Mission Statement

Vision
The vision of the Elsevier Office of Continuing Medical Education (EOCME) is to develop and implement educational activities that enable healthcare providers to remain current and to effectively respond to advances in medical care, education, and research.

Goals
The goals of the EOCME are to:

• Develop educational activities that will help form, maintain, and increase the knowledge, skills, and competence of physicians
• Design cutting edge educational programs that excite and engage physician participants
• Provide appropriate educational activities and opportunities on a local, regional, national, and international scale
• Respond to the clinical and practice management needs of the physician expressed through new technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
• Create innovative methods for Outcome Evaluations and Assessment to further measure changes in physician behavior and practice
• Meet or exceed the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the guidelines of the American Medical Association’s Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA/PRA)

Content
The content of activities sponsored by the EOCME include specialty and subspecialty topics in the field of medicine as determined through continual Needs Assessment. The scope of activities involves the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, and the provision of health care to the public. All activity content is evaluated for objectivity, fair-balance, independence, absence of commercial bias, and scientific rigor. Elsevier’s extensive editorial resources uniquely enable it to assemble expert faculty throughout the nation and the world.

Target Audience
Specific audiences recruited for each activity are determined by the topics and learning objectives for each activity. Physicians and other health care professionals related to the topics of the activity are determined by the Needs Assessment process, physician-subscribers to journals and other enduring materials.

Types of Activities Provided
The EOCME sponsors live activities; journals, and enduring materials including print, video, audio, Internet, multimedia, and other innovative formats of distance CME. This includes activities on a regional, national, and international level.

Expected Results of the Program
As a result of these educational activities, the EOCME fosters the continuing professional development of health care providers. The offerings are intended to enhance physician and other health care professionals’ training and influence their behavior for the purpose of improving health outcomes. The Elsevier Office of CME is committed to assessing the impact of the CME Program through qualitative and quantitative methods.