Orange County Urological Society CME Mission Statement

Preamble:
The Continuing Medical Education Committee of the Orange County Urological Society is charged with the oversight of all of the Society’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs. The Continuing Medical Education Program at Orange County Urological Society supports the overall mission of the Society by providing and evaluating CME activities that achieve measurable educational results of the highest value to the practice of medicine.

Mission Statement:
The mission of the CME Committee of the Orange County Urological Society shall be to formulate educational activities consistent with the accreditation standards which serve to maintain, develop or increase knowledge, improve clinical skills and professional performance of physicians in order to provide and improve the quality of patient care.

Goals:
Under the direction of Orange County Urological Society’s Continuing Medical Education Committee, they shall:

a. maintain accreditation through the California Medical Association for the provision of Category educational activities.
b. remain informed of current accreditation standards and other CME issues in which a representative of the CME Committee or CME coordinator shall attend the Annual CME Provider Conference of the California Medical Association.
c. plan all CME activities by determining the need for the activities and by setting educational objectives.
d. provide educational activities and program planning free of commercial influence.
e. shall annually assess its effectiveness in accomplishing the goals of the CME mission.

Scope:
The CME activities shall extend to the members of Orange County Urological Society and to physicians in the surrounding communities of Orange County. Activities may include quality improvement, socio-economic topics, and public health issues.

Audience:
Appropriate CME activities shall be developed for primary care physicians as well as for specialty and subspecialty physicians. When appropriate, allied health personnel, resident physicians and medical students shall be invited to participate in these activities.

Activities:
The activities shall consist of dinner meetings which are usually one to two hours in length and often employ a variety of teaching techniques. Often, the activity is centered on didactic lectures, panel discussions, and PowerPoint demonstrations.

a. Educational Goals: Each activity approved for Category 1 CME credit must have educational objective.
b. Needs Assessment: The need for CME content may be determined by suggestions from our members by use of an evaluation form, needs assessment forms or by member survey. Our CME evaluation forms have space reserved for physicians to recommend topics for future programs. The OCUS constantly encourages the membership to recommend topics of need.
c. Evaluation: A standard CME evaluation form must be completed and signed for all approved Category 1 CME activities.

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