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Exploring the latest developments in continuing professional education and LMS technologies.
Here’s How to Increase Virtual CME Participation
For CME or CE providers who used to host live meetings, how engaging are virtual activities by comparison? It’s a question many are asking a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced providers to virtualize their CME/CE offerings. In a CE Outcomes survey from last year, the data on virtual meeting participation wasn’t very encouraging: “[...]…
After COVID-19, CME Learners Will Still Want These Things
The coronavirus pandemic has completely upended the online learning paradigm. Before 2020, online CME was still the proverbial new kid on the block. More providers were starting to deliver enduring and webinar activities, but in-person meetings and conferences remained a major force in the CME world. Today, all of that has changed. If your learners…
Will COVID-19 Change CME Forever?
We all know that COVID-19 changed CME in 2020. Live meetings were canceled. Providers started broadcasting virtual sessions. Enduring activities and webinars became a preferred activity type for many learners. But will those changes continue beyond the COVID-19 era? Will the crisis have other long-lasting impacts on CME, even after the situation improves and live…
The AMA is Streamlining CME Administration. You Can, Too.
Could your CME reporting stand to be simplified? The American Medical Association (AMA) sure thinks so. Last year, as part of its collaboration with the ACCME, the AMA decided to reduce the number of CME learning formats from 7 to just 3. The AMA also simplified the requirements for all three types in an effort…
Here’s What 2019 Holds for Continuing Education Software
We’re now nineteen years into the 21st century, and a lot of exciting things are happening in the world of continuing education (CE) technology. Over the last several months, we’ve explored several of those developments, including: Increasing participation in continuing medical education (CME) activities among different types of clinicians How technology can help meet the…
CME Participation is Increasing Faster Than You Think
Whether you’re looking at the number of activities, hours of instruction, physician interactions, or some other metric, there’s no denying it. Participation in continuing medical education (CME) activities is on the rise. According to a new report by the ACCME, more CME activities are being completed by an increasingly diverse body of participants. The report…
The Future of CME Administration: Less Admin, More Data
If you’ve ever wondered how to access information about continuing medical education (CME) activities, consult your CME director. That’s the person who knows how many CME activities your organization offers, what those activities cover, and how many learners are participating. Basically, CME directors have their finger on the pulse of all things CME. It’s their…
4 Continuing Education Technology Predictions for 2017
What does 2017 hold for continuing education (CE) technology? Given the healthy growth of learning management system (LMS) technologies in 2016, this year promises to be an exciting one for CE providers and learners. With an eye toward industry trends, we’re prepared to make a few predictions for CE technology advancements in 2017. Here are…
Did Our 2016 LMS Technology Predictions Come True?
How much did the learning management system (LMS) technology market grow in 2016? Did more providers embrace the cloud? Is video becoming a dominant online learning format? Last January, we addressed these questions and offered our predictions for the coming year. Now it’s time to see whether our 2016 LMS forecast was accurate. In an…
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