Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience with the story of her personal journey through the healthcare system—and her determination to use technology to transform the delivery of healthcare in the U.S.
Pam Beaton, BS, CCMEP, American College of Chest Physicians (left); with SarahAnn S. Whitbeck, Intermountain Healthcare
Murray Kopelow, MD, who is preparing to retire this summer from his 20-year stint as chief executive and CEO of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, received a lifetime achievement award—and two standing ovations—for his contributions to the CME enterprise.
(Left to right) Karen Overstreet, EdD, RPh, FACEHP, CHCP, Imedex, LLC; Brandee Plott, BS, CHCP, CIM, Medical Education Resources; and Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CHCP, Prova Education, led a fun and interactive session that showed, not just told about, best practices in educational communication.
Daniel Varga, MD, chief clinical officer with Texas Health Resources, which owns Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, recounted his hospital system's actions, reactions, and lessons learned this fall during the treatment of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from the disease Oct. 8, and the subsequent infection of two nurses who cared for Duncan.
Judy Ribble, who recently retired from the Commission for Certification of Healthcare CPD Professionals, Inc. (CCHCP, formerly NC-CME), shared a quiet moment with the man who, 40 years ago, organized the first ACEhp conference, Lewis Miller, MS, CHCP.
ACEhp rebooted the concept of a suggestion box—Texas style, of course.
The house was packed waiting for the opening general session to begin.
Sarah Meadows, MS, CHCP, National Jewish Health (left), at the booth of the newly renamed Commission for Certification of Healthcare CPD Professionals with CCHCP Executive Director Melinda Steele, MEd, CHCP, FACEHP; and Jack Kues, PhD, CHCP, University of Cincinnati.
(Left to right) Debra Gist, MPH, FACEHP, American Academy of Dermatology; Theodore Bruno, MD, The France Foundation; Kimberly Gregory, PhD, GlaxoSmithKline; and Steven Minnick, MD., St. John Hospital and Medical Center, after a deep-dive session on improving the impact of performance-improvement continuing medical education.
During a session on the power and impact of of continuing education and professional development on global health issues, participants played a game reminiscent of TV's "Amazing Race"—each table had to figure out from clues the country they'd be working on, then were given a healthcare issue and a challenge to come up with an educational strategy to help mitigate the problem, given the infrastructure and resources available in that region. At the end, members of the winning team, as judged by a "clap-off," scored free registration to the 2015 Global Alliance for Medical Education conference.
ACEhp this year chose as its service project Operation Once in a Lifetime, whose mission is to make the dreams of U.S. soldiers and their families come true by providing free financial and moral support to U.S. service members, their families, and veterans regardless of rank, deployment, physical condition, or branch of service. ACEhp members ended up raising more than $20,000 for the cause over the course of the conference.
