17th Annual European CME Forum
Register here for 17ECF, taking place 6–8 November 2024 at Hotel Meliá Avenida América, Madrid, Spain. The theme this year is 'Tomorrow's World Today'.
The call for abstracts for poster presentations is now closed.
The pre-meeting sessions will include a new 'Core competencies in CME/CPD' track to address key topics for the CME/CPD professional, as well as sessions led by key stakeholder groups in Europe. No extra registration is needed: it is open to all participants.
An overview of the agenda is provided below. We will share more details as they are confirmed. As usual the agenda will be fine-tuned as we approach the meeting.
The aim of 17ECF is to review the current status of CME/CPD and provide practical guidance and education on developments, best practices and emerging themes, in order to help us reflect on and improve CME/CPD practices among education providers from medical societies, professional education providers, regulators, CME accreditors and supporting pharma companies. The meeting is highly interactive and fast-paced with a mix of plenary sessions, oral poster presentations, workshops and breakouts covering the key topics in European and global CME/CPD.
We look forward to seeing you in Madrid!
Overview
Wednesday 6 November 2024
09:00 | Pre-meeting (open to all registered participants). Two tracks, sessions are 45 minutes each and run sequentially
Core competencies in CME/CPD
- CME nuts and bolts: understanding the jargon and who are the main players
- The role of the education provider
- Knowledge is not enough! (educational design part 1)
- Learning outcomes and backward planning (educational design part 2)
Specialist group sessions
- Accreditation: how and why? (CME accreditors)
- How activities are funded compliantly and the appropriate contact between providers and supporters (gCMEp and pharma)
- Medical societies and their role in providing accredited education (medical societies)
13:30 | Opening of the 17th Annual European CME Forum
- Including results of the annual needs assessment
14:00 | AI innovations in lifelong learning: Revolutionising CME and CPD
- A review of how generative AI is impacting CME/CPD, including interviews with authors of select publications from this year's Special Collection in the Journal of CME
- Oral presentation 1
16:00 | Workshops: Digital innovations in lifelong learning
- Do AIs dream of compliant CME? Developing organisational guidelines for the ethical use of generative AI models in medical education
- Maximising the potential of outcomes via technology: Preparing for the future whilst embracing the power of now
- Digital developments in CME: Balancing learner needs with accreditor and supporter requirements
- Leveraging AI throughout the CME/CPD development continuum: When, how, and why to use it
17:30 | End of Day 1 with networking reception
Thursday 7 November 2024
09:00 | Day 2 start
- Workshop reflections, panel discussion with the workshop leaders
- Oral presentation 2
11:00 | Thriving today: Current best practices
- From idea to funding: A guide to securing grants and other funding sources for health professions education
- Newer considerations in multiple choice questions in CME and CPD
- Why are we only talking about OUTCOMES, when we should also be talking about IMPACT?
- Working across borders: Is global IME possible?
12:30 | Lunch with the learners
- Q&A with local HCPs to find out what they think about their own CME/CPD
14:00 | Anticipating tomorrow: Developments, techniques and challenges
- How are we diversifying our expert pool?
- Advancing team-based interprofessional education
- Readiness to change – What is it? How do I use it?
- Advancing thoracic cancer care training through inclusive mentorship and simulation training
16:00 | Case challenge
- We sink our teeth into a topical challenge to dissect it and open it up for debate
17:30 | End of Day 2 with networking reception
Friday 8 November 2024
09:00 | Day 3 start
- CME around the world, sharing views from beyond Europe and North America
- Expectations and core competencies of the CME provider in tomorrow's world
- Journal of CME update
- Oral presentation 3
- What the future holds (panel discussion)
- The CME unsession, for any final questions before the end of the meeting
12:30 | Meeting close
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