Author: Vjeko Hlede, PHD

CME/CPD learning technologist, moodle/totara user interested in quality improvement education, individual and organizational CPD, inter-professional learning, collaborative learning community development, and organizational change.

Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886

Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) Learning in CPD: An Evolving CPD Modality

By Raynor Denitzio, CE News Reporter On Tuesday, June 6, James W. Kim, MBBCh, PgDip, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, and Heather MacNeill, MD, BSc(PT), MScCH (HPTE), FRCPC Associate Professor, University of Toronto, offered a dynamic SACME sponsored workshop titled “Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) Learning in CPD.” Hybrid Flexible or “HyFlex” is an […]

Landscape at Chaponval, 1880 by Camille Pissarro

QI-CPD Resources & Strategies

Delving Deeper Into the Use of Education in Quality Improvement: A Profile of the 2023 Manning Grant Awardee Project By Natalie Sanfratello, MPH, CHCP During his keynote at this year’s Annual Meeting, David Price, MD, FAAFP, FACEHP, FSACME addressed the intersection between quality improvement (QI) and CPD/CE and how most of our industry is not […]

Publications & Scholarship

Column Editors: Craig Campbell, MD and Joseph Szot, MD This issue, our editors have selected articles that address some of the most controversial and challenging topics of the day Teaching the Teachers: Development and Evaluation of a Racial Health Equity Curriculum for Faculty. Falusi O, Chun-Seeley L, de la Torre D, Dooley DG, Baiyewu M, […]

SACME Academy of Fellows Announces New Faculty Development Webinar Series

The SACME Academy of Fellows is delighted to announce its new and exciting series on important faculty development topics with distinguished speakers. Each topic and workshop has been carefully curated to provide value-packed information. All webinars will be offered online. Registration is free for SACME members and just $30 to non-members. To register, go to: […]

SACME 2024 Annual Meeting

You’re invited to attend… The theme for this year’s conference is Exploring the Expanding and Evolving CPD Ecosystem. The meeting will address the opportunities and challenges related to several timely issues to include: artificial intelligence (AI); how CPD/CE can impact the climate crisis; the influence of power and privilege on academic medicine; and best practices for […]

Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, 1889

From the Chief Editors

Dear Readers, As you read this, the dreaded summer of 2023 is over and the cool breezes of fall have replaced the heat. By now, you have settled into the new academic year and busy implementing your 2024 calendar of accredited activities. Are you eager to introduce more innovation into your scheduled programs and in […]

Annual meeting preview

Our annual meeting is now just a couple of weeks away, and I’m thrilled about the prospect of implementing our multi-channel approach. We have a lot of questions – can we bridge the gap between in-person and livestream channels, or synchronous and asynchronous channels? Can we successfully manage interactions between virtual and on-site attendees? Will we have enough volunteers to make it work?

Continuing Education Request for Applications for Opioid Analgesic REMS

The grant application process is now open for continuing education (CE) activities that are compliant with the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (OA REMS). The 2023 CE Request for Application (RFA) is available here. Submissions are due by March 9, 2023 (11:59 pm ET).  The goal of the grants is to support high-quality REMS-compliant accredited continuing education for prescribers and other healthcare professionals on the […]

Publications and Scholarship – Fall 2022

Health professionals in rural settings treat a wide variety of medical conditions requiring a large breadth of knowledge to manage this clinical practice. This manuscript uses mixed methods (interviews, focus groups, observation and questionnaires) to identify barriers and challenges to CPD in rural settings.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AWARDS, AND RESOURCES -Fall 2022

SACME Phil R. Manning Research Award: The Society for Continuing Medical Education (SACME) is announcing the call for proposals for the Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Professional Development. Funding up to $50,000 (USD) is available over two years for projects that support scientific research for the advancement of any of the following fields