Mission Statement
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
CME Program

Purpose: The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, through its CME Program, will support its faculty in the development and delivery of high quality post-graduate education activities with the goal of improving the quality of patient care and medical outcomes in Northern Ohio. The Case CME Program will support the lifelong education of physicians by helping them to apply new advances in basic and clinical science to patient care in the day to day practice of medicine.

Content Areas: Through its partner University Hospitals Health System and other teaching affiliates, MetroHealth Medical Center and the Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Case School of Medicine faculty members represent all medical specialties and sub-specialties. In concert with School of Medicine and medical center leadership, the CME Program will address demonstrated clinical, professional and institutional educational needs. All educational content will be based on the best scientific evidence available.

Target Audience: Physicians affiliated with the School of Medicine including its teaching hospitals, institutional partners and alumni are the CME Program's primary audience. Physicians and other health care professionals in and proximate to Northern Ohio as well as nationally and internationally are a secondary audience.

Educational Activities and Services Provided: Activities sponsored will include grand rounds, series, conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia, practice improvement interventions and a variety of enduring materials (such as monographs and other publications, audio and video recordings distributed on tape, CD and over the Internet, and interactive programming intended primarily for Internet distribution.) The CME Program will also provide services in support of faculty professional development and institutional healthcare improvement initiatives.

Expected Results:
(1) Increased attendance and participation of all audiences.
(2) Absolutely minimal perception of commercial bias reported by all audiences.
(3) Increased number of activities for which the performance of physicians participating in those activities or the health status of their patients has been measurably improved.
(4) Measurable increase in best practices by physicians in Case School of Medicine teaching hospitals participating in educational interventions.
(5) Measurable improvement in population health in Northern Ohio.

Approved: CME Advisory Committee, October 5, 2005