The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Mānoa has received Accreditation with Commendation from the (ACCME) for its . The program, Â鶹´«Ã½ Consortium for CME, is a joint venture between JABSOM and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Medical Association that began in 1994.
CME director Kalani Brady says this is the first time in its 22-year history that Â鶹´«Ã½ Consortium for CME has received Accreditation with Commendation.
The designation of Accreditation with Commendation, issued last month, is for a six-year period and commends the John A. Burns School of Medicine for meeting the ACCME’s accreditation requirements and for “demonstrating that yours is a learning organization and a change agent for physicians and patients you serve. You have demonstrated an engagement with your environment in support of physician learning and change that is a part of a system for quality improvement.”
Legislation mandates evidence of CME as a requirement for licensure in Â鶹´«Ã½ and there is increasing benefit of CME for maintaining physician certification by national specialty boards. CME also serves as a vehicle for faculty development.
The mission of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Consortium for CME is to support delivery of the highest quality of patient care by educating current health-care professionals and physician leaders in Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Asia-Pacific region.
The consortium believes that excellence and leadership in health care is accomplished through a continuum of medical education and to that end provides activities that are evidence-based, translational, in community partnerships and directed to improving the competence and performance of physicians and health of the community.
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—By Tina Shelton