 |
|
|  |
 | ||
 |    | |
 | ||
| ||
| ||
 | ||
The Institute for Medical Quality, a subsidiary of California Medical Association, is dedicated to improving quality care delivered to patients in California, with an emphasis on education and consultation. In addition to the survey and accreditation programs, IMQ offers a series of educational seminars which help physicians and healthcare organizations meet regulatory and accreditation standards, and provide better care.
SCHEDULED PROGRAMS:
New CLC Workshop Dates - June 10, 2008 in LA, July 18, 2008 in San Jose Thank you for your interest in the IMQ CLC Program Regional Workshops!
This is a great opportunity, not only to ask program specific CLC questions, but as a networking event as well. Given the collaborative nature of CME, small group interaction is a great way to learn and share with your peers! We continually report positive evaluations from these regional sessions on CLC, and we need your input and experiences. I look forward to seeing you there! The workshop is scheduled from 10am to 12pm, and registration begins at 9:30am. Locations: Register for June 10, 2008 The California Endowment – Center for Healthy Communities
1000 N. Alameda Street
Register for July 18, 2008 Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
275 Hospital Parkway We will continue to hold statewide regional workshops throughout 2008. If you are unable to attend one of these scheduled workshops, there will be future offerings. Also, a synopsis of workshop activities will be posted on the IMQ website following the event. As always, feel free to contact me directly with any questions regarding AB 1195 compliance.
CME ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP--SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE---- The next CME Essentials Workshop will take place on Friday, March 28, 2008, at the Doubletree Hotel in Santa Ana, near the Orange County Airport. This workshop series has been designed to be interactive and encourage audience participation. It is especially helpful for people who are new to CME. The March workshop will focus on the Updated Accreditation Criteria, with discussion about how they relate to or derive from the old/current standards. Other educational topics include compliance with AB 1195, commercial support guidelines, management of regularly scheduled series and the job description of the CME coordinator. The previous chair of the CME Committee, Carol Havens, MD, and surveyor/ CME committee member, Jeffrey Mallin, MD, will be the faculty. The workshop details, including the educational objectives and the registration form, are available here.
SAVE THE DATE!! -- 2008 IMQ/CMA CME PROVIDER CONFERENCE –MAY 9th, 2008 Conference Please mark your calendars for the 2008 IMQ/CMA CME Provider Conference, which will take place on Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa Hotel near the Orange County Airport (SNA). The conference will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. Dennis (Denny) Lott, DEd, the ACCME’s Manager of Accreditation Development, will be representing the ACCME at the provider conference. Expect the following topics to be covered at the conference, in plenary or breakout sessions:
Call for Abstracts This year, we would like to especially encourage collaboration at the provider conference by giving representatives from accredited providers the opportunity to present at a breakout session. To ensure that we select the most applicable topics, we are soliciting abstracts that address one or more of the following areas of interest:
As a presenter, you will have the opportunity to share your ideas with your colleagues, as well as receive important feedback from them. Please click here for more information. Please submit electronic copies to Sarah Shimer at sshimer@imq.org. Abstracts are due on by 5:00 pm on Monday, March 31, 2008. Hotel Rooms The hotel advises you to reserve sleeping rooms early. You may contact the hotel directly at (714) 540-7000. Be sure to mention the Institute for Medical Quality and the conference date (May 9, 2008) when making your reservations. The sleeping room rate is $139 per night, and the deadline for room rate is April 17, 2008. Please be sure to visit our exhibit hall, available during continental breakfast, lunch and the morning and afternoon breaks. There will be several vendors with products and services of potential interest to CME professionals. Please check back on program web site for further information, including the list of exhibitors, closer to the date of the conference. Registration Other details of the conference are still being finalized and will be available in the next couple of weeks. If you would like to pre-register, please click here. If you are an accredited provider, your organization will receive a brochure in the mail in the coming weeks. The brochure also will be e-mailed. If you are not on our mailing list and would like to receive the brochure, please e-mail pbeaton@imq.org.
Exhibitors IMQ invites you to exhibit at the annual IMQ/CMA CME Provider Conference. This highly anticipated and well-attended meeting is being held at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa Hotel on May 9, 2008. More than 350 participants from hospitals, specialty societies, healthcare plans and other healthcare organizations will attend this one-day event. As an exhibitor, CMA/IMQ provides your organization the opportunity to meet face-to-face with decision makers in the field of continuing medical education. Since educating CME professionals about the latest products and services is crucial to the continuing advancement of CME, we have designed the exhibit space to maximize interaction with attendees. Exhibiting also enhances your ability to generate and close sales leads, increase brand awareness and build new relationships with physicians, directors of medical staff and CME coordinators. We are working hard to make the 2008 IMQ/CMA CME Provider Conference one of the most innovative, exciting and memorable meetings ever. Please click here to download the Exhibitor Prospectus.
2008 Samuel R. Sherman, MD, Awards Be recognized for your hard work! Apply for the Samuel R. Sherman Awards for Meritorious Achievement in Continuing Medical Education at the 2008 Annual CME Provider Conference. This award is given in two categories:
Join the ranks of previous winners, including the 2007 ensemble: for linkage of CME and PI, Marshall Medical Center and, for innovation in program planning, Kaiser Woodland Hills Medical Center. Please click here for the application, due by March 24, 2008 at 5 p.m. 2008 Outstanding CME Coordinator of the Year Award Last year, Dr. Havens presented the second Outstanding CME Coordinator of the Year Award to Laurie Smith of Community Medical Centers in Fresno. We would like to continue this tradition and strongly encourage you to recommend a colleague for this award. Candidates must have been a CME coordinator for at least 2 years at an IMQ/CMA-accredited organization with a current four-year accreditation. Please consider nominating individuals who clearly demonstrate leadership qualities, mentorship abilities, creativity and professional integrity. Please click here for the application, due by March 24, 2008 at 5 p.m. 2008 IMQ Cultural and Linguistic Competency Awards IMQ wants to recognize the California CME Community for continuous improvement in integrating cultural and linguistic competency into CME. We have created three award categories for promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency in CME:
2008 IMQ PROFESSIONALISM PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS IMQ has recently developed a Professionalism Program to comply with the new requirements established by the Medical Board of California. The program centers on both the legal and ethical dimensions of the practice of medicine in California, and it introduces participants to a range of resources to address present or future problems. Full participation and completion of all assignments are required for completion of the program. The Program is divided into three components. The pre-course component consists of a background assessment application, a baseline knowledge test and pre course reading. The purpose of this component is to determine the participant’s knowledge/awareness of ethical/legal issues related to the practice of medicine in California, as well as information about the participant’s knowledge of the legal and ethical issues related to the specific case(s) for which the participant has been referred to the program. Participants will prepare an assessment of their expectations of the program, recognition of need for change and commitment to change. The second component is the two-day ethics course, to be offered on a Saturday and Sunday. It includes a series of components that move from demonstration to practice and application. Issues covered include: what are ethical issues and when they arise, clarification of legal issues, resources to analyze situations and a decision making model. The course will be heavily interactive, and it is designed to provide participants with a full understanding of the ethical and legal aspects of their own violations and knowledge about how to access resources to deal with future issues. The third component is required assessments over a one-year period following the course. This consists of the post-course test on California law and ethics given at the end of the two-day course, and 6 month and 12 month follow-up assessments. At 6 months, participants will submit information regarding their practice during the period since the course and complete a skills review exercise. At 12 months they will provide a final report on changes in their practice profile and a self-assessment status report. COMPLETION: On completion of the course, a report will be sent to the Medical Board and a Certificate of course completion awarding twenty-two (22) CME Category 1hours will be provided to each participant. The Professionalism Program is limited to 12 physicians. Courses are scheduled based on anticipated enrollment. A minimum of ten enrollees, who have met all pre-program requirements, is required. If that threshold is not met, the course will be rescheduled to such time as the minimum number are enrolled. The fee for the course is $1900. For the brochure and the application please click on the links below. For additional information:Please contact Paulette Richardson at (415) 882-5183 or fax to (415) 882-5149 or E-mail: prichardson@imq.org Special Conferences are added when there is an important emerging issue.
2009 PreCALS PLUS Medical Staff Issues and Answers Conference
IMQ's 2009 PreCALS PLUS Medical Staff Issues and Answers Conference is a comprehensive program that encompasses the 2009 survey process and issues affecting the medical staff. The focus of this program will be on changes and updates to the Joint Commission 2009 standards, including those related to medical staff and performance improvement. Current Title 22 survey issues, state legislation 1301 and 1312, and the federal Conditions of Participation will be discussed. This conference will address data used in the credentialing process and how to effectively assess current competency. In addition, participants will gain an understanding of the current legal issues involved with medical staff self governance, bylaws, etc. The faculty include IMQ hospital surveyors, trained by Joint Commission, who are recognized authorities on the program's topics, legal counsel, and presenters from CDPH (California Department of Public Health - formerly DHS) who are knowledgeable in the federal Conditions of Participation. The program provides familiarity with the intent of standards and regulations and medical staff issues. It will be valuable to all medical staff leadership preparing for the integrated unannounced survey in 2009. When: Thursday and Friday, Late October/Early November, 2008 - Date TBDWhere: Northern California Airport Hotel For the Fall 2008 conference brochure check back soon For Registration Form for the November 2008 conference in Northern California, For a Registration Form check back soon For further information: Call Leslie Anne Iacopi, Program Administrator at (415) 882-5167 or E-mail: liacopi@imq.org You can also fax us at: (415) 882-5149
2007 IMQ/CMA CME PROVIDER CONFERENCE 2007 Conference Summary Over 325 CME professionals attended the IMQ/CMA 2007 CME Provider Conference, which was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame on Friday, May 11, 2007. This year’s theme was "Outlook for CME." Based on a preliminary review of the conference evaluations and discussion with attendees, many felt that this conference was extremely relevant. More information on attendee feedback will be included in the Summer 2007 edition of The Accreditation Quarterly, scheduled for publication in July. Kate Regnier, MA, MBA, Deputy Chief Executive of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), was the keynote speaker, discussing the ACCME Updated Criteria. We also invited a special guest speaker -- Maureen Doyle-Scharff, MBA, Director of Health Education for Abbott Laboratories, who discussed the future of commercial support in continuing medical education. Other educational sessions included focused breakouts on the management of regularly scheduled conferences, program management and documentation and a focused breakout session that allowed providers to exchange ideas and information on Cultural and Linguistic Competency. If you could not attend the conference, there are program syllabus books available for purchase ($70 + tax, includes shipping). These books contain all of the presentations and sample documents and your purchase includes a printed copy of the 2007 Accreditation Standards (also available on our web site for download). Please contact our office at (415) 882-3370 for more information or download an invoice here. Order while supplies last. Many of the presentations are available for download:
Exhibitors The Institute for Medical Quality gratefully thanks those exhibitors that were part of our official exhibit hall. Please click here for the list of exhibitors. Samuel R. Sherman, MD, Awards Congratulations to the following winners of the 2007 Samuel R. Sherman, MD, Awards. More information about these winners, including contact information, will be available soon.
*Innovation in CME Program Planning*
*Linkage of CME and Performance Improvement * 2007 Outstanding CME Coordinator of the Year Award Congratulations to the following outstanding CME Coordinators. More information about these winners, including contact information, will be available soon. *Winner* Laurie Smith of Community Medical Centers, Fresno, California *Honorable Mention* Luis Salazar of Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 2007 IMQ Cultural and Linguistic Competency Awards Congratulations to the following winners and honorable mentions of the 2007 IMQ Cultural and Linguistic Competency Award. More information about these winners, including contact information, will be available soon. Cultural and Linguistic Competency Award for Excellence in a CME Activity
*Winner*
Continuing Education Alliance
*Honorable Mention* LA Care Health Plan
*Winner* Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles *Honorable Mention* Sharp HealthCare
2008 ESSENTIALS FOR MEDICAL STAFF LEADERS - A "HOW TO" PROGRAM
SAVE THE DATE!! April 11, 2008 Essentials for Medical Staff Leaders - a How To Program WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2008 WHERE: Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport Hotel, Irvine, CA (0.25 miles from John Wayne Airport). TOPICS INCLUDE: The Medical Staff organization and structure, your role as a Medical Staff leader, membership on the MEC, ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE), focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) and peer review, how to deal with disruptive behavior, conducting effective medical executive meetings, (including meeting elements, committee structure and membership, agenda planning and management), how to appropriately Credential and privilege your physicians, and information regarding California laws and regulations.
For further information: Please contact Leslie Anne Iacopi, Program Administrator at (415) 882-5167 or E-mail: liacopi@imq.org You can also fax us at: (415) 882-5149 For a Conference Brochure click here For a Registration Form click here
|
