Continuing Education in Healthcare Professions (CEHP) Program-Based Analysis of Accreditation Evaluation Criteria

Abstract

Introduction/Background: As a Jointly Accredited Provider of Interprofessional Continuing Education, IUSM Office of Continuing Education in Healthcare Professions (CEHP) follows accreditation Criteria to evaluate both activities and our program overall. Our CEHP Mission is: As the preeminent provider and accrediting body of comprehensive and innovative lifelong learning opportunities through educational activities for healthcare teams, it is our mission to enhance healthcare outcomes through educational activities that foster innovation and excellence in knowledge, practice, and change in strategy and/or performance of the healthcare team in the state of Indiana and beyond. Study Objective: The purpose of this study is to conduct a program-based analysis on the degree to which our CE mission has been met through conducting CME/CE activities as expected in Joint Accreditation Criteria (JAC) 2. This is specifically as it relates to changes in skills/strategy, or performance of the healthcare team, and/or patient outcomes. The sampling of CME/CE activities used for this study are the activity type of Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) occurring in academic year 2024. Methods: We conduct this study by gathering data as expected in JAC 11 at the CME/CE activity level regarding changes in the healthcare team (skills/strategy, performance) and/or patient outcomes. We then aggregate the individual activity level evaluation results from Qualtrics into one overall program level analysis being tabulated in Microsoft Excel. Results: Preliminary analysis of this data set reveals that 80.27% of CME/CE learners anticipate enhancing their skills and strategies as healthcare team members after participating in our accredited activities. Additionally, 77.94% of these learners expect to improve patient-level outcomes based on their participation in these activities. Conclusions: Based on the preliminary analysis, our organization is significantly meeting its mission. Overall, these metrics suggest that our accredited activities are successfully contributing to the mission of fostering innovation and excellence in healthcare teams, both within Indiana and beyond.