ACCME CME Literature Review Demonstrates the Effectiveness of CME; Finds No Bias in Commercially Supported CME

  Yesterday, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announced the publication of two reports addressing important issues in CME: the effectiveness of CME, and the relationship between commercial support and bias in CME activities. The author of the study, Ronald M. Cervero, PhD, Professor and Associate Vice President for Instruction at the University of Georgia, systematically reviewed decades worth of CME studies and found that CME has been shown unequivocally to be an effective learning tool. Furthermore, on the issue of whether commercial support leads to bias, Dr. Cervero notes that not one single study has specifically measured the impact of commercial support and bias in accredited CME.  In fact, the research shows that physicians perceive very low levels of commercial bias in CME activities — 3 to 5% — and they report the same level of bias for activities that were and were not commercially supported.  CME Has a Positive Impact on Physician Performance and Patient Health Outcomes The report entitled Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education: Updated Synthesis of Systematic Reviews "demonstrates that CME is a strategic asset," notes Dr. Murray Kopelow, president and CEO, ACCME. The research shows that CME has a positive impact on physician performance and patient health outcomes. As noted above, Ronald M. Cervero, PhD, Professor and Associate Vice President for Instruction at...
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