CME Accreditation: A Review for CME Providers and
Surveyors
INTRODUCTION
The Massachusetts Medical Society conducts an
intrastate voluntary accreditation program for institutions and
organizations providing continuing medical education (CME). By
evaluating and granting accreditation to an institution or organization
whose CME program substantially complies with the Essential Areas and
Elements (including the Standards for Commercial Support) and other
policies of accreditation, the MMS seeks to improve the quality of CME
and to assist physicians in identifying educational activities that meet
these standards.
In the Essential Areas and policies, the MMS has
identified certain Elements of structure, method and organization, which
contribute to the development of effective continuing medical education.
The Essential Areas, Standards for Commercial Support and
accreditation policies are the requirements that a provider must meet to
become accredited as a provider of CME. They provide a valuable resource
for physicians planning their own CME and for providers designing CME
activities and programs.
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