in the context of the IOM and ACGME Competencies
• International physicians and health professionals who attend national conferences and/or take advantage of our web based learning resources

 

The CME office sponsors a wide type of educational activities, as follows: 

• Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
• Live Activities
• Enduring Materials (online learning, monographs, CD/ROM’s)
• Test Item Writing
• Journal Based CME

 

The expected results of the CME program are to provide activities that:

• Incorporate the educational needs that underlie the professional practice gaps of our learners, and which match the current or potential scope of professional activities independent of commercial interests

• Improve patient outcomes through early adoption of new standards and enhanced clinical skills
• Foster the continuing educational development of physicians and health professionals to enhance their competence and performance
• Improve the quality of the educational process through consultation and documented compliance with accreditation standards/criteria
• Expand the use of technology in the documentation of physician participation
• Enhance physician’s professional competence through integrating the use of technological advances, health care information and research findings based on valid content with the ultimate goal of improved patient outcomes in clinical and professional practices