CME Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Mission Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is a private, free-standing college with a public Mission: excellence in patient care, education, research and community service. Recognizing that the promotion of lifelong learning is an essential component of its mission, the Medical College is committed to providing quality continuing medical and professional education to meet the needs of physicians, scientists, and other health care providers on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus and in the community.
Purpose:
The mission of the CME Program at MCW, as administered by the Office of Continuing & Professional Education (OCPE), is to enhance the development of practicing health care professionals by providing high quality educational activities that impart new knowledge and teach new skills. Integral to our purpose is to promote activities that will enhance both quality and safety in patient care.
Content Areas:
The OCPE strives to achieve its purpose by working with Medical College departments, individual faculty members and affiliated/community organizations to develop programming in the areas of primary care, specialty and sub-specialty topics in medicine and surgery. All content is expected to be generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, or the provision of health care to the public. Content areas which assist physicians and other health care professionals in carrying out their responsibilities more effectively and efficiently are also within the scope of our CME program. In addition to diverse clinical topics, the OCPE organizes activities with a focus on professional responsibilities related to patient safety and advocacy, new technologies, research, health care policy, ethics and compliance. We strive to present content that is based on the best evidence currently available and that is free of commercial interest and bias.
Target Audience:
The OCPE targets it efforts to meet the educational needs of College faculty and local community-based professionals as well as regional, national and international audiences, when appropriate. It also works with affiliated hospitals and clinics to provide outreach activities in settings distant from the Medical Center campus throughout the state of Wisconsin and northern Illinois, the United States and foreign countries, and via the Internet. The OCPE, through the excellence and expertise of the faculty, partners with reputable non-accredited organizations to offer specialized continuing medical education activities by establishing joint sponsor relationships.
Types of Activities:
The CME Program at MCW encompasses seminars, workshops, review courses, lecture series and conferences, grand rounds and mini-preceptorship programs, enduring materials, Internet CME, self-study opportunities, remediation and other innovative educational activities with an emphasis on relevance, personal effectiveness, and scientific integrity. Activities will emphasize desirable physician attributes as identified by governmental agencies and reports, accreditation organizations and professional societies.
Expected Results of the Program:
The OCPE strives to the leading resource for health care professional education and development in southeastern Wisconsin. The CME Program is organized to assess changes in competence demonstrated by participants as measured by their ability to apply new knowledge, skills, attitudes and judgment in practice. The OCPE will also evaluate participants' levels of satisfaction using qualitative and quantitative methods in its measurements of perceived competence and effectiveness.
Revised February 2007
Approved by the MCW Faculty Oversight Committee for CME
March 13, 2007
CME Staff
Carl Chan, MD
CME Medical Director
414/456-7250
Michael O'Donnell
Director of Continuing & Professional Education
414/456-4899
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