Director of Continuing Medical Education - College of Osteopathic Medicine

Director of Continuing Medical Education - College of Osteopathic Medicine

Overview The Director of Continuing Medical Education provides oversight for the development, direction, and coordination of all continuing medical education activities of the Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine (BUCOM). The Director’s role is to assess and improve physician practice, core team communication, and patient outcomes. This role solicits input from other staff, healthcare professionals, and committees to identify educational needs and develop activities.

Specific Responsibilities Include

• Collaborates with BMHCC hospital CME personnel regarding accreditation policies and procedures and the ongoing status of the CME program. Informs administration of new requirements related to maintenance of licensure, board maintenance of certification, and CME.
• Provides leadership in all phases of the development of continuing medical education and actively communicates with various committees to recommend related policies.
• Secures financial and administrative support required to conduct all live CME activities (e.g., physical facilities, AV equipment, personnel).
• Maintains compliance for activities that are jointly provided.
• Ensures timely submission of the Annual Report to the ACCME, outlining the size and scope of the organization’s CME program utilizing ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
• Confirms compliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support
  
  SM, developing CME activities independent of commercial interests, maintaining separation of promotion from education, and promoting improvements in health care versus proprietary interests.
• Works with the CME Committee and quality improvement to identify professional practice gaps and educational needs of learners, ensuring gaps and needs assessment data are recorded and documented using ACGME core competencies.

Location:

Memphis, TN.