Planning a CME Activity?
We're here to help! As you know, offering a high quality CME activity requires more than just identifying an interesting and relevant topic. Advanced planning, coordination, and promotion of the activity are also essential to its success. We are here to assist you with all aspects of program planning, design, and implementation, including the following:
Needs Assessment & Planning
- Conducting needs assessments
- Identifying the target audience
- Defining the activity's purpose and specific learning objectives
- Establishing a timetable for optimum planning and implementation of the activity
- Determining appropriate program design and format that are linked to the needs assessment
- Coordinating arrangements for the facility, food, travel, speakers, and audio/visual needs
- Identifying and coordinating faculty presenters, including compiling biographical data sheets and obtaining faculty agreement letters and disclosure forms
Budget Administration
- Establishing and managing the activity budget, including providing assistance with obtaining funding for the activity
- Determining fees, honoraria, facility costs, food costs, audio/visual costs, and administrative fees
- Determining commercial support and obtaining required letters of agreement
Promotion
- Developing promotional and educational materials
- Promoting the activity, including compiling a mailing list
Evaluation & Follow-Up Reporting
- Planning appropriate evaluation of the activity, including developing, distributing, and summarizing activity evaluation forms
- Compiling program follow-up statistics
Registration & Record Keeping
- Overseeing registration and record keeping, including receiving registrations and money, issuing refunds, preparing name tags and sign-in sheets, and obtaining registration supplies
- Providing program updates to the Course Director on a regular basis
- Entering data into the CME Division Transcript Program for Creighton University personnel who participate in CME activities
Category 1 Credit Applications
- Preparing and reviewing applications for category 1 credit (and/or other credits as needed)
Contact Us at Least 6 Months in Advance
We are best able to serve your needs if you include us in the planning process right from the start. By contacting us at least six months prior to the CME activity, and submitting applications by the 15th of the month, we are able to work with you on the granting of continuing education credits, avoid conflicts in scheduling, reserve the preferred location for the activity, and achieve effective promotion and planning. To schedule a meeting with Dr. Sally O'Neill, Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education, call the CME Office at 280-1830, or send your email request to cmeded@creighton.edu.
The CME Division may charge administrative fees for some of the services it provides, depending on the nature of the activity you are planning. Dr. O'Neill will discuss such fees with you early in the planning process.