CRICO CME Educators Timeline and Checklist

SIX WEEKS BEFORE YOU BEGIN THESE ACTIVITIES

❏ Submit an activity proposal to the CRICO CME Office for review and approval

• In considering requests to sponsor continuing medical education activities, the following guidelines have been developed.
  1. Active participation of a CRICO Patient Safety department staff member in the planning and/or teaching process.
  2. Explicit identification of practice gap(s) of CRICO-insured physicians supported by CRICO malpractice data.
  3. Clear alignment with CRICO’s overall mission and consistent with the malpractice target areas.
• A guide to the CME activity application is available here.

FOUR WEEKS BEFORE YOU BEGIN THESE ACTIVITIES

❏ Notify the CRICO Education Administrators with names and contact information for any new faculty and course planners   

• CRICO/RMF must insure independence, objectivity, balance and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All faculty, course directors, and planners participating in any CRICO/RMF program must disclose any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of an activity. All faculty and planner disclosure information must be available for approval with the course proposal.
• All faculty changes must be approved by the Office of CME prior to the activity. CRICO/RMF cannot sponsor any activity that does not have complete information.
• CRICO/RMF will not consider sponsorship of activities when there is not enough time to review all disclosure information.

In LMS update the following as needed:

❏ Course presentations and relevant course materials

❏ Promotional and marketing materials for each session

❏ Changes to agenda with times, location and title of activity

FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH

❏ Email the CRICO Education Administrators with dates of new activities for the month. Please include the date, time, location and agenda (if changed)

• All additional activity dates must be sent prior to the activity to be eligible for CME sponsorship. CME credit cannot be provided retroactively.

DURING EACH ACTIVITY

❏ Share Resolution of Conflict of Interest Form (ROI) either in paper form or on a slide prior to the start of the activity. This notice will be provided by the Office of CME.

❏ Provide a sign-in mechanism for participants with credentials listed (written sign in or electronic)

THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE ACTIVITY

Enter into the CRICO LMS

❏ Complete attendance for each activity (physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, nurses, technicians, faculty and others who participated in the activity)

❏ A summary of activity evaluations 

❏ Actual budget with final expenses (if applicable)

❏ Copies of all handouts and course materials