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Facilitate teamwork in CME departments

April 20, 2016 By Erin Schwarz

Your Medical Education Program Can Thrive With Teamwork

Evidence had demonstrated that organizations can dramatically improve the ability to meet its educational mission by actively working to improve the teamwork between physicians, healthcare professionals, quality department leadership, staff and other members of your CME department. However, this challenge can feel monumental when you are facing piles of paperwork.

The famous comedian, Milton Berle, once said, “A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.” With Vivacity Consulting’s facilitation, your committee or planning group will stay focused and on target.

Through the use of effective communication skills, action items, and project milestones, your group can tackle large tasks like ACCME r IMQ reaccreditation in easy to accomplish sections. These components support or even elevate the group’s accountability ethos, which is key to meeting its goals.

We have experience using different approaches with committees comprised of members in various parts of the world. Working with the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG), Ms. Schwarz often coordinated email-based committee meetings with great effectiveness. In other cases where planner groups were small, regular telephone conference calls were helpful to keep the group on-task. Working with the American Head & Neck Society (AHNS) to create a conference comprised of two different target audiences (clinical and research oriented physicians), Ms. Schwarz met in person with the organizers and then multiple times via conference call to ensure the educational content was appropriate and met the stated objectives.

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Collaborate for success

April 11, 2016 By Erin Schwarz

Improve Your Medical Education Program: Collaborate with Vivacity Consulting

Collaborate with the right partners to find success for your ACCME or IMQ accreditation, re-accreditation, progress report, interim report, or CME-program improvements. Vivacity Consulting may be those partners for your program!

Providing CME credits to physicians is essential for your organization and Vivacity Consulting will help you obtain or maintain your ability to do so.  We provide expert guidance that can lead to Accreditation with Commendation.

If your organization is seeking commendation, Vivacity Consulting provides an organizational review of your the current CME program. Vivacity Consulting will work with you to develop a plan to ensure compliance throughout the whole organization.

In the instance of the The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, Vivacity Consulting designed staff training via webconference, sample templates for activity planning, consultative services during CME Committee meetings, and a team work plan for the preparation of the reaccreditation application. The physician leadership and staff embraced this process, and it led to a decision for Commendation by the state accreditation organization.

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Guide the CME Program

April 1, 2016 By Erin Schwarz

Vivacity Consulting: Your Medical Education Guide

Medical education is no longer about talking heads in a conference room. It must produce measurable results and it is best when it impacts the actual practice of the attendee in a long-term fashion.

Vivacity Consulting’s experts can review your current program, audit your previous activities and make recommendations for enhancing or expanding your CME program. Your programs will be more attractive to your attendees if they provide documented improvement in health care, address ways to overcome barriers, or help to meet certification needs, such as MOC (maintenance of certification).

Vivacity Consulting has partnered with numerous organizations in the design and implementation of impactful activities. Working with SAGES, Ms. Schwarz has facilitated two longitudinal Performance Improvement educational activities designed to increase the adoption of complicated hernia surgery procedures into practice.

Ms. Schwarz has also led 20 successful initial and reaccreditation applications for the ACCME and the IMQ, with 6 resulting in decisions of accreditation with commendation.

Filed Under: CME Solutions

Our Goal: CME Compliance, Educational Excellence

April 21, 2011 By Erin Schwarz

CME Compliance, Educational Excellence

Reduce your workload, simplify the CME paperwork, improve the quality and impact of the education offered, and increase the appeal of your organization’s activities.

Vivacity Consulting understands the complexities of CME compliance and will help you ensure your program complies with today’s standards. Vivacity Consulting is familiar with the pressures facing physician leaders and medical education staff members who are also responsible for the CME program. Our guidance enables you to efficiently meet your mission on time and on budget.

With over 15 years of experience working with physicians and education staff members, we know that practical direction matters when time and resources are limited and high standards must be met. We do not boiler-plate services because every organization is different, thus we will customize our proposal to completely meet your needs within the constraints of your particular situation.

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