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Sharing collaborative designs of tobacco cessation performance improvement CME projects
Elizabeth A Mullikin1, Mary W Ales, Jane Cho
1Office of Continuing Professional Development, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA. eamullikin@ocpd.wisc.edu
The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
|December 23, 2011
Summary
Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) activities for tobacco cessation show improved practitioner performance and quit rates. Case examples offer models for developing future PI CME initiatives.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Public Health
- Quality Improvement
Background:
- Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) integrates education with healthcare quality improvement.
- Developing PI CME activities is challenging due to limited existing models.
- This article presents case examples of tobacco cessation PI CME interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide diverse case examples of PI CME educational design and outcomes.
- To enable CME providers to develop more tobacco cessation PI CME activities.
- To share practical models for implementing PI CME.
Main Methods:
- A case report methodology was employed.
- Four tobacco cessation PI CME activities were developed by initiative partners.
- A common planning framework and clinical performance measures were utilized, with variations in operational and educational design.
Main Results:
- Three completed projects demonstrated enhanced practitioner performance and increased smoking cessation rates.
- One project is ongoing.
- Variations in design influenced compliance with performance measures.
Conclusions:
- Collaboration is crucial for successful PI CME.
- Operational and educational designs impact adherence to performance measures.
- Identified barriers, successes, and lessons learned inform future PI CME practices.
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