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Designing for What Matters: How Long-Term Patient Advocacy Partnerships Power Patient-Centered Continuing Education
education

As healthcare education strives to become more patient-centered, few approaches are as enduring or informative as long-term collaboration between medical education providers and patient advocacy organizations.

Designing for What Matters: How Long-Term Patient Advocacy Partnerships Power Patient-Centered Continuing Education

By: Carole Drexel, PhD; Maria Arnone, MS; Nicolette Theriault, MPH; Nancy Paynter, MBA

Confidence-Based Assessment (CBA): Lessons From the Analysis of 10,000,000 Question Responses
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At the Alliance Annual Conference in January 2025, Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEHP, led a session that introduced the critical need for a new perspective on assessment in continuing professional development (CPD) and continuing education (CE).

Confidence-Based Assessment (CBA): Lessons From the Analysis of 10,000,000 Question Responses

By: Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEHP

Building Knowledge and Skills in Biomarker Testing and Assessment of Pathological Response to Improve Care for Patients With NSCLC and Melanoma
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Although developments in cancer immunotherapy (immuno-oncology or I-O) continue to improve targeted treatments for patients with cancers such as melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is an ongoing need for education that improves...
Building Knowledge and Skills in Biomarker Testing and Assessment of Pathological Response to Improve Care for Patients With NSCLC and Melanoma

By: Melissa Kelly, PhD; Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA, FACHE, CPHQ, FACEHP; and Meredith Engel, MA

Lessons From the Alligator Pit: A Multi-year, Cross-industry Effort to Improve the Quality of CPD
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This article examines the outcomes of our experiment, offering valuable insights for both grant applicants and industry supporters. By sharing our successes, challenges and lessons learned, we hope to contribute to the ongoing improvement of...
Lessons From the Alligator Pit: A Multi-year, Cross-industry Effort to Improve the Quality of CPD

By: Sharon E. Cathcart, CHCP; Pam Beaton, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP; Dustin Ensign, CHCP, FACEHP; Andrew Crim, M.Ed., CHCP, FACEHP; and Ann Lichti, CHCP, FACEHP

#Alliance25 Preview: Amplifying Learner Voices in Outcomes
outcomes
Capturing great quotes from learners can be a challenge even for the most experienced CME/CE professional. If you find yourself struggling to ask good open-ended questions, you won’t want to miss “‘If You Build It, They Will...
#Alliance25 Preview: Amplifying Learner Voices in Outcomes

By: Jasleen K. Chahal, PhD; Margaret Das, PhD; Patrick Harty, PhD; Sean Conlan; and Ted Bruno, MD

Beyond Knowledge and Performance: How Reflective Questions Regarding Attitudes and Perceptions Can Up Your Outcomes Storytelling
outcomes

Outcomes in CE have traditionally relied on pre- and post-education assessment of knowledge, competence and/or performance.

Beyond Knowledge and Performance: How Reflective Questions Regarding Attitudes and Perceptions Can Up Your Outcomes Storytelling

By: Katie Robinson, Ph.D., CHCP

#Alliance24 Preview: Think ‘Thank’: How to Dive Beneath the Outcomes Surface to Ascertain Relevant Insights for Master Storytelling
outcomes

Over the past decade, our CE/CPD community has made significant progress in the science and delivery of outcomes. This work has contributed to the impact of various disease-state medical affairs goals across industry.

#Alliance24 Preview: Think ‘Thank’: How to Dive Beneath the Outcomes Surface to Ascertain Relevant Insights for Master Storytelling

By: Greselda Butler, CHCP, FACEHP; Sue L. McGuinness, Ph.D., CHCP; John Ruggiero, Ph.D., MPA, BCS; and LB Wong, RN, MSN, MBA

Outcomes Measurement in CME: Current Trends, Challenges and Future Considerations
outcomes
In part four of our ongoing series “Advancing Continuing Medical Education: Reflecting on the Past and Charting a Path Forward,” we shift focus to outcomes measurement as an integrated part of the educational design, identifying the...
Outcomes Measurement in CME: Current Trends, Challenges and Future Considerations

By: Emily Belcher and Wendy Cerenzia, MS

Quantifying the Impact of CE on Influenza Testing and Treatment via EMR Query
education
Due to nonspecific symptoms and overlapping seasonality, primary and urgent care providers are particularly challenged to differentiate influenza (flu) infection from COVID-19. Because antiviral therapies must be administered within the first few...
Quantifying the Impact of CE on Influenza Testing and Treatment via EMR Query

By: Katie Robinson, PhD, CHCP; and Jessica Higginbotham, PharmD, BCGP, BCCP

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By: Carole Drexel, PhD; Maria Arnone, MS; Nicolette Theriault, MPH; Nancy Paynter, MBA

Crafting Quality Continuing Education CE Activities With Blueprint-based Application
education
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education
Connecting Neuroscience and Medical Education

By: Sanjay Gawade, PhD; and Huw Williams, PhD

Prompting With Purpose
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Prompting With Purpose

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