HEY
YOU
YEAHYOU
DO YOU WORK IN
CME?
CONTINUINGMEDICAL
EDUCATION
EVER GET FRUSTRATED
WITH IT?
EVER GET SICK OF THE NEGATIVE
PUBLICITY?
TIRE OF HEARING
MORE ABOUT
COMPLIANCE THAN
EDUCATION?
EVER FEEL LIKE
QUITTING
DOING SOMETHING
ELSE?
EVER WONDER IF IT’S WORTH
IT?
WELL
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU
IT IS
IT’S WORTH IT
YOU DO GOOD WORK
CME DOES GOOD WORK
CME DOES GREAT WORK
CME EDUCATES
CME CHANGES PRACTICE
CME IMPROVES
PATIENT CARE
CME SAVES LIVES
HERE ARE A FEW
REMINDERS
OF WHAT CME CAN
DO
CME
Decreased incidence of VTE
by 35%https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/282634/newcmemodel.html
CME
Decreased blood orders, reducing the potential
for unnecessary or overtransfusions
https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/282634/newcmemodel.html
CME
Improved physicians’ ability to recognize COPD in a patient
presenting with dyspnea
http://www.dovepress.com/measuring-the-impact-of-a-live-case-based-multiformat-interactive-cont-peer-reviewed-article-COPD
CME
Increased physicians ability to deliver
evidence-based COPD care
http://www.dovepress.com/measuring-the-impact-of-a-live-case-based-multiformat-interactive-cont-peer-reviewed-article-COPD
CME
Increased patient referrals to a physician
or clinic for follow-up of hypertension by more
than 40%
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00423.x/full
CME
Improved physicians and nurses obtaining a patient’s history of
hypertension by 19%
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00423.x/full
CME
Improved physicians and nurses obtaining a
patient’s treatment of hypertension history by
28%
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00423.x/full
CME
Increased the likelihood of 22,304 hypertensive
patients receiving evidence-based from
their health care providers
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00399.x/abstract
CME
Improved the ability of health care providers to select the appropriate
BP goal
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00399.x/abstract
CME
Improved the rate of adherence to
semirecumbent positioning in the ICU
http://www.policymed.com/2011/01/jama-continuing-medical-education-improves-icu-patient-care.html
CME
Improved the rate of ICU adherence to all 7 components of the catheter insertion
bundle
http://www.policymed.com/2011/01/jama-continuing-medical-education-improves-icu-patient-care.html
CME
Decreased unadjusted hospital mortality from
37% to 30.8% over 2 years
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2010/02000/The_Surviving_Sepsis_Campaign__Results_of_an.1.aspx
CME
Increased compliance with resuscitation
guidelines
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2010/02000/The_Surviving_Sepsis_Campaign__Results_of_an.1.aspx
CME
Increased compliance with management
guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2010/02000/The_Surviving_Sepsis_Campaign__Results_of_an.1.aspx
CME
Improved outcomes among patients with
coronary artery disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22337214
CME
Increased diagnostic sensitivity for glaucoma
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/11/12
CME
Provides expert guidance on adjuvant treatment of breast
cancer that positively impacts clinicians’
treatment decisions and improves patient care
http://www.policymed.com/2011/06/cme-program-helps-clinicians-estimate-risk-in-breast-cancer-patients.html
CME
Decreased mortality in patients with CHD
http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/3/211.full?ijkey=a345ffa2b0f4e955f699c89573a2942bb6590dd1
SO KEEP IT UP
YOU ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
CME MAKES A
DIFFERENCE
CME DOES GOOD WORK
CME DOES GREAT WORK
CME
SAVES LIVES