See also:
CME Accreditation, Complementary and Alternative Practice Activities
Continuing Medical Education (CME), Definition
CME Materials, Distribution by Commercial Entities
CME Mandatory for Relicensure
CME, Physician Reeducation
CME Providers, Terms and Definitions
CME Credit, Elective and Prescribed
Commission on Continuing Professional Development (CoCPD) Mission Statement
Purpose: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) CoCPD will help family physicians and other health professionals increase the vitality and efficiency of their practices by providing educational programming that is evidence-based, up-to-date, learner-driven and designed to improve patient outcomes.
Process: The AAFP presents scientifically valid and commercially unbiased Continuing Medical Education (CME) based on principles of effective adult learnin. AAFP educational activities are designed to improve physician core competencies. The AAFP uses live activities, self-study, self-assessment, self-reflection, point-of-care learning, enduring materials, journals and performance improvement in practice as part of the continuing professional development process.
Outcomes: AAFP CoCPD activities will improve physician competence, practice performance and patient outcomes. The AAFP will evaluate the effectiveness of AAFP CoCPD activities through a combination of member feedback, practice evaluation and patient-level outcomes.
Target Audience: AAFP members, family physicians, primary care physicians and other health care professionals dedicated to improving the delivery of family-centered care and patient health.
Approved by the Commission on Continuing Professional Development (CoCPD) February 2009
(2007) (April Board 2009-Revised)
Process: The AAFP presents scientifically valid and commercially unbiased Continuing Medical Education (CME) based on principles of effective adult learnin. AAFP educational activities are designed to improve physician core competencies. The AAFP uses live activities, self-study, self-assessment, self-reflection, point-of-care learning, enduring materials, journals and performance improvement in practice as part of the continuing professional development process.
Outcomes: AAFP CoCPD activities will improve physician competence, practice performance and patient outcomes. The AAFP will evaluate the effectiveness of AAFP CoCPD activities through a combination of member feedback, practice evaluation and patient-level outcomes.
Target Audience: AAFP members, family physicians, primary care physicians and other health care professionals dedicated to improving the delivery of family-centered care and patient health.
Approved by the Commission on Continuing Professional Development (CoCPD) February 2009
(2007) (April Board 2009-Revised)
