Just a quick update to let you all know that Medical Meeting posted a really nice feature article on CMEpalooza this week (The DIY Movement’s Answer to CME Provider Meetings). I thought it was a nice summary of the origin and motivation behind CMEpalooza and that some of you might be interested in reading it. Many thanks to Sue Pelletier for the write up!

Next up in our series of (short) interviews with each of the CMEpalooza Fall moderators is Allison Gardner, Vice President of Educational Strategy and Content at Med-IQ and moderator of the Have We Forgotten About the Content in Continuing Medical Education? session. Here are a few snippets from the interview:

On the future of CME:

I’m optimistic about the future of CME because there have been a lot of changes in healthcare and it’s a very dynamic landscape and I think that forces us out of our comfort zone to come up with really interesting platforms for our education.

On what she believes to be an important change in CME over the past 5 years:

I think there is a growing focus on putting the patient and patient perspective into education and making sure we’re including them in the fold of the team that’s making clinical decisions.

On why people should tune in to the Have We Forgotten About the Content in Continuing Medical Education? session:

What I hope will happen in this session is that we’ll get a great conversation going about how all the different panelists – in their different roles developing CME – how they tell a story, how they can make information interesting, and how they help make it stick.

You can watch the full interview below.

I was going to title this post Lunch With CMEpalooza but realized that that was showing a total east coast bias and considering this session is being sponsored by our Genentech colleagues on the west coast who would probably be having breakfast during this session, that seemed awfully inconsiderate. So in an effort to remain time zone neutral, I went with Lunch/Snack/Breakfast With CMEpalooza, which is pretty much a terrible title destined not to make anyone happy. Well done, Derek. Well done.

Anyhoo, there is a point to all this and that is to say that we have finalized the moderator and panel for our newly added Incorporating Learning Systems and Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education session, scheduled for noon ET. Here are the details:

Lunchtime Panel Sponsored by Genentech
Incorporating Learning Systems and Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education
This session will focus on ways in which quality improvement (QI) can be partnered with learning systems for the development of individual educational initiatives. Panelists will examine the drivers behind the increasing prominence of QI in CME and discuss the value it contributes to continuing professional development today and in the future.

Moderator
Scott Weber, Co-CEO, Med-IQ

Panelists
Alex Djuricich, MD, Associate Dean for CME, Indiana University
Catharine Smith, Vice President, Quality, Education and Meetings, Society of Hospital Medicine
Kathleen Moreo, RN-BC, CEO, PRIME Education

(Just between you and me…I’m sort of amazed at the people we are getting to speak on these panels. I’m not bragging about it, but…well, OK, I am a little, but it’s just because I’m really excited about the wide range of people who will be talking. Folks have been very generous with the donation of their time and Scott and I are both extremely grateful to everyone participating. But, I digress…)

Be sure to check out the full CMEpalooza Fall agenda and, as always, a big thank you to our sponsors for helping to make this all possible.