The UEMS experience in continuous medical education accreditation process : a 'quo vadis' analysis of our global database

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Background: The authors systematically appraise a large database of continuous professional development (CPD) and continuous medical education (CME) events against the European Accreditation Council for Continuous Medical Education (EACCME) framework.

Methods: The authors performed a retrospective observational study of all CPD or CME events within the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) database between 2017 and 2019, including 91 countries and 6034 events. Assessment of event design, quality and outcomes was evaluated against a validated, expert-derived accreditation framework, using thematic analysis to extract distinct themes, and subsequent quantitative analysis.

Results: The authors included 5649 live educational events (LEEs) and 385 e-learning materials (ELMs). Three thousand seven hundred sixty-two [3762 (62.3%)] of the events did not report clear justification in their needs assessment process. Most accreditation applications claimed covering a single educational need [1603/2277 (70.3%)]. Needs assessments were reported to be similar across conferences, courses and other types of events (P<0.01); 5642/6034 events (93.5%) had clearly documented expected learning outcomes; only 978/6034 (16.2%) reported a single expected learning outcome while the rest report 2-10 outcomes. Providers who declared more than one educational need also declared multiple learning outcomes (ρ=0.051, P<0.01).

Conclusions: Despite EACCME providing a robust framework for the CPD/CME accreditation process, reporting quality can still be improved, as more than 1 in 2 events fail to provide a clear description of their needs assessment. To the authors' knowledge, this is the largest educational LEE/ELM database, which can be a starting to revisit the CME/CPD accreditation process.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) - 86(2024), 2 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 689-696

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sideris, Michail [VerfasserIn]
Rallis, Kathrine S [VerfasserIn]
Nicolaides, Marios [VerfasserIn]
Kuri, Ashvin [VerfasserIn]
Schottler, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
Paulus, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Haas, Orthmar [VerfasserIn]
Krajewski, Romuald [VerfasserIn]
Grenho, Joao [VerfasserIn]
Papalois, Vassilios [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Continuous medical education
Continuous professional development
European Accreditation Council for Continuous Medical Education
European Union of Medical Specialists
Journal Article

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MS9.0000000000001583

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368228177