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Winthrop's CME Mission
Winthrop's CME mission is to assist physicians in maintaining a contemporary base of scientific knowledge appropriate to their professional activities. Winthrop serves as a resource to attending staff and others in the medical profession, supported by WUH faculty and other experts in their respective fields, providing them with opportunities to stay abreast of valid developments in medicine and science which bear on their ability to render sound and compassionate care to their patients by effectively improving their practice.
Winthrop strives to be a comprehensive regional health care center that achieves excellence in patient care, medical education and research. The institution can only achieve this end if its medical staff maintains the highest levels of competency and has opportunities to participate in scholarly pursuits based on transparent, valid content - one of which is continuing medical education.
Because we have attracted nationally recognized faculty for our tertiary care clinical programs, we have the opportunity to provide educational outreach to a broader audience.
Our purpose is to assist members of the medical profession in addressing identified gaps in knowledge, competence and/or attitudes. The content of the CME activities spans primary and specialty care issues in all medical and surgical fields, as well as the full spectrum of ethical, social and psychological concerns that impact on health and well-being, presented transparent of commercial interests. Our target audience is comprised of primary and specialty physicians from across the United States, as well as our own geographic region. Our CME programs include a spectrum of activities designed with specific learning objectives and diverse learning styles in mind. These activities include lectures, clinical case conferences, clinical pathological conferences, hands-on workshops, and self-directed study.
Some programs meet their objectives through live presentations, others through print media, and others through computer-assisted instruction. Targeted outcomes of these initiatives are the increased quality of clinician performance and improved patient safety and health.
Accreditation
Winthrop-University Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Faculty Disclosure
Winthrop-University Hospital relies upon faculty participants in its CME programs to provide educational information that is objective and as free of bias as possible. In this spirit, and in accordance with the guidelines of the program sponsor, faculty participants are expected to indicate any commercial relationship that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest.
CME Credits
Credit for CME programs at Winthrop is based on the full completion of evaluation forms provided at each program. Letters of credit are issued twice yearly by the Office of Academic affairs, and mailed to participants at the end of January, and the end of July. If you are not on staff at Winthrop, please be sure to include your complete address on the evaluation form.
Special Accommodation
Winthrop-University Hospital fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any CME participant is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to call and/or submit your request in writing to the sponsoring department, or to the Office of Academic Affairs at (516) 663-2521.
Course Offerings
Winthrop has designated these continuing medical education activities as approved for credit in Category 1 towards the AMA PRA. Unless otherwise noted, CME credits are awarded hour-for-hour for conferences in this series. Each physician should claim only those hours and credit he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
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