Is there a fundamental difference between the new and the old planning forms?
Yes, there has been a philosophical shift. Now the goal for CME is improving practice. Acquiring knowledge for knowledge’s sake or validation of current practice used to be sufficient, but no longer. CME is now all about improvement. That is why the new CME planning forms start by asking you to identify what needs to be improved. That points the direction for how you’re going to design the educational activity to accomplish the desired result. Evaluation has also undergone a big change. Now evaluation involves determining if the desired educational result was accomplished. That’s all new to CME. That’s why UUCME created these new planning forms.
