Continuing Medical Education (CME) Connecticut Children’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) office provides high-quality continuing medical education for all pediatric health care providers in the region. Stay Connected Subscribe to CME Happenings Continuing Education Portal Continuing education activities are available through our Continuing Education Portal. The web-based portal is available 24/7 and allows you to: View upcoming events Watch live events Download course materials Take online evaluations Access your CE certificates and transcripts Access CME Portal (EEDS) Need assistance? Contact our CME team. Navigating The CME Website How to Register for Upcoming CME Events EEDS CME Evaluation Navigation COVID-19 Resources COVID-19 Update for Clinicians Access our COVID-19 Update for Clinicians information center for new information and resources especially for clinicians. “Ask the Experts” Webinar Join Connecticut Children’s every other Friday from 8-9 am for the latest information about COVID-19 from experts including Juan Salazar, MD, and John Schreiber, MD. Ask the Experts also discusses other areas of pediatric medicine and behavioral and mental health. The webinar suffices as an infectious disease state-mandated CSMS requirement. Watch the webinar on Zoom, and if prompted, enter the passcode 513942. Want to catch up on previous Ask the Experts topics? Tune in to the podcast. Ask the Experts is our COVID-19 CME Series designed to: Provide a weekly roundtable of COVID-19 impacts Review current COVID-19 and vaccine updates and data Arrange varying field experts to discuss the effects of COVID-19 in their field Resources Inhaler Spacer Use – English | Spanish COVID-19 Clinical Pathways Grand Rounds & Other CME Offerings Upcoming Grand Rounds Sessions Grand Rounds are held on Tuesdays from 8-9 am via Zoom. Watch the webinar on Zoom, and if prompted, enter the passcode 186688. (Viewing only; post-test available on the CME EEDS Platform) Traveling Grand Rounds Speaker Bureau Find a Grand Rounds session at one of five area hospitals near you (Bristol Hospital, Day Kimball Hospital, Danbury Hospital, Middlesex Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital). Download Brochure Podcasts Ask the Experts Hear important COVID-19 updates and learn from experts in other areas of pediatrics, including mental and behavioral health. Pediatric Grand Rounds Listen to our weekly webinar for pertinent updates on sub-specialty care discoveries, protocols, and guidelines in order to develop new skill sets based on pediatric advances and improve outcomes in pediatric health care delivery. Pediatric Podcast Pearls We are introducing a monthly, 20-minute pediatric podcast series highlighting clinically important information, recommendations, guidelines, and best practices for physicians to improve the care of their children and families. Listen to the Podcasts Resources State-Mandated Lectures Claiming MOC Part 2 Lifelong Learning Credit in Eeds Fees & Applications CME Applications CME Fees CME Mission Statement The purpose of continuing medical education (CME) is to raise the level of care by providing high quality, continuing medical education for all pediatric health care providers in the region (including pediatric physicians, surgeons, family physicians, pediatric physician assistants, pediatric APRNs, and nurses). CME activities should implement & execute practical, evidence based, quality continuing medical education while adhering to the following: Assess the needs of our health care providers to develop educational programs that improve their professional satisfaction and competence. Provide practical, up-to-date continuing medical education activities utilizing a variety of educational formats, including contemporary technologies and Enduring Activities. Reflect the importance of evidence-based medicine in the educational content. Establish effective methods to assess the impact of educational content on practitioner behavior, delivery of care, and on patient outcomes. Meet or exceed both legal and continuing education standards established by the Joint Commission, the State of Connecticut, Connecticut State Medical Society, and the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education. Accreditation Connecticut Children’s is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Connecticut Children’s takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. Connecticut Children’s Office of Continuing Medical Education designates activities with the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Conflict of Interest Policy All faculty participating in Continuing Medical Education activities sponsored by Connecticut Children’s are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or perceived conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. The planners, activity director and speaker(s) do not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation. The speaker(s) will not be discussing the use of any off-label product. Commercial Support This activity is not commercially supported.
