About

Mission Statement

Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals and their respective medical staffs believe that continuing medical education is fundamental to quality patient care. The accredited CME program works to effectively offer educational programs that assist the healthcare team in maintaining excellence in professional competence, performance, and patient outcomes. 

Purpose

The purpose of the Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals' accredited CME Program is to support Edward and Elmhurst hospitals' commitment to improving health and patient care through quality, evidence-based educational activities. This goal is accomplished by producing high-quality education for healthcare professionals that increases competence, performance, and patient outcomes.  The accredited CME program is uniquely qualified to support and influence Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals' goals by developing programs based on the principles outlined by the Illinois State Medical Society and ensuring continuing compliance with state recommendations. This is achieved in the following manner:

- The Program & Education Committee, an interdisciplinary group from Edward Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, and Linden Oaks Hospital, includes representatives from the medical staff, administrative staff, nursing, and other health professions, oversees the approval of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for the accredited CME program.

- Educational needs are identified by reviewing data from medical staff meetings, trends in national and local healthcare, literature reviews, input from the risk and quality improvement departments, new technology and/or programs, and other system initiatives.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals' accredited CME Program mission supports the system’s overall goal of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Action (IDEA).  In doing so, the Accredited CME program engages in ongoing, systematic, and focused efforts to attract and retain diverse committee members, speakers, and participants. This diversity is reflected in age, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation/gender identity, career roles, and life experiences. The accredited CME Program and the Program & Education Committee believe that participants of CME activities learn best in a diverse environment characterized by and in support of inclusion, diversity, equity, and action. The Program and Education Committee believes such an environment helps providers understand the healthcare needs of diverse, underserved, and multidimensional communities to provide the best possible care. The accredited CME program's mission statement supports inclusion, diversity, equity, and action through the following ways:

(1) Recognizing healthcare disparities and developing accredited CME activities to help support solutions to those burdens.
(2) Realizing the importance of meeting the healthcare needs of underserved populations and developing the accredited CME activities needed to help providers deliver effective, equitable care in multidimensional, diverse society.
(3) Identifying the educational needs of providers on topics of inclusion, diversity, equity, and action in healthcare, and supporting the system's initiatives in its educational goals of IDEA.

Target Audience

Learning activities are planned and implemented for the healthcare team at the system-wide, department, and subspecialty levels and are accessible to all healthcare professionals.

Types of Activities

Expert presenters are chosen, and programs are designed to fulfill the identified educational gaps and need using a variety of formats, including small group discussions, panel discussions, case presentations, didactic lectures, online/enduring material, regularly scheduled series, and other formats as considered appropriate.

Content

We work in collaboration with various departments and specialties to plan educational activities that focus on the six core competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the five core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the AMA PRA skills/procedures competencies, and four core competencies of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative:

ACGME/ABMS Physician Attributes
Patient care and procedural skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based learning and improvement
Professionalism
Systems-based Practice
Interpersonal and communication skills

Institute of Medicine
Provide patient-centered care
Work in interdisciplinary teams
Employ evidence-based practice
Apply quality improvement
Utilize informatics

Interprofessional Education Collaborative
Values/ethics for Interprofessional Practice
Roles/responsibilities
Interprofessional communication
Teams and teamwork

AMA PRA Skills and Procedures
Verification of attendance
Verification of satisfactory completion and course objectives
Verification of proctor readiness
Verification of physician competence to perform the procedure

The content of Accredited CME activities includes clinical and non-clinical concerns, such as socioeconomic, cultural, public health, technology, ethical/legal, and professional development.

Expected Results

Educational activities sponsored by Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals' accredited CME Program are planned and implemented using needs assessment data and identified education gaps to determine the content and education method appropriate for the target audience and subject matter. Participants in accredited CME activities sponsored through our accredited CME program are expected to integrate what they learn into practice to improve competence and performance in patient care, patient safety, and professional practice. The Program and Education Committee monitors the impact of the program regularly. Competency measurements include participant post-activity evaluations, chart reviews, and follow-up surveys. In addition, participants are asked how they plan to apply knowledge to reflect evidence-based practice and quality improvement. The Program and Education Committee identifies, reviews, and measures activities as needed.

Core Values