Valuing CME/CPD

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Pre-meeting (for all registered participants)

Presented in three tracks: Educational design and AI, Patient voice and Specialist groups. Each sessions is 45 minutes each and will run sequentially, participants can choose between tracks. Confirmed sessions below, timings and rooms to be confirmed.

09:00–12:30

Enhancing continuing professional development through patient voices
Led by Sarah Nisly (Clinical Education Alliance) and Kathryn Burn (Smart Patients) 

AI-driven insights in oncology CE: From data to impact
Led by Carley Yawn (Clinical Education Alliance) and Sarah Nisly (Clinical Education Alliance)

Implementation science and CME/CE/CPD : A core competency
Led by Maureen Doyle-Scharff (Change), Suzanne Murray (AXDEV Group) and  Lisa Sullivan (In Vivo Academy)

Integrating generative AI into CME/CPD: Practical approaches to guide daily practice
Led by Celeste Kolanko (M3 IME)

Creating opportunities of practices for teamwork to improve advancements of learning from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 
Led by Azad Godus (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre) and Samer Al-Thaqafi (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre), Hamsah Alkamli (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre), Hala Al-Ansari (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre), Samaher Alamoudi (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre)

Unravelling the compliance environment between providers and supporters
Led by Katie Eustace (AiCME)

Hot topics/cool heads: Planning CME in a politically charged climate
Led by Jennifer Ipsen (University of Mississippi Medical Center) and Vickie Skinner (University of Mississippi Medical Center)

Mind the gap with social learning in CME/CPD: Could communities of practice and learning be the missing link? 
Led by Mila Kostic (GAME), Pan Chen (PeerVoice) and Helena Filipe (Hospital de Egas Moniz)

Specialist group sessions with accreditors, medical societies and pharma supporters

Accreditors: Accreditation, how, where, why?
Led by Kate Regnier (ACCME) and Reinhard Griebenow (EBAC)

12:30–13:30

Lunch

18th Annual European CME Forum

13:30–14:00

Opening of the 18th Annual European CME Forum
Led by Eugene Pozniak (European CME Forum)

14:00–15:00

Journal of CME 2025 Special Collection: The value of CME/CPD 
Led by Steven Kawczak (Cleveland Clinic) JCME Guest Editor of the 2025 Special Collection, with interviews with authors of select publications from this year's special collection in the Journal of CME

15:00–15:15

Oral Presentation 1
Invited oral poster presentation

15:15–15:30

Workshop elevator pitches

15:30–16:00

Tea/coffee break (poster and exhibit area)

16:00–17:30

Workshops - Valuing CME/CPD as a system
Participants choose to attend two from the following parallel workshops (each 45 minutes, presented twice)

The value of CME/CPD – Enhanced outcomes to measure the value of our education
Led by Dean Beals (DKBmed), Celeste Kolanko (M3 IME) and Stan Pogroszewski (DKBmed)

Outcomes outside the box: What other industries can teach us about demonstrating impact in CME
Led by Emily Kitterman (AiCME) and Anne Pinaglia (AiCME)

The wheel goes round and round: How a central CME hub powers institutional education
Led by Jennifer Ipsen (University of Mississippi Medical Center) and Vickie Skinner (University of Mississippi Medical Center)

Inter-cultural and inter-organisational collaboration: A discussion of opportunities and challenges
Led by Suzanne Murray (AXDEV group)

17:30-18:30

End of Day 1 with networking reception (poster and exhibit area)

Journal of CME board meeting (by invitation)

09:00–10:15

Incorporating performance and patient outcomes data in our work 
We are working with a group of experts with access to patient outcomes and HCP performance data in the UK and Europe. This session will look at what is being collated and where it is being reported and the possibility of access and use by the CME/CPD community. 

10:15–10:30

The value of communicating the results of our work
Led by Lisa Sullivan (In Vivo Academy)

10:30–11:00

Tea/coffee break with poster tour (poster and exhibit area)

11:00–12:30

Workshops - Valuing CME/CPD for the learner
Participants choose to attend two from the following parallel workshops (each 45 minutes, presented twice)

CME in complex times: Through the eyes of our learners 
Led by Pan Chen (PeerVoice) with Reinhard Griebenow (EBAC), Tina Lowes (PeerVoice) and Helena Filipe (Hospital de Egas Moniz)

Behaviour by design: Engineering effective engagement in medical education for today's learner
Led by Katie Lucero (Medscape Education), Don Moore (Vanderbilt University) and Lawrence Sherman (Meducate Global)

Disrupting the tick-box: Towards meaningful motivation in CPD
Led by Lisa Sullivan (In Vivo Academy) and David Price (University of Colorado, American Board of Family Medicine)

12:45–13:30

Getting to know our audience - Lunch with the learners

With Lawrence Sherman (Meducate Global) and invited local HCPs

14:00–15:30

Case challenge - Preparation 

This year's topic: 
"This house believes that the CME community pays only lip service to incorporating the needs of the learner in medical education"
Led by Chris Elmitt (Independent) 

Breakouts
Small group breakout sessions to prepare for the case challenge 

15:30–16:00

Tea/coffee break with poster tour (poster and exhibit area)

16:00–17:30

Case challenge

An all-room discussion to address the topic with the breakout leaders and subject area experts ready to defend and debate this thorny challenge!
Led by Chris Elmitt (Independent) 

17:30–18:30

End of day 2 with networking reception (poster and exhibit area)

09:00–09:45

Provider and pharma compliance challenges: UK, Europe, ROW
A moderated discussion with a panel of UK and European stakeholders to unpick the compliance irregularities and practical challenges faced by the CME/CPD community. With a special focus on education for learners from the UK, and European funding and education provision.  

09:45–10:30

Potential actions and next steps
A follow-on discussion to explore practical solutions and what can be implemented by adjustments to the pharma codes of practice and CME/CPD accreditation requirements. With insights from the perspectives of the PMCPA, EFPIA and CME/CPD accreditors.  

10:30–11:00

Tea/coffee break (poster and exhibit area)

11:00–11:15

Update from the Journal of CME
Led by Robin Stevenson (Journal of CME)

11:15–11:30

CME around the world
With CME/CPD leaders from beyond our geographic borders

11:30–12:15

Oral Presentation 3
Invited oral poster presentation

12:15–12:30

The CME unsession
Led by Lawrence Sherman (Meducate Global)

12:30

Meeting close