AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
Andrew R. La Barbera, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.
Lee Boughton, M.A.
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Overview of ASRM Educational Activities
2016 Postgraduate Course Development
2016 Scientific Program Development
Q&A
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Affiliated Societies
◦ SREI, SRBT, SMRU, SRS, SART
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Professional Groups
◦ NPG, MHPG, LPG, ARM
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Special Interest (theme) Groups
AESIG
EndoSIG
FSIG
MSIG
RISIG
CAMSIG
EPSIG
GCSIG
NutriSIG
RMSCBSIG
ChSIG
ERSIG
HDSIG
PAGSIG
TSIG
CSIG
FPSIG
IRMSIG
PGDSIG
Women’s
Council
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Live
◦ Postgraduate courses (didactic, hands-on)
◦ Scientific program (lectures, symposia, interactive
sessions, roundtables, abstracts)
◦ Workshops, e.g., NICHD
◦ Webinars
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Online and mobile
◦ Postgraduate courses
◦ Free-standing modules (physicians, nurses,
laboratory scientists, allied health professionals)
◦ Practice and Ethics Committee documents
◦ Certificate courses (nursing, andrology,
embryology)
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Physicians (ACCME)
Obstetrician-Gynecologists (ACOG)
Nurses (NPWH)
Embryologists/Andrologists (ABB PEER)
Psychologists (APA)
Social Workers (NASW)
Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
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Based on quantitative gap analysis data
Addresses an educational need
Documented to improve competence,
performance and/or patient outcomes
Linked to a defined planning process
Free of commercial influence
◦ No industry employees involved in needs assessment,
planning, presentation or evaluation
◦ Planners and speakers prohibited from participating
in industry events at the Annual Meeting
◦ Speakers may not receive any remuneration of any
type from industry for travel to or participation in the
meeting
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All CME activities must address documented
practice gaps for the learners
◦ Diverse groups of learners with different gaps
◦ Pre-test assesses pre-activity competence
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All CME activities must demonstrate an
improvement in competence, performance or
patient outcomes
◦ Post-test incorporating clinical case-based
questions assesses competence (ability to apply
knowledge)
◦ Comparison of pre- and post-test results indicates
change in competence
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All planners and presenters must disclose all
commercial and financial relationships with
manufacturers or distributors of goods or
services used to treat patients
◦ Does NOT include hospitals, clinical provider
organizations, insurance companies, diagnostic
laboratories or government agencies
◦ Disclosures reviewed by Subcommittee for
Standards of Commercial Support of the CME
Committee  conflict resolution
◦ Disclosure made in printed materials and on slide
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Multifactorial, inclusive process
◦ CME Committee
◦ Postgraduate Program Committee
◦ Affiliated Societies, Professional Groups, Special
Interest Groups
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Criteria for a postgraduate course
◦ Addresses an educational need documented by
quantitative data
◦ Addresses the competence and skill of the
healthcare team – interprofessional education
◦ Specific course objectives that fulfill the need –
teaches learners how to do something
◦ Faculty recognized as experts
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Feb 2015: CME Committee reviews 2013 test
performance data to identify gaps in practice and
competence
Mar 2015: Solicitation of all groups for proposals
for collaborative, interprofessional courses
Jun 2015: Proposals submitted to ASRM
Jul 2015: Postgraduate Program Committee
reviews and selects courses
Sep 2015: Course chairs’ teleconference
Nov 2015: Faculty/budget worksheets sent to
course chairs
Dec 2015: Faculty/budget worksheets due to
ASRM
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Jan 2016: Agreements sent to faculty
Feb 2016: Signed agreements due to ASRM
Mar 2016: Disclosure site launches
Jun 2016: Faculty upload syllabus materials
for course chair review
Jul 2016: Syllabus materials downloaded by
ASRM
Sep 2016: Edited syllabi uploaded to AV;
online pre-test
Oct 2016: Postgraduate courses
Nov 2016: Online post-test for CME/CE credit
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PowerPoint with list of references in F&S
format
Slide template
◦ Consistency of format for online courses
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Plenary lectures
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Symposia
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Interactive sessions
◦ Selected by President with advice of the members
◦ Suggestions solicited from Affiliated Societies, Professional
Groups, Special Interest Groups
◦ Selected by Scientific Program Committee based on
educational needs identified by CME Committee
◦ 19 Symposia, including 3 endowed (Jones, Cha, ABOG), 6
international, 3 NPG, 3 MHPG, 3 ARM
◦ Suggestions solicited from Affiliated Societies, Professional
Groups, Special Interest Groups
◦ Selected by Scientific Program Committee based on
educational needs identified by CME Committee
◦ 21 Interactive sessions, including 3 Meet-the-Professors
◦ Debates, case presentations, panel discussions, Q&A
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Roundtables
◦ 105 apportioned among the 28 Affiliated Societies,
Professional Groups, Special Interest Groups
◦ Presented by ASRM members
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Abstracts
◦ Abstracts reviewed by panels of 4-8 experts
◦ 2 Scientific Program Prize Paper sessions
◦ 276 selected by score for oral presentation;
programmed by topic (not by group)
◦ 750 selected by score for poster presentation;
programmed by topic
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Multifactorial, inclusive process
◦ CME Committee
◦ Scientific Program Committee
 3 successive program chairs
 3 ad hoc consultants
 Representatives of 5 affiliated societies and 4 professional
groups
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Criteria for a symposium/interactive session
◦ Addresses an educational need documented by
quantitative data
◦ Interprofessional education encouraged
◦ Specific objectives that fulfill a need
◦ Faculty recognized as experts
◦ Interactive sessions truly interactive between “hosts” and
audience
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Feb 2015: CME Committee reviews 2013 test
performance data to identify gaps in practice
and competence
May 2015: CME Committee teleconference to
identify educational needs
Jul 2015: Scientific Program Committee
teleconference
Jul 2015: Solicitation of all groups for proposals
for symposia and interactive sessions
Oct 2015: Scientific Program Committee
meeting
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Nov 2015: Invitations sent to speakers
Dec 2015: Solicit nominations from all groups
for roundtable presenters
Jan 2016: Call for Abstracts/Videos posted
Jan 2016: Roundtable nominations due
Feb 2016: Abstract/Video submitter launches
Mar 2016: Solicit nominations for abstract
reviewers
Feb 2016: CME Committee meeting
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Apr 2016: Needs assessments, learning
objectives, test questions due to ASRM
May 2016: Abstract/video submitter closes
May 2016: Abstract review/scoring opens
May 2016: Abstract review closes
Jun 2016: Abstract notification
Sep 2016: PowerPoints uploaded to AV
Oct 2016: Annual Meeting
Chief Scientific Officer
Andrew La Barbera, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.
alabarbera@asrm.org
Scientific Program Administrator
Lee Boughton, M.A.
lboughton@asrm.org
This PowerPoint presentation is
available at:
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