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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

Proceed With Caution: ChatGPT, Content Integrity and the Power of Magical Thinking in Outcomes Evaluation
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A recent claim about natural language processing (NLP) techniques caught my attention. An Almanac ChatGPT-generated article suggested that “ChatGPT can make sense of vast amounts of qualitative data received from interviews and open-ended...
Proceed With Caution: ChatGPT, Content Integrity and the Power of Magical Thinking in Outcomes Evaluation

By: Alexandra Howson, PhD, CHCP

Data as Signals: A Call to Find Meaning in Metrics of All Sizes
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We outline uses for data, big and small, while also calling all CPD/CME members to rethink the use of data to drive decisions and change for patients.

Data as Signals: A Call to Find Meaning in Metrics of All Sizes

By: Sarah A. Nisly, PharmD, MEd, BCPS, FCCP; and Caroline O. Pardo, PhD, CHCP, FACEhp

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Top 5 Best Practices for Performance Improvement CME
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Lessons From the Alligator Pit: A Multi-year, Cross-industry Effort to Improve the Quality of CPD
outcomes
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

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