The AMA again earned the highest accreditation designation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in recognition of its CME program for the commendable way it promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
About 21 percent of the roughly 1,950 continuing medical education (CME) providers accredited by the ACCME have achieved the Accreditation with Commendation designation, which carries six years of accreditation. The AMA achieved this honor six years ago and worked hard to implement the ACCME’s updated accreditation criteria to ensure its CME program would earn the designation again.
The ACCME rigorously evaluates institutions’ CME programs according to stringent accreditation standards. To receive the highest designation, the AMA demonstrated how its engagement with the larger healthcare environment, including its work on quality initiatives and collaborations with national stakeholders such as the National Institutes of Health to improve health outcomes and the practice of medicine, fulfilled the ACCME’s commendation criteria..
Above all, the designation means the CME activities the AMA provides meet the ACCME’s highest standards and assures physicians that the AMA provides relevant, advanced content to meet their learning needs.
Physicians can earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ through participation in a variety of learning formats, including live activities held in conjunction with the Annual and Interim meetings of the House of Delegates, journal-based CME activities provided by the JAMA Network, and a host of enduring materials available on the AMA’s CME Web page.
