CME ESSENTIALS
The workshop for anyone interested in learning the
Fundamentals of Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Friday, December 4, 2015
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, CA
This workshop is for you if you are the CME chair, coordinator, educator, manager of your
organization’s CME program, or are involved in planning continuing education activities.
The workshop will teach you the CME accreditation requirements and walk you through the
fundamentals of designing educational activities and assessing their impact on improving
competency, performance, and/or patient outcomes. You will learn the how to plan activities and
evaluate both individual activities and your overall CME program. You will gain insight into:
 Compliance with the CME accreditation requirements
 Planning and evaluation your activities and CME program
 Management of commercial support and promotion
 Documentation required to demonstrate compliance
 Accreditation with Commendation
 Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC) Policy
Enrollment is Limited!
We limit enrollment in this workshop so we can offer an environment where attendees can easily
learn from faculty and peers. Organizations may benefit from sending a team of two or more
individuals who are involved with their CME program. IMQ offers a discount for each additional
participant from the same organization.
December 4, 2015
7:45 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Workshop
(Continental Breakfast, Lunch & Snack included)
Learning Objectives
1. Apply IMQ/CMA accreditation requirements when planning and evaluating CME activities
2. Use a planning process that identifies professional practice gaps (PPGs) and incorporates
educational needs in terms of Knowledge, Competence or Performance that underlie the gaps
3. Assess available data and information sources that can be used to identify PPGs
4. Generate activities with expected results designed to change Competence, Performance or
Patient Outcomes
5. Utilize evaluation tools that are effective in measuring change
6. Analyze data to determine changes in learners Competence, Performance or Patient Outcomes
resulting from CME activities and for your overall CME program
7. Make decisions and document in compliance with the Standards of Commercial Supportsm (SCS)
for disclosure information, resolving Conflict of Interests, and managing commercial support
and promotions/exhibitors.
8. Identify CLC disparities related to gaps/needs of learners or their patient population and
integrate CLC disparities into the planning of a CME activity
Faculty
JEFFREY MALLIN, MD, is an engaging instructor who will make CME requirements and processes
easy to understand. Dr. Mallin practices pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center in
Downey, California, where he was formerly Director of Medical Education for 10 years. He is a
member of the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region CME Committee. He is a CME
surveyor for the Institute for Medical Quality / California Medical Association (IMQ /CMA) and
serves as the primary faculty for the IMQ CME Essentials Workshops, as well as faculty at IMQ CME
Provider Annual Conferences. From 2008 to 2014, he served as a member and as vice chair of the
Accreditation Review Committee (ARC) of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME).
IMQ Staff
JENA RESNER, MD is the CME Program Administrator at the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ).
Dr Resner is a former Board Certified practicing Pediatrician. She received her MD from Tulane
University Medical School and completed Pediatric Residency at the University of California, San
Francisco. She practiced in a variety of settings before taking a hiatus from medicine. Jena
oversees daily operations of the CME program, working with providers to achieve and maintain
accreditation and with planning and teaching CME education for providers and surveyor. She also
works with the IMQ Committee on CME and serves as a co-liaison to the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA) representing
IMQ/CMA providers in California.
EVA MELENDEZ is the CME Program Associate Administrator at the Institute for Medical Quality
(IMQ). Eva worked for a large medical center in San Francisco for over 12 years where she worked
in several departments. She was also a practice manager for a PM&R Specialist in San Francisco.
Eva joined IMQ in June 2013 and is currently the Associate Administrator for the CME Program.
She is the lead trainer on PARS, coordinates the CME Essentials Workshop, and manages
accreditation logistics for CME Providers and surveyors.
Registration & Fees
First Registrant: CMA
Member (Physician)
First Registrant: Non-CMA
Member
Additional Registrant
(Member & Non Member)
$245.00
$285.00
$185.00
Cancelation Policy: Fees are refundable up to 15 days
prior to the workshop start date, less a $50 handling fee.
Fees are not refundable at 14 days or less prior to the
workshop start date. Registrants unable to attend may send
an alternative. Fees for registrants who fail to attend are non
refundable. IMQ reserves the right to cancel a workshop for
any reason. If IMQ must cancel a workshop, all registration
fees will be refunded.
TO REGISTER, click here :
imq.inreachce.com
CME Accreditation Program Contacts
Information
Contact
Visit our website at: www.imq.org/education
Eva Melendez emelendez@imq.org 415.882.3314
Continuing Education Credits
The California Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
Provider-approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 00370, for 7.5
contact hours.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Click here to get directions from your location (Google Map)
1201 W. La Veta Ave., Bldg. C, Orange, CA 92868
Call (714) 997-3000 for the CHOC Operator for further directions.
Parking
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Immediately turn Right into the CHOC Clinic Parking Structure
Take Ticket.
Park on 2ND or 3RD floor.
Proceed to the 2ND floor of Clinic Bldg.
Go past elevators. Go past Oncology Clinic.
Make next left toward the Harold Wade Education Center.
Proceed down hallway and the Education Center is on the left.
Hotel Accommodations
Hotels are less than 2 miles from the Disneyland® Resort. Click on a hotel name and you will
be directed to their website.
Doubletree-Anaheim Orange (Mention CHOC for their preferred rate)
100 The City Drive | Orange, CA 92868
714.634.4500
2.2 miles from CHOC
Embassy Suites Anaheim/Orange
400 N. State College Boulevard | Orange, CA 92868
714.938.1111
2.6 miles from CHOC