Practice Gap Information/Needs Assessment

The CE planning process begins with identifying what the problem is in the quality of patient care of professional development that this educational activity is attempting to address.  Identify the current practice (what is), the best practice (what it should be) and the resulting gap (practice-based problem to be addressed by this activity). 

Certified continuing education must come from a need and be designed to  improve skills/strategies, performance and or patient outcomes.  We will ask for you to describe how you know you need this activity.  Sources could include, but are not limited to:

• Requests from stakeholders or the target audience
• Advice from authorities in the field or relevant medical societies such as changes in evidence-based practice, updated disease or treatment guidelines, and/or regulatory changes
• Quality data/Dashboard metrics/HCAHPS reports/Other key performance metrics
• County health statistics
• Discussion in departmental meetings
• Data from peer-reviewed journals, government sources, consensus reports
• Legislative, regulatory or organizational changes that affect patient care
• Joint Commission/Patient Safety Goals/Competencies

Resources:

Gap Analysis Worksheet

Gap Analysis Worksheet - Example