Accreditation Criteria  

Applicants seeking to achieve Accreditation, must comply with all Core Accreditation Criteria. 

Core Accreditation Criteria


CME Mission and Program Improvement

  • Mission:The provider's CME mission statement outlines anticipated outcomes in terms of improvements in competence, performance, or patient outcomes resulting from the program.

  • Program Evaluation: The provider collects and analyzes data to assess the extent to which CME activities and educational interventions align with the provider's mission.

  • Enhancing Program Effectiveness: The provider identifies, plans, and executes necessary changes across various program components (e.g., planners, instructors, infrastructure, methodologies, resources, facilities, interventions) to better align with the CME mission and improve overall program efficacy.


Educational Planning and Evaluation

  • Addressing Educational Needs: The provider integrates educational needs—pertaining to knowledge, competence, or performance—that reflect the professional practice gaps of their own learners into CME activities.

  • Geared for Transformation: The provider develops activities and educational interventions specifically crafted to effect changes in competence, performance, or patient outcomes, consistent with its mission statement.

  • Suitable Formats Selection: The provider selects educational formats for activities and interventions that are suitable for the setting, objectives, and intended outcomes of the activity.

  • Assesses Transformation: The provider evaluates changes in learners' competence, performance, or patient outcomes resulting from the activities and educational interventions of the overall program.

Educational Planning and Evaluation

Enhances Communication Proficiency: The provider structures CME activities to maximize the communication skills development of participants.
Enhances Technical and Procedural Proficiency: The provider tailors CME activities to optimize the technical and procedural skills development of learners.
Develops Personalized Learning Strategies: The provider formulates customized learning plans tailored to individual learners' needs and objectives.
Employing Supportive Approaches: The provider utilizes supplementary strategies to bolster change alongside its CME initiatives.