Mission Statement of the Office of Continuing Medical Education

Purpose

The Office of Continuing Medical Education of New York Medical College is dedicated to improving the skills and knowledge of physicians, other health-care professionals, and educators, in order to assist them in continuing to provide superior medical care to their patients.

Content Areas

The areas covered by New York Medical College's continuing medical education programs include topics of interest to physicians from all disciplines, and topics related to current methods of training of physicians, healthcare providers, and medical educators.

Target Audience

The continuing medical education activities sponsored by New York Medical College target physicians who are full or part-time faculty based at New York Medical College or its affiliated hospitals, New York Medical College alumni, and non-faculty physicians located in the mid-Hudson valley, New York metropolitan area, and throughout the United States. Non-physician participants may include nurses and other allied health professionals.

Types of Activities Provided

Through both direct and joint sponsorship, the CME office offers serial conferences, including grand rounds, case conferences, tumor boards, morbidity and mortality conferences; live conferences and symposia; hands-on workshops; faculty development courses; appropriate graduate school courses; and enduring materials, including journal CME, video courses, and computer-based educational courses.

Expected Results of the Program

The programs sponsored by the CME office are designed to teach advances in medical information, practice, and technology in order to assist physicians and other health care professionals in providing superior medical care to their patients. The office utilizes a multi-faceted approach to measure the program's success in meeting its mission. These methods include surveying past program participants, contacting college faculty to ascertain if needs are being met, working closely with the CME committee, and holding staff planning retreats to re-evaluate the mission and how to best carry it out.

• Reviewed and approved by the New York Medical College CME Advisory Committee on 01/10/02.
• Reviewed and approved by the New York Medical College Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees on 3/27/02.