History and Background
The
American Academy of CME, Inc. (Academy), headquartered
in Jackson, New Jersey, was founded in 2001.
The Academy is an independent,
non-profit, medical education foundation.
Both on
our own, and in collaboration with accredited and
non-accredited medical education companies,
associations, foundations, and other organizations, the
Academy provides certified continuing education to the
healthcare team and its members including
physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, pharmacists, dietitians, social workers/case
managers, transplant coordinators, and other healthcare
professionals.
The Academy and the organizations with
whom we partner have extensive experience in the
development and execution of educational curricula
across multiple live, print, and web formats. Our team
includes both clinical specialists and professionals
qualified in the practice of adult education, including
development of gap analyses and instructional design,
meeting planning and execution, content development, and
outcomes measurement. Our staff also includes 2 site
surveyors for the ACCME and Medical Society of NJ
(MSNJ), 1 accreditation review committee member for
MSNJ, 1 site surveyor for Joint Accreditation,
1 certified healthcare CPD Professional, and leaders of
and volunteers for CE-related organizations including
the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health
Professions, (ACEHP), Mid-Atlantic Alliance for CME
(MAACME) and Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ).
Philosophy
on Collaborations
The Academy is committed to
upholding the highest standards of excellence in
continuing education (CE) for the healthcare team and
its members.
The Academy ensures that all CE initiatives we certify
are of the highest quality and are balanced,
independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous.
The Academy accepts requests to partner
with other organizations—including medical education
companies, professional healthcare associations,
governmental agencies, foundations, and international
organizations.
We take a collaborative approach to
program planning, implementation and evaluation with the
goal of forming a truly successful partnership with our
education partners.
Requests to jointly provide CE
activities with the Academy must be submitted in
writing to the Academy. A letter of request should
at a minimum include the following information:
-
Tentative title/date/location of
activity (we cannot certify activities that have
already been developed or which have already
occurred
-
Delivery
Format
-
Targeted
Audience
-
Preliminary
Faculty (if known)
-
Number of
expected credits/contact hours
-
Contact information for person
having primary responsibility for development of
activity at the potential joint sponsor/co-provider
organization
Additionally, the Academy requires the
potential education partner to complete and submit
Academy
Policy 2.1 - Potential Educational
Partner Attestation Form
in order to document the organization’s corporate
structure, mission, organizational chart (incorporating
the staff’s reporting structure), and relationships with
any parent/sister organizations. The purpose of this
document is to establish that the potential partner is
not a commercial interest (a joint
provider may not be a commercial interest).
A
commercial interest
is defined as “any entity producing, marketing,
re-selling, or distributing health care goods or
services consumed by, or used on, patients.”
To learn
more about the Academy and to explore potential
partnership opportunities for educating healthcare
team and its members contact us at
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