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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

Top 5 Best Practices for Performance Improvement CME
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According to the most recent Accrediting Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Data Report, “Thriving Through Growth and Innovation — 2023”, of the 247,019 total activities accredited in 2023, only 328 (0.13%) were...
Top 5 Best Practices for Performance Improvement CME

By: Sharon Nichols, BSN, RN, CPHRM; Kasha Askew, MSM; Sarah Porter, CHCP

The American Academy of Pediatrics Health Care Transition From Pediatric to Adult-focused Care for Youth With Spina Bifida Project ECHO® — Cohort 3
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In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the SBA, the AAP designed and implemented a quality improvement learning collaborative on transition in SB care. After two successful cohorts of the learning...
The American Academy of Pediatrics Health Care Transition From Pediatric to Adult-focused Care for Youth With Spina Bifida Project ECHO® — Cohort 3

By: Nkemdilim Chineme, MPH; Lisa Brock, LCSW; Kendall Arslanian, PhD; Jamie Jones, MPH; Nataliya Shtym, MPH; Dzeneta Dujkovic, MPH; and Kerri Leo, MATD, CAE, CHCP

How a Collaborative Learning Exchange Prepared Pathologists for Practice Changes in HER2 Testing and Emerging Cancer Therapies
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In 2019, an emerging therapy showing promising results in breast cancers with low levels of HER2 began to emerge, indicating significant changes would need to be made in the testing, reporting and tracking of a patient’s HER2 status.

How a Collaborative Learning Exchange Prepared Pathologists for Practice Changes in HER2 Testing and Emerging Cancer Therapies

By: Melissa Kelly, PhD; Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA; and Kellie Beumer, MBA

Healthcare Complexity and the Role of CME: A Forward-looking Conversation
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Our forward-focused conversation continues with this third installment in a series focused on Advancing Continuing Medical Education (CME*). Most recently, our article focused on team-based education and the importance of design.
Healthcare Complexity and the Role of CME: A Forward-looking Conversation

By: Sarah Nisly, PharmD, MEd, BCPS, FCCP; Caroline Pardo, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP; Cody Ortmann

An Educational, Systems-based Approach to Leading Change in the Delivery of Immuno-oncology Biomarker Testing and Care
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While the rapidly evolving field of immuno-oncology (I-O) has precipitated unprecedented advancements in cancer treatment, there are significant clinical gaps related to I-O biomarker testing and patient care.

An Educational, Systems-based Approach to Leading Change in the Delivery of Immuno-oncology Biomarker Testing and Care

By: Melissa Kelly, PhD; Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEHP, CPHQ; and Kellie Beumer

Innovation in Educational Design for Opioid REMS Education
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The opioid crisis continues to plague the U.S., impacting communities across the country.  Numerous educational initiatives have been developed and distributed to help clinicians tackle this challenge, with several programs emphasizing the...
Innovation in Educational Design for Opioid REMS Education

By: Kenny Cox, Brett Gordeau, John Kriak, Michelle Skidmore, Marlene Heeg

Knowledge Acquisition Also Results in Significant Clinical Outcomes if Grounded in Decision Science, Part 2
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We hypothesized that CE based in knowledge acquisition (the independent variable) can directly impact practice change (the dependent variable) if designed with probing motivational decision science material.

Knowledge Acquisition Also Results in Significant Clinical Outcomes if Grounded in Decision Science, Part 2

By: John Ruggiero, PhD, MPA, Antonio B. Meo, CHCP, M. Theresa Bishay, PharmD, Brigitte Azzi, PharmD, Osarumen Urhoghide, PharmD, and Gail Malnarick

Knowledge Acquisition Also Results in Significant Clinical Outcomes if Grounded in Decision Science, Part 1
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We hypothesized that CE based in knowledge acquisition (the independent variable) can directly impact practice change (the dependent variable) if designed with probing motivational decision science material.

Knowledge Acquisition Also Results in Significant Clinical Outcomes if Grounded in Decision Science, Part 1

By: John Ruggiero, PhD, MPA, Antonio B. Meo, CHCP, M. Theresa Bishay, PharmD, Brigitte Azzi, PharmD, Osarumen Urhoghide, PharmD, and Gail Malnarick

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