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CME Mission
Statement
Context
The Division of Continuing Medical Education at Loyola
University Chicago – Stritch School of Medicine serves a
Jesuit tradition of academic excellence in education,
research and clinical care that embraces social
responsibility, service to those in need, and respect for
diversity of thought, opinion, and belief.
Vision
At Stritch School of Medicine, the CME program seeks to see
beyond the traditional administrative and crediting functions
of medical education, and challenges itself to become a
catalyst, advocate for, and a provider of education that
promotes change, development and improvement. We recognize
that as a CME program and provider we must model behaviors
that place a premium on quality improvement if we are to
successfully communicate this message and practice to our
educators and learners.
Purpose
We believe that CME facilitates and promotes the process of
lifelong learning – a process that should help healthcare
professionals at all stages of their professional development
acquire the knowledge, attitude and skills necessary for
contemporary medical practice.
Our CME
program sees its purpose as providing high-quality,
evidence-based educational opportunities that are designed to
advance physician competence, enhance practice performance,
promote patient safety, and, where possible, improve patient
outcomes in the populations served by the healthcare providers
we educate.
Target
Audience
We seek to serve not only the educational needs of healthcare
professionals (physicians, allied health personnel, basic
scientists, and researchers) within our institution but the
needs of local, regional, and national healthcare providers
and colleagues as well.
Types of
Activities Provided
As a CME provider at an academic tertiary-care medical center,
our educational activities include department-specific,
interdepartmental and specialty-specific conferences, symposia
and seminars. These events take the form of live courses, live
regularly scheduled series, and live internet activities. The
educational design, instructional method and learning format
for each event is chosen to best serve the educational needs
and learning objectives of the planned educational activity.
Content
Our activities offer a broad array of educational content
targeted to the needs of the learners. Included among our
educational offerings are updates in clinical medicine and
basic science research, reviews of current or best practice
recommendations for clinical care, learning modules in quality
improvement, procedural and communication skill development
exercises, as well as professional development in bioethics,
leadership and patient safety.
Expected
Results
Following an educational activity, we expect
that learners, when surveyed, will report expanded or
reinforced knowledge. We expect that they will report greater
confidence in their approach to clinical problems or express
their intent to change their behavior and apply newly acquired
strategies in their practice. We expect that when observed our
learners will demonstrate competence and an effective use of
targeted skills. Finally, if evaluated within the setting of
clinical practice, we expect performance parameters to show
improvement or a favorable impact on targeted patient outcomes
to be demonstrated. |
