Continuing Medical Education

After medical school comes the lifelong learning journey known as Continuing Medical Education (CME). The School of Medicine’s Office of Continuing Medical Education provides a range of educational conferences for practicing physicians and allied health professionals located throughout the country. The practice of medicine is ever evolving, and our continuing education programs enable physicians to improve their skills and stay current to ensure they provide superior medical care to their patients.

Our programs, services and resources include:

Regularly Scheduled Series
- Grand Rounds
- Case Conferences
- Tumor Boards
- Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
Live Conferences and Symposia
Faculty Development Courses
Enduring Materials

View the CME calendar on EEDS.

Accreditation

Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the School of Medicine’s Office of Continuing Medical Education works closely with a number of New York Medical College (NYMC) departments and affiliates to plan and execute our offerings.

Mission Statement

Purpose

The Office of Continuing Medical Education is dedicated to identifying the educational needs of our physicians, other health-care professionals and educators, in order to improve their skills and knowledge to narrow their professional practice gaps to assist them in continuing to provide superior medical care to their patients.

Content Areas

The areas covered by NYMC's CME programs include topics relating to the improvement of learners’ clinical skills and knowledge as it relates to medical advances, specialty guidelines for all disciplines, quality assurance issues, as well as topics related to current methods of training of physicians, healthcare providers and medical educators.

Target Audience

NYMC's sponsored CME activities provide opportunities for professional development of NYMC physician faculty across its affiliate sites, NYMC alumni and non-faculty physicians in the local regional community and beyond. Non-physician participants may include nurses and other allied health professionals.

Types of Activities Provided

Through both direct and joint providership, the Office of Continuing Medical Education offers regularly scheduled series, including grand rounds, case conferences, tumor boards, morbidity and mortality conferences; live conferences and symposia; faculty development courses; appropriate graduate school courses; and enduring materials, including journal CME, video courses and computer-based educational courses.

Expected Results of the Program

The programs provided by the Office of Continuing Medical Education are designed to teach advances in medical information, practice and technology, as well as to address quality assurance issues in order to assist physicians and other healthcare professionals improve their competence and performance in practice. The Office utilizes a multi-faceted approach to measure the program's success in meeting its mission. These methods include assessing changes in competence and performance through follow-up evaluation of activity participants, surveying college faculty to ascertain if needs are being met, and, if applicable, reviewing local public health data to measure improvements in the health status of the patients we serve.

Guidelines and Procedures

CME Statements

Accreditation Statement:

Note: The text below must be reproduced exactly as it appears, including the use of Italics and the Trademark symbol, with the exception of {enter # of credits here} which should be replaced with the designated number of credits. The two statements MUST appear in separate paragraphs.

Text for Directly Provided Live Activities: (NYMC, Touro, and Affiliates only)

NYMC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CME for physicians.

NYMC designates this Live activity for a maximum of {enter # of credits here} AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Text for Jointly Provided Live Activities:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of NYMC and {Enter name of Joint Provider}. NYMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide CME for physicians.

Text for Directly Provided Enduring Materials: (NYMC and Affiliates only)

NYMC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CME for physicians.

NYMC designates this Enduring material for a maximum of {enter # of credits here} AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Text for Jointly Provided Enduring Materials:

Disclosure Statement:

All activity faculty and planners participating in CME activities provided by NYMC are expected to disclose to the audience any significant support or substantial relationship(s) with commercial entities whose products are discussed in their presentation and/or with any commercial supporters of the activity. In addition, all faculty are expected to openly disclose any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations.

Commercial Support Acknowledgement:

Acknowledgement of any support from a commercial interest received for the activity. The ACCME defines an "ineligible company" as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by patients.” The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests.

The acknowledgement must be placed on all brochures and promotional materials for the activity and at the beginning of the activity syllabus. Do Not include the company logo on any advertisements.

Cash Support:

We gratefully acknowledge {Insert name of commercial interest(s)} for their generous support of this educational activity.

In-kind Support:

We gratefully acknowledge {Insert name of commercial interest(s)} for their generous donation of {Insert name of item(s) donated} for this educational activity.

For Activities that have NO outside support from a commercial interest:

There is no outside support for this activity.

Contact

The Office of Continuing Medical Education is located in 19 Skyline Drive, 1N-C10. Contact us by phone (914) 594-2530, fax (914) 594-2535, or specific department leaders below:

Kathryn Spanknebel, M.D., FACS
Vice Chancellor for Student Mental Health and Wellness
Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Administration, SOM
Sunshine Cottage, First Floor
(914) 594-4500
kathryn_spanknebel@nymc.edu

Regina Damon
Director, Continuing Medical Education
Institutional Administrator,
Graduate Medical and Dental Education Consortium
19 Skyline Drive, Room 1N-C14
(914) 594-2023
regina_damon@nymc.edu

Margaret Astrologo
Assistant Director, Continuing Medical Education
19 Skyline Drive, Room 1N-C10
(914) 594-2535
margaret_astrologo@nymc.edu