Continuing Medical Education

    Overview

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    St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis is committed to provide the highest-quality learning opportunities for our physicians. Our overall goal is to develop and implement creative, ethical, evidence-based education opportunities that are designed to increase physician competence, enhance practice performance, promote patient safety, and, where applicable, improve patient outcomes in the populations served by the healthcare providers we educate.

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    St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Association to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ to physicians. St. Vincent Hospital provides significant and educational enlightenment to our physicians and residents.

    St. Vincent Hospital's Continuing Medical Education (CME) program offers accredited courses, live seminars, ongoing faculty development series and departmental regularly scheduled series (grand rounds, tumor boards, etc.) based on the identified need and physician gaps in practice. The CME Office is dedicated to improving the skills and knowledge of physicians, and other healthcare professionals in order to assist them in continuing to provide superior medical care to their patients.

    For more information about our CME program or how to register for a program, please contact Jane Mikosz, CME Program at 317-338-3460 or by email at jlmikosz@ascension.org.

    Our Mission

    The Continuing Medical Education Program at St. Vincent Hospital mission is to:

    • Enhance the delivery of quality patient care by providing CME on the latest developments in medical knowledge and technology.
    • Develop CME activities that address opportunities for improvements in patient care and physician performance and competence.

    Target Audience

    • The primary target audience for the St. Vincent Hospital program of continuing medical education is the medical staff of St. Vincent Hospital.
    • Continuing Medical Education courses and conferences for physicians in Indiana in the specialties of primary care and selected medical subspecialties.

    Types of Activities Provided

    • Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) CME activities provided through clinical departments and sections to meet the identified needs of the respective physicians and consist primarily of lectures, care presentations and small group discussions.
    • Courses and conference to address the education needs and interest of primary care and physician specialist in Indiana and consist primarily of lectures, case presentations and small group discussions.

    Expected Results

    • Enhancement of the quality of patient care.
    • Physician informed of state of the art medical knowledge and technology.

    application

    CME is designed to be education and unbiased learning for physicians. Make sure your application reflects the ACCME criteria for learning.

    Attached, please find the information you will need to apply for your CME activity. The following is a list of directions to help assist you in completing your application:

    Complete & email back to jlmikosz@ascension.org

    1. Application  Note: The Course Director must be a physician.
    2. Disclosure Form. For completion by all on the planning committee.

    Your speakers will also need the following:

      1. CME Office will review the disclosure and determine the necessary steps to ensure there is no conflict.
      2. Your speaker/presenter must provide the slide set by the agreed upon date prior to the activity for review.
      3. Please note that a false disclosure or failure to resolve Conflicts of Interest will result in replacement of speaker, removal of speaker, or denial of CME credit.

    Additional Information:

    If a conference has no speaker (ex: Case Review Activity), then all physicians active in the activity must have a disclosure on file with the CME office.

    If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Jane Mikosz at 317-338-3460.

    CME Forms

    More CME Information

    Obtaining Your Transcript & Record Keeping

    • To obtain a copy of your St. Vincent Hospital CME transcript contact Jane Mikosz at 317-338-3460 or via email at jlmikosz@ascension.org
    • We retain records for six years. Your transcript will reflect your attendance at St. Vincent Hospital sponsored CME activities.

    CME Defined

    The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education defines CME as:

    Continuing Medical Education consists of education activities that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession. The content of CME is that of 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.

    A broad definition of CME, such as the one found above, recognizes that all continuing educational activities that assist physicians in carrying out their professional responsibilities more effectively and efficiently are CME. A course in management would be appropriate CME for physicians responsible for managing a health care facility; a course in practice management would be appropriate CME for physician practitioners interested in providing better service to patients.

    Not all continuing educational activites that physicians may engage in are CME. Physicians may participate in worthwhile continuing education activities that are not related directly to their professional work, and these activities are not CME. Continuing education activities that respond to a physician's non-professional educational need or interest, such as personal financial planning, appreciate of literature or music or parent effectiveness are not CME.

    Questions – Contact the CME office at 317-338-3460.

    Joint Providerships

    St. Vincent Hospital and the Indiana State Medical Association define joint providership as the providership of a CME activity by one accredited and one nonaccredited organization. Accredited providers that plan and present one or more activities win nonaccreddited providers are engaging in "joint providership." The partnership does not intend to imply that a joint providership relationship is an actual legal partnership.

    The accredited provider must take responsibility for a CME activity when it is presented in cooperation with a nonaccredited organization and ensure compliance of the activity.

    Informing Learners

    The accredited provider must inform the learner of the joint providership relationship through the use of the appropriate accreditation statement, disclosure statement, and designation statement. All printed materials for joint provider activities must carry the appropriate accreditation statement and logo of St. Vincent Hospital.

    Fees

    St. Vincent Hospital does charge a fee for this type of arrangement.

    Compliance & Noncompliance issues

    St. Vincent Hospital expects all CME activities to be in compliance with the ISMA/ACCME accreditation requirements. In cases of joint providership, it is the accredited provider's responsibility to be able to demonstrate through written documentation this compliance to the ISMA.

    Note that if a joint provider activity is found to be in Noncompliance with ISMA/ACCME's content validation policies or policies for disclosure and commercial support, the accredited provider in the relationship may be asked to provide one or more monitoring progress reports related to the issue. Similarly, special requirements exist for accredited providers that jointly provider activities with nonaccredited organizations that have a history of joint provider activities that do not comply with ISMA/ACCME's content validation policies or policies for disclosure and commercial support. We will not consider a partnership if noncompliance issues have been uncovered from past activities.

    • All speaker/presenters will be reviewed through the Conflict of Interest policy.
    • All CME activities must be planned independently and free from the control of a commercial interest.
    • All presentations must be given a balanced view of therapeutic options.
    • All presentations must be vetted and appropriate by the CME Office prior to the activity and by the established due date or the CME credit will not be given.
    • The disclosure slide must match the disclosure on file with the CME Office.
    • The CME Office allows for an introduction slide to contain a non-commercial, institutional logo, but does not allow for institutional logos on subsequent slides.
    • No slide set can be changed after the vetting process.

    Title Course Director CME Support Staff Phone Schedule Location
    Neuro Onc/Brain Malignancy Conference Carl Sartorius, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 7:00am - 8:00am 2nd & 4th Tuesday Spine Conference Room on 2
    Breast Conference Erica Giblin, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 Thursdays weekly, 7-8 basement Basement, Radiology Conference Room
    GU/Genitourinary Conference Niraj Gupta, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 7am - 8am 1st Wednesday, monthly Basement, Radiology Conference Room
    GI / Liver Conference Niraj Gupta, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 7am-8am 3rd Wednesday, monthly Basement, Radiology Conference Room
    GYN Pathology Conference Ryan McCarthy, MD / Michael Callahan, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 8am-9am Wednesdays,weekly 1 North/Lab
    GYN Radiation Oncology Michael Callahan, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 338-3067 7am-8am weekly (Mondays)/Harcourt Conference Room/Harcourt Building
    Head and Neck Tumor Board Edward Krowiak, MD Kelly Gartenhaus/Carolyn Harshbarger 415-6688 1pm-4pm (variable length) Weekly (Wednesdays) Conference Room/Centa 12188 A Meridian #375
    Thoracic Malignancy Conference Anthony Ascioti, MD Kelly Gartenhaus 415-6688 7am-8am 1st/3rd Tuesdays Basement, Radiology Conference Room
    Rad Onc Conference Robert Liebross, MD Robert Liebross, MD 415-6688 Fridays 7-8 am Harcourt Conference Room/Harcourt Building
    St. Vincent Anderson Tumor Board Sandra Crowley Sandra Crowley 765-683-3220 Fridays, monthly, last of the month, 7-8 am Anderson Hospital
    St. Vincent Mercy Tumor Board Ubaidulla Sharief, MD Kim Jones 765-652-4685 Fridays, monthly, last of the month, 7-8 am Elwood Hospital
    Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery & Cardiology Conference Nikki Tucker, MD/Anil Kumar, MD Julia O'Hara 338-1760 Thursdays PMCH 4th Floor 7-8 am PM 4th Floor Conference Room
    Pediatric M&M Beth Dodson, MD Beth Dodson, MD 3 times a year, 4th Floor, PMCH, 12-1 pm PM 4th Floor Conference Room
    Pediatric Tumor Board Douglas Cipkala, MD Shanna Smith 338-4673 1st or 3rd Wednesdays, 12-1 pm, 3x per month PM 4th Floor Conference Room
    Pediatric Grand Rounds Ariel Stilwell, MD Janet Hedlund 338-7650 2nd Wed of the month, 12-1 pm William K Nasser MD, Education and Simulation Center
    Cardiovascular M&M Robert Robison, MD Angie Dufek 583-7706 Monthly 103rd in Corvas Conference Room
    Cardiology M&M Conference Don Stogsdill, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Thursdays, Every other month 103rd in Admin Conference Room
    CCEP Eric Prystowsky, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Wednesdays, Weekly 4th floor Conference Room
    Echocardiography Conference Julie Fetters, MD/Kyle Harry, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 1st Thurs monthly Fellows lounge 1st Floor
    General Cardiology Eric Prystowsky, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Mondays, Weekly 4th floor Conference Room
    Interventional James Hermiller, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Weekly, 7 am 103rd in Conference Room
    Advanced Heart Failure Ashwin Ravichandran, MD,Mary Walsh, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Weekly 3rd Floor-Naab
    Cardiology/Med/Surg James Hermiller, MD, Kyle Harry, MD Diana Carey 338-6042 Every other month 103rd in Admin Conference Room
    OrthoIndy Fracture Conference Tim Weber, MD Kathy Flint 317-917-4183 Thursdays Weekly Ortho Conference Room
    Surgery Didactics Jonathan Saxe, MD Lisa Stuart 338-6811 Weekly, Trauma 1, Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 am Trauma Conference Room on 2
    Surgery M&M Jonathan Saxe, MD Lisa Stuart 338-6811 Weekly, Trauma 1, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 am Trauma Conference Room on 2
    Multi-Disciplinary Trauma Case Conference Lewis Jacobson, MD Kristin Wagner 338-3716 Weekly, Tuesdays 12 pm, Neuro Trauma 1 Trauma Conference Room on 2
    Neonatology Grand Rounds Janice DeSanto, MD/Rachel Kearby, MD Kathleen Oberhart 415-7855 Monthly, 12 pm Women's Conference Room A
    Neonatology Journal Club Marcus Tauscher, MD Kathleen Oberhart 415-7855 Every other month, 12 pm Women's Conference Room A
    Perinatal Case Review Kevin Stutey, MD Marissa Swanson 415-7921 Monthly-4th Wed Women's Conference Room A
    MFM UltraSound Series Dawn Zimmer, MD Karen Knop 415-7669 4x a year Women's Conference Room A
    DMEK - Price Vision Group Francis Price, MD Ann Delenhanty 814-2823 Up to 5 times a year 98th & Meridian
    Spine Club - Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine Eric Potts, MD Mandy Thomas 396-1371 Wednesdays 6:30 at Goodman, 3 times a month Spine Conference Room on 2
    Faculty Development Workshop Lannie Cation, MD Lannie Cation, MD 338-2260 Monthly, 2nd Monday of the month POB 1&2
    Sim Debriefing Essentials Katherine Kelley, MD Jayne Stone 338-9975 up to 12 times a year William K Nasser MD, Education and Simulation Center
    PMCH Crisis Management Essentials Emily Large, MD Jayne Stone 338-9975 up to 12 times a year William K Nasser MD, Education and Simulation Center

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