European CME Forum is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to bringing together all stakeholder groups with an interest in Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for healthcare professionals. It facilitates multi-channel discussion in an independent and neutral environment to promote the advance of high-quality CME in Europe and around the globe.
16th Annual European CME Forum — Voices in CME-CPD
Registration is open and the Call for Abstracts for Poster/Oral Presentation is being extended to 25 September! The Call for Proposals for Workshops is now closed.
16ECF will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands, 8-10 November 2023, starting with the pre-meeting workshops on Wednesday 8th at 9.30am.
The theme of this year's meeting is "Voices in CME-CPD" - we will be taking a deep dive into the various players in European and global CME-CPD, looking at best practices, systems, requirements and what is currently being done when designing, developing, funding, accrediting and delivering CME-CPD.
The meeting will be in-person only.
More about 16ECF
Expanding the voices in CME-CPD - Journal of CME 2023 Special Collection
The Call for Papers for the Journal of CME 2023 Special Collection is now closed for guaranteed publication ahead of 16ECF - however if you have a paper that may be suitable, you can still submit it to the Special Collection. This year the theme is: Expanding the voices in CME-CPD.
Lisa Sullivan is the Guest Editor, leading a multidisciplinary and global editorial team. The goal of this Special Collection is to highlight different voices that are included in CME/CPD and how listening to and involving these voices adds value and impacts engagement across the professions, different stakeholder groups and around the world. More information can be found on the Journal of CME website.
Essential reading about CME-CPD
‘Learning and Behaviour in Medicine: A Voyage Around CME and CPD’, is now published. This concise, practical guide on CME-CPD written by Robin Stevenson (Editor-in-Chief, JCME), is a “must read” for anyone with an interest in European and global CME. You can order it here and if you are ordering more than one copy, get in touch with us for a special discount code.
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Eugene Pozniak
Programme Director