ACCME Announces Menu of New Criteria for Accreditation With Commendation

The ACCME is delighted to announce the Menu of New Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation—the mechanism for recognizing and celebrating organizations that excel as continuing medical education (CME) providers.

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The ACCME’s goal with these criteria is to encourage and reward accredited CME providers for implementing best practices in pedagogy, engagement, evaluation, and change management, and for focusing on generating meaningful outcomes. The Menu of New Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation incorporates recommendations from the CME community and is designed to serve as a guidepost for the future of CME. With these criteria, the ACCME will recognize the achievements of organizations that advance interprofessional collaborative practice, address public health priorities, create behavioral change, show leadership, leverage educational technology, and demonstrate the impact of education on healthcare professionals and patients.

There will be a transition phase during which accredited CME providers that choose to aim to achieve Accreditation with Commendation will have the option of demonstrating compliance with all of the current commendation criteria (C16-22) or the new commendation criteria menu (C23-C38).  This phase will apply to providers that will receive accreditation decisions between November 2017 and November 2019.
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For more information about the menu structure, implementation timeline, and transition phase, please see the Menu of New Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation.

View the announcement on the ACCME website.

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