Providership

The UMass Chan Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education (UMass Chan - OCME) is an accredited provider of CME under the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.  Our office provides cost-effective providership opportunities to internal and external organizations whose mission compliments that of the UMass Chan Medical School-OCME.  Please note that we are only able to consider those requests which comply with the rules and regulations established by the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

The overall goal of the Office of Continuing Medical Education is to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals with programs aimed at improving their skills and knowledge to assist them in the delivery of outstanding medical care.  The UMass Chan Medical School-OCME works to assist presenting departments, as well as joint providers in developing and executing quality educational programs that meet the needs of today’s practicing physicians and healthcare professionals. 

Directly Provided Activities

Activities planned by departments of UMass Chan Medical School, members of the UMass Memorial Medical Center and its affiliates are considered to be Directly Provided. 

Joint providership

The providership of a CME activity by one or more accredited and one or more nonaccredited organizations. Therefore, ACCME accredited providers that plan and present one or more activities with non-ACCME accredited providers are engaging in “joint providership.”  The accredited provider must take responsibility for a CME activity when it is presented in cooperation with a nonaccredited organization and must use the appropriate accreditation statement.

Activity Types:

Live Course:  An activity where the learner participates in person at a specific date/time.  (examples: annual meeting, conference, seminar). – Note: Agenda with speakers, topics, times must be provided.

Internet Live: An online course only available at a certain time on a certain date and is only available in real- time. (examples: livestream, webcast, webinar, Zoom, WebEx, etc.) Note: Agenda with speakers, topics, times must be provided.

Internet Activity (Enduring Material):  An internet enduring material activity is available when the learner chooses to complete it.  It is “enduring,” meaning that there is not just one time on one day to participate in it.  Rather, the learner determines when he/she participates. Examples: online interactive educational module, recorded presentation, podcast.

Enduring Materials Internet: An online activity where the content is available for the learner to complete at a time and place of the learner’s choosing. The content can be accessed at any point during the lifespan of the activity and there is no specific time designated for participation. Examples include online interactive educational modules, recorded presentations, podcasts.

Enduring Material(s): A printed, recorded, or computer-presented activity that endures over a specified time and does not have a specific time or location designated for participation; rather, the participant determines whether and when to complete the activity.  

Performance Improvement: Performance improvement activities are based on a learner’s participation in a project established and/or guided by a provider in which a learner identifies an educational need through a measure of his/her performance in practice, engages in educational experiences to meet the need, integrates learning into patient care and then re-evaluates his/her performance.