Educational Planning

CME activities sponsored by the UC San Diego School of Medicine are meant to foster the continuing professional development of physicians and other health care professionals. CME activities must address educational needs defined by at least one professional practice gap (the difference between current practice and optimal practice) with the intent of changing physician competence, performance and/or patient outcomes (as opposed to merely increasing knowledge).

Effective design of a CME activity requires understanding of the professional practice gaps which need to be addressed, specific measurable learning objectives to bridge the gaps and meaningful evaluation to demonstrate the resulting practice improvements.

Please use UC San Diego CME’s comprehensive CME Planning Document as a step-by-step guide to perform the gap analysis/needs assessment and subsequent layers of program planning.

UCSD CME Educational Planning Tool