{"id":1768,"date":"2013-07-12T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.policymed.com\/aafp-updates-cme-faculty-resource-center\/"},"modified":"2018-05-06T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T09:35:24","slug":"aafp-updates-cme-faculty-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2013\/07\/aafp-updates-cme-faculty-resource-center.html","title":{"rendered":"AAFP Updates CME Faculty Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Division of Continuing Medical Education (DCME) recently announced that it is “moving to optimize its CME faculty selection process, in part by offering easier access to online tools<\/a> for faculty,” according an announcement<\/a> from DCME Medical Director Ann Karty, M.D. During the past few months, Karty explained, the Academy has :
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  1. Made renovations to the CME faculty section of the AAFP website;
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  2. Updated resources, including a new CME Faculty Resource Center<\/a>; and
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  3. Disseminated e-mail blasts, mailers and satisfaction surveys — all designed to enrich the overall faculty portfolio.
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    “AAFP CME faculty members share their passion to teach and learn with their family medicine colleagues,” Karty said. “The recent updates to the recruiting and selection process components are designed to streamline the overall faculty selection process.”<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Academy’s online CME Faculty Resource Center<\/a> now offers several different content development tools, including a webcast<\/a> hosted by Karty on designing an effective case presentation or case studies. The site also includes links to guidelines for writing tests<\/a> and learning objectives<\/a>, as well as a resource<\/a> on incorporating performance measures into CME activities. Below is a description and summary of some of these new resources in more detail. Finally, AAFP has also added links to a number of AAFP-recommended, evidence-based CME resources — both free and subscription-based — round out the complement of tools.<\/p>\n

    In addition to these resources, the Academy also provides a link(www.nfeinitiative.org)<\/span><\/a> to online training that outlines the differences between certified CME and promotional activities through the National Faculty Education Initiative. AAFP CME faculty are required to complete this training.<\/p>\n

    The Academy offers opportunities for authors, editors and content development faculty to serve as live, audio, video or enduring presentation faculty members.<\/p>\n

    Guidelines for Writing Learning Objectives
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    AAFP states that the goal of a performance-based learning objective is to describe the behavior in measurable terms that you, a faculty member, would expect to observe of the learner upon completion of this learning activity. Then, the resource provides several Do’s and Don’ts. For example:
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