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Please Note: Following a review of UAB CME policies and practices we have revised and updated our financial disclosure form and our conflict of interest form.
- Please use this form for all CME-related activities going forward. The change is small but significant and includes an element required by our accrediting organization that was missing from previous versions.
- We use separate ocnflict of interest forms for activity planners and speakers/presenters that declare a financial interest with a commerical entity.
Please use these forms going forward.
UAB Division of CME sponsors CME credit for the following types of activities:
Live Courses
Live courses are CME activities in which the learners participate in person and are planned as well as designated for credit as single, stand-alone events. Examples include: Annual Meetings, Conferences, Seminars, etc.
Enduring Materials
Enduring materials are CME activities that are printed, recorded, or computer-presented and that may be used at various times and locations. Examples include: Newsletters, Monographs, DVDs, CDs, Online Courses, etc.
Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
Regularly Scheduled Series are CME activities that occur on a routine, ongoing basis. RSSs are comprised of multiple sessions that meet weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Examples include: Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs, Case Conferences, etc.
Performance Improvement Activities
Performance Improvement Activities are CME activities in which a physician engages in a three-stage practice improvement process. PI activities are structured, long-term activities by which physicians learn about specific performance measures, retrospectively assess their practice, and apply those measures over a useful interval then re-evaluate their performance. Up to 20 credits may be awarded.
Stage A: Identify educational need through a measure of performance in practice
Stage B: Engage in educational experiences to meet the demonstrated need or gap
Stage C: Integrate learning from Stage B into patient care and then re-evaluatepractice performance
For more information on Performance Improvement CME, please contact the Division of Continuing Medical Education at 205.934.2687.
Internet Point-of-Care Activities
Point-of-care activities are structured, self-directed online learning by physicians on topics immediately relevant to their practices. Learning is driven by a reflective process in which physicians document their clinical questions, the sources of information consulted, and its application to their practices. An example includes: Literature searches
Call UAB Division of CME at 205.934.2687 for additional information.