what cme professionals do: information gained from a professional job analysis

Disclosure: Dr. Kues and Mr. Kelly are both members of the Board of Directors for NCCME

Jack Kues, Ph.D, CCMEPJack Kues, Ph.D, CCMEP

University of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati

Laird Kelly, BS, CCMEPLaird Kelly, BS, CCMEP

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Domain # of Questions

Adult Learning Principles 9

Educational Interventions 17

Relationships with Stakeholders

12

Mission and Vision 26

Knowledge of Environment 11

Survey 75

Education Level

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Years of Experience in CME Field

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Percentage of Respondents (%)

Number of Respondents

Academic Health Center [Medical school] 12.9 37Accrediting organization [e.g. ACCME, , ACPE] 1.4 4Federal Government 1.0 3Healthcare Delivery System [direct patient care] 19.9 57Insurance/Managed Care Company 0.7 2Medical Device or Biologics Company 0.0 0Medical Education & Communications Company, ACCME- accredited

22.0 63

Medical Education & Communications Company, non-accredited

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Medical Specialty Society 11.5 33Pharmaceutical Company 5.2 15Publisher 2.8 8State Medical Society 1.0 3Other 9.8 28

Job Title Percentage of Respondents (%)

Number of Respondent

sAssociate Dean / Assistant Dean

2.1 6

President / CEO 10.5 30Vice-President / / CFO 11.1 32Director 30.3 87Associate / Assistant Director 4.2 12Coordinator 12.2 35Associate / Assistant Coordinator

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Manager 14.3 41Associate / Assistant Manager 1.0 3Specialist 4.2 12Administrative Assistant / Secretary

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Other 6.6 19

Competency Element Mean Score

ACCME Standards for commercial support (SCS)

4.66

ACCME Policies 4.61

Accreditation standards 4.60

ACCME Essential elements 4.56

Learning objectives/desired outcomes 4.55

Leadership – Operate within code of ethics

4.55

Needs assessment 4.51

Legal – Compliance 4.50

Leadership – Continuous assessment 4.43

Instructional design 4.43

Competency Element Mean Score

Stakeholder Assessment - Payers 3.00

Resource management - Facilities 3.25

Resource management - Contractors 3.28

Professional literature – seminal papers 3.31

Research on physician informal learning 3.33

Research on physician psychosocial stages

3.38

Stakeholder assessment - patients 3.43

Informal learning facilitation 3.44

New forms of CME – Point of care learning

3.63

ACGME/ABMS competencies 3.63

Competency Element

AHC

HDS

Accred MECC

Non-Accred MECC

MSpec

Pharm

Other

ACCME (SCS) 4.95

4.60

4.75 4.54 4.61 4.67 4.50

ACCME Policies 4.84

4.56

4.69 4.50 4.70 4.33 4.53

Accreditation standards

4.89

4.65

4.76 4.15 4.48 3.93 4.67

ACCME Essential elements

4.86

4.60

4.60 4.38 4.60 4.00 4.50

Learning objectives 4.64

4.58

4.48 4.62 4.48 4.53 4.60

Operate within code of ethics

4.78

4.63

4.56 4.46 4.24 4.73 4.62

Needs assessment 4.68

4.47

4.44 4.50 4.45 4.64 4.54

Legal – Compliance 4.70

4.55

4.62 4.24 4.34 4.73 4.48

Continuous assessment

4.43

4.47

4.54 4.15 4.64 4.21 4.43

Instructional design 4.57

4.23

4.48 4.48 4.44 4.53 4.45

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HDS

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Non-Accred MECC

MSpec

Pharm

Other

Stakeholder Assessment - Payers

3.09

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2.93 3.29 2.57 3.21 3.09

Facilities management 3.28

3.78

2.95 3.35 3.00 2.50 3.34

Resource management - Contractors

3.14

3.00

3.26 3.92 3.33 3.33 3.35

Seminal Literature 3.46

3.14

3.43 3.75 3.33 3.40 3.07

Informal learning 3.50

3.22

3.32 3.27 3.38 3.36 3.33

Physician psychosocial stages

3.41

3.13

3.44 3.38 3.38 3.71 3.54

Stakeholder assessment - patients

3.66

3.59

3.61 3.58 3.64 3.31 3.47

Informal learning facilitation 3.67

3.25

3.69 3.61 3.17 4.00 3.29

Point of care learning 3.58

3.69

3.66 3.96 3.56 4.20 3.34

ACGME competencies 4.25

3.84

3.65 3.36 3.56 3.00 3.33