The University of Colorado School of Medicine is committed to providing continuing education for physicians (CME). The purpose is to enhance knowledge, skills and performance of physicians, thereby improving the health care of the populations and communities which they serve. The School will provide CME of high quality in accordance with the ACCME’s Essential Areas and policies, and Standards for Commercial Support. To accomplish this mission the following criteria have been established:

To provide, maintain, and expand effective communication with physicians and the managers of physician practice data concerning their educational needs;

To provide learning opportunities, grounded in proven adult learning principles, to accommodate those educational needs;

To coordinate CME activities with other health professionals who partner with physicians to deliver health care;

To disseminate new information concerning the health sciences and health care;

To improve the CME programs of the School of Medicine through ongoing evaluation of their effectiveness, employing innovative methods derived from CME research; and

To promote and participate in an institution-wide commitment to an educational continuum through undergraduate and graduate medical education to continuing medical education, thereby stimulating life-long learning practices.

Content Areas
The content of the CME activities will be directed toward the needs of physicians, emphasizing evidence-based information concerning disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and clinical management, including recent advances in the science and technology of medicine. Aspects of medical ethics, medical economics, and health care delivery systems will also be included.

Target Audience
Participants are physicians throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region as well as physicians from other regions. These participants include generalists, specialists, subspecialists, and researchers. Interested physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other practice partners will be admitted to activities appropriate to their needs for education at the physician level.

Types of Activities
Activities relevant to these purposes include presentations encouraging audience participation, interactive discussion groups (i.e. “workshops”), and self-directed learning through enduring materials, including technology-based programs. Activities range from individual one-hour presentations to multi-day symposia under direct or joint sponsorship.

Expected Results
The School of Medicine is committed to improving the effectiveness of its overall CME program and of the individual activities through data collection and analysis to measure cognitive, performance, and clinical outcomes. Linkage between needs and outcomes will be a goal of evaluation, with improved patient care being an ultimate outcome.

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Continuing Medical Education
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PO Box 6508
Aurora CO 80045 

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