UEMS/EACCME Continuous Medical Education and Professional Development in Europe

1. UEMS/EACCME
CME/CPD: Continuous Medical
Education and Professional
Development in Europe
WASPALM Xian 2019
Augusto Machado, Porto, Portugal
Gilbert C Faure, Nancy, France
On behalf of UEMS Laboratory Medicine/Medical Biopathology
section
Thanks to Bernard Maillet, UEMS Treasurer

2. CME
CPD
CME: Continuous Medical Education
Maintenance of Academic Knowledge and Skills
CPD: Continuous Professional Development
• Updating, Developing and Enhancing how MDs
apply Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes required in
their working lives
• … includes CME + Personal, Managerial, IT,
Communication and Social skills

3. International regulation
Five tiers of regulation
Personal
regulation
National
regulation
Workplace
regulation
Peer & team based
regulation
UEMS WG on CME/CPD

4. EACCME
European accreditation Council
UEMS Policy:
Quality and harmonization of CME in Europe
Facilitating access to international CME
Developing quality guidelines
Maintaining national authority

5. EACCME
Delivery of ECMECs
European CME credits
Quality criteria
• Clear learning objectives
• Non-biased education
• Precised target audience
• Control of attendanceand Report after event

6. EACCME
Mutual recognition
International Network
USA/AMA: from 2006, now 2010 formal incl. e-learning
Canada: pilot, only live events
others: Japan, Australasia, Middle East
Principles
• Different Health Care Systems
• Based on trust but similar criteria
• Only part of the whole « portfolio » of MDs
• Borders are vanishing

7. EACCME 2.0
Inclusion of new formats
Live events, e-learning material
also teaching, publishing, reviewing
Online CME applications
Simpler procedures, quality preserved, shorter
processes
Involvement of providers… « trusted » providers
Stress on quality control
Extending the system to Allied Health Professions:
pharmacists, dentists, nurses, lab technicians…

8. EACCME
Flowcharts

9. New Formats of Learning
LEE : Live Educational Events
ELM: E-learning Material
Modules, e-platform, APP, e-library
Publication review:
Recognition of CME/CPD activities:
Reviewing scientific and educational material (REV)
Publishing scientific and educational material (PUB)
Learning by Teaching (LbT)
Examiner in a UEMS Exam

10. UEMS Laboratory Medicine
(Medical biopathology) section
>120 Activities accredited
 2008: 9; 2009: 10 2010: 20 2011: 18 + 15 modules IMV
Monaco
– 2012: 13
– 2013: 7
– 2014: 8 + ESH ITP E-learning
– 2015: 11 + Issues in the Design of Clinical Trials for
Hemophilia E-learning
– 2016 : 8
– 2017 : 4 (ESCAA, ESID, MedLab, EVD)
– 2018: 7 (ESCAA, EHA, ESID, MedLab +) E-learning
ESID
– 2019: 7 (EFLM, Thalassemia, LH)

11. Content curation of relevant
topics with
CME/CPD opened Nov 18, 2011
“Life long learning for MDs in Europe and elsewhere” :
>3200 scoops , > 6500 views, >3K visitors
Content: UEMS, CME, AMA Journal, MOOCs
Laboratory Medicine and Med Biopathology
Opened 10/2013
>1800 scoops, >3700 views, >1,3K visitors
Precision medicine, PDL-1, Quality, drones…

12. UEMS Pathology section
since 1988
https://europathol.wordpress.com/about/
Live Events
2017 : 12+
2018: 29
2019: 35
E-learning Material none
After EUROPALS…
Pathology Progress Test 2018

13. European Council
Forum/Conference on European CPD
Connect leading professional / scientific stakeholders in European Specialty Medicine
Contribute to quality / harmonization of CPD in Europe (consensus guidelines)
Help in making life easier for our colleagues by easing access to international CPD
(presentation/exchange tools, e.g. e-platforms)
Collaboration - European Projects (e.g. OLIMPE)
Maintaining: specialty autonomy + national authority
https://www.uems.eu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/53240/4-European-Council-for-CME-CPD-Dr-Fras.pdf

14. UEMS/EACCME