Continuing Medical Education

ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES In 1987 the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) adopted a monitoring procedure to strengthen the continuing medical education (CME) accreditation process. Recognizing that the ACCME Review Committee plays a pivotal role in the accreditation process by evaluating applicants and by recommending accreditation actions to the Council, the ACCME decided to monitor the work of the Review Committee more closely as a method of quality assurance. The procedure directs that two ACCME representatives attend each meeting of the Review Committee as observers and prepare formal reports to the ACCME on how effectively the Review Committee conducts the reverse-site interviews, evaluates the applicants, and develops the accreditation recommendations. Accreditation of CME is a collaborative effort of ACCME on the national level and state medical societies on the state level. It is assumed that sponsors accredited by state medical societies design their activities for physicians within the state or