ACCME Changes Accreditation Criteria

On September 5, the Accreditation Council for CME, Chicago, released an update to its criteria for accreditation that reflects the shift toward maintenance of certification, which requires physicians to undertake lifelong learning based on self-assessment. It asks CME providers to assess their own programs, and to improve them accordingly to achieve improved patient safety and practice improvement for their learner participants. The three levels they will be expected to move through will be