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Tuesday, January 26
  Times/Activities Room/Level Abstracts Handouts
7:00-9:00 am
  Breakfast and Meeting – Governance Committee (By Invitation) Norwich/3rd None None
9:15-11:15 am
  Break and Orientation – New Board Directors (By Invitation) Norwich/3rd None None
11:30 am-5:30 pm
  Lunch, Meeting, and Break – Board of Directors (By Invitation) Trafalgar/3rd None None
3:00-6:00 pm
  Registration Center Registration Lobby & Counters N&S/1st None None
  Networking Areas Durham/3rd
Warwick/3rd
None None
7:00-9:00 pm
  Dinner – Board of Directors (By Invitation) Plantation/2nd
Muriel’s Jackson Square
801 Chartres Street at St. Ann
None None

Wednesday, January 27
  Times/Activities Room/Level Abstracts Handouts
6:30 am-5:00 pm
  Registration Center Registration Lobby & Counters N&S/1st None None
  Networking Area Warwick/3rd None None
7:00 am-12:00 pm
  W1, Check-in, Breakfast, and Intensive – CME Basics Seminar ($) Grand Salon A/1st W1-A None
  W2, Check-in, Breakfast, and Intensive – Advanced Seminar: CME 501 – A Transformational Leadership Workshop ($) Marlborough A-B/2nd
Prince of Wales/2nd
Cambridge/2nd
W2-A None
  ($) – Additional Charge (above Annual Conference Registration Fee)
12:00-1:30 pm
  Lunch (On Your Own) ——-/——- None None
  Lunches and Meetings (By Invitation)
  — Finance Committee Norwich/3rd None None
  — Almanac Editorial Board Durham/3rd None None
  — Affiliate Meeting – ACCME Surveyor Training Update Belle Chasse/3rd None None
1:00-6:00 pm
  Exhibits – Installation (By Exhibitors) HEC A-C/2nd None None
  Awards Posters – Installation (By Winners) HEC A-C/2nd None None
  Posters – Installation (By Faculty) HEC A-C/2nd None None
1:30-5:00 pm
  Member Section Meetings (All Conference Participants Welcome)
  — W3, Federal Health Care Educators Jasperwood/3rd W3-A W3-H
  — W4, Health Care Education Associations Rosedown/3rd W4-A W4-H
  — W5, Hospitals and Health Systems Grand Salon A/1st W5-A W5-H
  — W6, Medical Education & Communication Company Alliance (MECCA) – Medical Education Companies as Valued Stakeholders in the CME Enterprise Grand Salon B/1st W6-A W6-H
  — W7, Medical Schools Marlborough A-B/2nd W7-A W7-H
  — W8, Medical Specialty Societies Grand Salon C/1st W8-A W8-H
  — W9, Pharmaceutical Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (PACME) Grand Salon D/1st W9-A W9-H
  — W10, State Medical Societies Magnolia/3rd W10-A W10-H
5:15-7:00 pm
  W11 & W12, Mentor/Mentee Program – Featuring Maitland Memorial Lecture Grand Salon A/1st W11-A & W12-A W11 & W12-H
7:00-8:00 pm
  President’s Reception – Current and Past Presidents, Board Directors, and Annual Conference Chairs (By Invitation) President’s Suite None None
8:00-10:00 pm
  Affiliate Dinner and Meeting – Matrix (By Invitation) Warwick/3rd None None

Thursday, January 28
  Times/Activities Room/Level Abstracts Handouts
7:00-8:00 am
  Breakfast and Meeting – Committee Chairs and Member Section Leaders Update (By Invitation) Windsor/3rd None None
7:30 am-5:00 pm
  Registration Center Registration Lobby & Counters N&S/1st None None
  Message Board Registration Lobby/1st None None
  Networking Areas Durham/3rd
Warwick/3rd
None None
7:30 am-4:00 pm
  Exhibits HEC A-C/2nd None None
  — 218, Accela Communications
  — 428, ACT Conferencing
  — 213, American Academy of Family Physicians
  — 217, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  — 317, AOE Consulting
  — 223, Audience Response Systems, Inc.
  — 126, Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel
  — 227, Beaches of South Walton
  — 414, CadmiumCD
  — 204, 206, 303 and 305, CECity
  — 214, CE Outcomes, LLC
  — 225, CMEinfo
  — 412, CME Peer Review, LLC
  — 309, ConferencePlus
  — 118, Continental Health Systems, Inc.
  — 310 and 312, Coordinator’s Choice-CME Tracker
  — 116, Copper Mountain Conference Center
  — 425, Designing Solutions
  — 236, Digitec Interactive
  — 224, Direct Medical Data
  — 335, Educational Awareness Solutions
  — 409, Educational Measures
  — 128, Electronic Education Documentation System, LLC (eeds)
  — 124, eLearnConnection.com
  — 318, freeCME.com - AHC Media LLC
  — 311, Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME)
  — 326, Global Education Group
  — 429, Graduate Education Foundation
  — 316, HE Abrams Corporation
  — 327, Healthcare Team Training
  — 226, Hilton Shreveport
  — 323, hinton+grusich
  — 313, HIT Global
  — 403, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
  — 329, Hypix
  — 330, Learner’s Digest International
  — 110, Medical Marketing Service, Inc. (MMS)
  — 216, MedPage Today, LLC.
  — 112 and 114, Medscape, LLC
  — 212, Meridia Audience Response
  — 130, National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals
  — 136, North American Association of Medical Education and Communication Companies, Inc. (NAAMECC)
  — 427, Option Technologies Interactive
  — 209 and 211, OptumHealth Education
  — 315, Padgett Communications
  — 134, Pfizer
  — 413, PFN Communications, Inc.
  — 324, Planstone
  — 210, PMPN
  — 423, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
  — 404, Power-Pak C.E.
  — 415 and 417, Practicing Clinicians Exchange
  — 314, Preferred Hotel Group
  — 234, Pri-Med (an M/C Communications brand)
  — 411, Prince Resorts Hawaii
  — 405, PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education
  — 228, SeminarWeb
  — 233, Sheraton Sand Key Resort
  — 430, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
  — 435, Snowmass Tourism
  — 229, TalkPoint
  — 230, Telluride Tourism Board and Conference Center
  — 334, The France Foundation
  — 328, The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples, FL
  — 333, The Steamboat Grand
  — 304 and 306, Turning Technologies
  — 433, USBMIS
  — 325, Vail Valley Partnership
  — 406, Yarrow Hotel & Conference Center
  — 215, Yosemite Hotels by DNC
  Awards Posters HEC A-C/2nd None None
  — AP1, Innovation in CPD – Educating from the Inside Out: A Provider Model for Continuing Professional Development of CME
  — AP2, Industry-supported, CME Activity – iPointOfCare®: Multiple Sclerosis
  — AP3, CME Enduring Material – Multiple Myeloma Translating Learning into Care™: What’s Best?
  — AP4, Certified Live CME Activity – Exploring the Clinical Decisions of Community-based Oncologists and Hematologists in the Management of Multiple Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  Posters HEC A-C/2nd
  — P1, Who Is Driving Family Medicine CME? P1-A None
  — P2, The CME Professional: Channels to Improved Patient Care P2-A None
  — P3, Pathways to Better Care for Cancer Patients: A Model Gap Analysis Process and Outcomes P3-A None
  — P4, Utilization of Internet Searching and Learning CME in a Pediatric Health System P4-A None
  — P5, Evidence-based Transfusion Medicine: Use of an Interactive Monthly Educational Newsletter to Change Physician Practice Cancelled P5-A None
  — P6, Successes and Pitfalls of Creating an Internationally Accredited CME Program P6-A None
  — P7, From Point of Care Information to Practice Reflective, Self-directed CPD: A Novel Desktop Program for Family Physicians P7-A None
  — P8, Internet Point of Care – How to Start Your Own Activity (Process, Pitfalls & Performance – A One Year Review) P8-A None
  — P9, 3D Visualization & Virtual Reality Environment: An Emerging Technology for CME P9-A None
  — P10, CME "Intake" – Creating an Online Tool to Implement the ACCME Updated Criteria at a Medical School P10-A None
  — P11, CME on the Go: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mobile CME in Multiple Brief Educational Programs P11-A None
  — P12, Improving Adverse Drug Event Reporting with an Online Educational Curriculum P12-A P12-H
  — P13, A Health System Challenge: An Integrated Patient Safety Curriculum for Multilevel Professionals P13-A None
  — P14, Removing Barriers to Change: A C19 Success Story P14-A None
  — P15, Developing CME Competencies as Individuals and Mentors: A Consortium Model P15-A None
  — P16, Partnerships with Physicians and External Partners to Develop and Evaluate an Online Course on Marketing and Prescribing P16-A None
  — P17, Restructuring the CME Committee to Optimize Support for Activity Planners P17-A None
7:30-8:30 am
  Breakfast – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
8:00-8:30 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None Scr-H
8:30-10:00 am
  T1, President’s Address and Opening Plenary – The Partnership Between Informatics and CME to Improve Patient Care (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st T1-A T1-H
10:00-10:30 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
  Break – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
10:30 am-3:45 pm
  T2, Intensive – How CME Can Improve Patient Care Internationally (10:30-11:30 am, 1:15-2:15 pm, and 2:45-3:45 pm) Marlborough A-B/2nd
Prince of Wales/2nd
Cambridge/2nd
T2-A None
  (Lunch – 11:30 am-1:00 pm) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
  (Break – 2:15-2:45 pm) HEC A-C/2nd None None
10:30-11:30 am
  T3, Mini-plenary – Dateline CME: A Year in Review (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st T3-A None
  T4, Curriculum Breakout – Informatics Discussion Session (Invited Abstract) Grand Salon A/1st T4-A None
  T5, Curriculum Breakout – Physicians’ Learning Methods: A Qualitative Research Study of 4000+ AAFP Assembly Participants Grand Salon B/1st T5-A T5-H
  T6, Curriculum Breakout – Transitions 1: Reinventing Yourself as the Future’s CME/CPD Professional Grand Salon C/1st T6-A T6-H
  T7, Breakout – Data-driven CME Program Development Melrose/3rd T7-A None
  T8, Breakout – Blended Learning Initiatives: Designing to Help All Physicians Learn Belle Chasse/3rd T8-A T8-H
  T9, Breakout – Small-group, Case-based Learning: A Practical Guide to Development and Implementation Rosedown/3rd T9-A T9-H
  T10, Breakout – Raising the Bar on CME Data Management: Broadening the Perspective Ascot/Newberry/3rd T10-A None
  T11, Breakout – A Three-year Review of Submitted Outcomes Measures – Stumbling Blocks on the Pathway to Better Patient Care Grand Salon D/1st T11-A T11-H
  T12, Breakout – A PI CME Systems-based Intervention: Why Virtual Data Is (Almost) as Good as the Real Thing Jasperwood/3rd T12-A None
  T13, Breakout – Barriers Are Legitimate CME Outcomes Magnolia/3rd T13-A T13-H
  T14, Breakout – Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement by Teaching a Fair Culture: Partnering of CME, Medical Staff, and QI Leaders Oak Alley/3rd T14-A T14-H
  T15, Breakout – Promoting CME Integrity: The Top 10 Ways to Effectively Explain CME and Your Role Fountain/3rd T15-A None
  T16, Breakout – Setting the Standard: Determining Fair Market Value for Honoraria Elmwood/3rd T16-A T16-H
11:30 am-1:00 pm
  Awards Presentation Lunch – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
1:15-2:15 pm
  T17, Mini-plenary – Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Reality Check (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st T17-A None
  T18, Breakout – The Medical Education Theater (MET): An Innovative Approach to Address Gaps in Medical Knowledge and Skills Fountain/3rd T18-A T18-H
  T19, Breakout – Linking Needs Assessment to Objectives to Competencies to Outcomes: Making Your Point and Presenting the Package to Potential Grantors Grand Salon A/1st T19-A T19-H
  T20, Breakout – Exploring Interactive Educational Formats at Live Events Melrose/3rd T20-A T20-H
  T21, Breakout – Turning the Technology Page: A Multi-faceted Approach to Case-based E-learning Grand Salon B/1st T21-A T21-H
  T22, Breakout – The Value of Fact Checking: It’s More Than Just an Expert Review Elmwood/3rd T22-A None
  T23, Breakout – Performance Improvement CME Model for the Community Hospital Jasperwood/3rd T23-A T23-H
  T24, Breakout – 4i-Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): Creating Programs to Link Data to Performance Grand Salon C/1st T24-A None
  T25, Breakout – The ABCs of PI CME Grand Salon D/1st T25-A T25-H
  T26, Breakout – Effective Collaboration among Diverse Communities of Practice to Address a National Health Priority Magnolia/3rd T26-A T26-H
  T27, Breakout – Affecting Change through Relationship-building and Engaging with the Healthcare Environment Ascot/Newberry/3rd T27-A None
  T28, Breakout – Results of the 2009 CME/Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Study: Evidence for Evaluating CME Office Staffing Levels Cancelled T28-A None
  T29, Breakout – Lining-up Your CME Ducks in a Row: The Functioning CME Committee Oak Alley/3rd T29-A T29-H
  T30, Breakout – Professional Development for Faculty: Getting Your Experts on Board Belle Chasse/3rd T30-A T30-H
2:15-2:45 pm
  Break – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
2:45-5:00 pm
  Break and Meeting – Advocacy Committee (By Invitation) Norwich/3rd None None
2:45-3:45 pm
  T31, Breakout – Improving Patient Adherence with Motivational Interviewing: An Innovative and Unique Intervention Melrose/3rd T31-A T31-H
  T32, Breakout – Utilization of Secondary Data to Design Tailored Education: A Case Study in Parkinson’s Disease for Family Physicians Elmwood/3rd T32-A T32-H
  T33, Breakout – Implementation of Small Group Discussion in CME Activities Belle Chasse/3rd T33-A None
  T34, Breakout – Performance Improvement: A Pathway to Better Patient Care and Professional Competence Cancelled T34-A None
  T35, Breakout – One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparing Performance Improvement Activities in Smoking Cessation Grand Salon B/1st T35-A T35-H
  T36, Breakout – Co-management of the Geriatric Fracture Patient Rosedown/3rd T36-A None
  T37, Breakout – Taking Education to the Healthcare Team: In-situ Simulation in Acute MI Care as a Model for Team-focused CME Magnolia/3rd T37-A None
  T38, Breakout – Developing a Model of Care to Discover Systemic Practice Gaps Jasperwood/3rd T38-A T38-H
  T39, Breakout – The Outcomes Gap: Where We Are and Where We Need to Be Grand Salon C/1st T39-A None
  T40, Breakout – Dealing with Bundled Requests for Support Grand Salon D/1st T40-A T40-H
  T41, Breakout – ACCME’s Accreditation Process – Tools and Tips Grand Ballroom A-D/1st T41-A None
  T42, Breakout – Physician Self-assessment: A CME/CPD Professional Competency Oak Alley/3rd T42-A None
  T43, Breakout – Social Networking and the CME Professional Cancelled T43-A None
  T44, Breakout – Alliance’s Certificate Program Pilot (Invited Abstract) Cancelled T44-A None
3:45-5:00 pm
  Breaks and Meetings (By Invitation)
  — Membership Coordinating Committee Focus Group Windsor/3rd None None
  — Professional Development Committee Focus Group Trafalgar/3rd None None
4:00-5:00 pm
  Promotional Showcase Presentations (PSPs) (By Exhibitors)
  — PSP1, Handling the Educational Materials Process – From Online Disclosure Forms to Enduring Materials (By CadmiumCD) Grand Salon A/1st PSP1-A PSP1-H
  — PSP2, Using Interactive Media to Improve Measurement Outcomes in CME (By Accela Communications) Grand Salon B/1st PSP2-A PSP2-H
5:00-6:00 pm
  Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception – Paid Registrants, Paid Exhibitors, and Paid Guests HEC A-C/2nd None None
  Awards Poster & Poster Presenters – Available for Discussion/Q&A HEC/A-C/2nd None None
  Exhibits – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
  AP1-AP4, Awards Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd
  P1-P17, Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
6:00-10:00 pm
  Affiliate Dinner and Meeting – Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) Board of Directors (By Invitation) Windsor/3rd None None
6:00-8:00 pm
  Affiliate Meeting – North American Association of Medical Education and Communication Companies (NAAMECC) (For NAAMECC Members) Belle Chasse/3rd None None
6:00-7:00 pm
  Break and Meeting – Past Presidents (By Invitation) Norwich/3rd None None
6:00-6:30 pm
  Affiliate Meeting – National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals (NC-CME) CCMEP Ceremony (By Invitation) Durham/3rd None None

Friday, January 29
  Times/Activities Room/Level Abstracts Handouts
6:30-8:30 am
  Breakfasts and Meetings (By Invitation)
  — Professional Development Committee Trafalgar/3rd None None
  — Awards & Member Recognition Committee Norwich/3rd None None
7:30 am-5:00 pm
  Registration Center Registration Lobby & Counters N&S/1st None None
  Message Board Registration Lobby/1st None None
  Networking Areas Durham/3rd
Warwick/3rd
None None
7:30 am-4:00 pm
  Exhibits – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
  AP1-AP4, Awards Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
  P1-P17, Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
7:30-8:30 am
  Breakfast – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
  Awards Poster & Poster Presenters – Available for Discussion/Q&A HEC A-C/2nd None None
8:00-8:30 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
8:30-9:30 am
  F1, Plenary – Hot Topics in CME: Recommendations from the AAMC/AACN Lifelong Learning Consensus Conference (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F1-A F1-H
9:30-10:00 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
  Break – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
10:00 am-12:15 pm
  F2, Intensive – E-learning Blueprint: Answers to Why, What, Where, When, and How Much E-learning in CME Marlborough A-B/2nd
Prince of Wales/2nd
Cambridge/2nd
F2-A F2-H
10:00-11:00 am
  F3, Mini-plenary – Maintenance of Licensure/Certification: Its Effect on CME (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F3-A F3-H
  F4, Curriculum Breakout – Transitions 2: Making Competencies Work for You (Invited Abstract) Grand Salon A/1st F4-A None
  F5, Curriculum Breakout – Educational Outreach Visits as a Vehicle to Improve Prevention in Primary Care: Lessons Learned Grand Salon B/1st F5-A F5-H
  F6, Breakout – Achieving a Successful Electronic Meeting: From Proposal to Evaluation, Including Disclosures Oak Alley/3rd F6-A F6-H
  F7, Breakout – Elements of a Quality Grant Request: Commercial Supporter Perspectives Grand Salon C/1st F7-A None
  F8, Breakout – Transitioning from Needs Assessment to Practice Gaps Jasperwood/3rd F8-A None
  F9, Breakout – Experiential CME: Moving Hearts and Minds Elmwood/3rd F9-A F9-H
  F10, Breakout – Education Outcome Assessment for Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) Melrose/3rd F10-A None
  F11, Breakout – The Process of Developing a Performance Improvement Program in a Medical Specialty Society Belle Chasse/3rd F11-A None
  F12, Breakout – The Emerging Role of Open Source, Web 2.0 Technologies in Continuing Medical Education: A Case Study Magnolia/3rd F12-A None
  F13, Breakout – An Electronic Discussion Forum that Supports Developing Cultural and Linguistic CME Content to Improve Patient Care Ascot/Newberry/3rd F13-A None
  F14, Breakout – Strategies and Tools for Effective Change Management Fountain/3rd F14-A F14-H
  F15, Breakout – Incorporating ACCME’s Updated Accreditation Criteria into Daily Practice: A Case-based Primer for CME Professionals Grand Salon D/1st F15-A F15-H
  F16, Breakout – AMA PRA Credit System Basics Rosedown/3rd F16-A F16-H
11:15 am-12:15 pm
  F17, Mini-plenary – Using FDA Information and Resources in CME Programming to Enhance Patient Safety (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F17-A None
  F18, Curriculum Breakout – Quality Improvement – Learning a Foreign Language (Invited Abstract) Grand Salon A/1st F18-A None
  F19, Curriculum Breakout – Using CME to Turn a Battleship Grand Salon B/1st F19-A F19-H
  F20, Breakout – Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Implications and Opportunities for CME Professionals Belle Chasse/3rd F20-A None
  F21, Breakout – How to Effectively Organize a Hands-on, Procedural Educational Session Ascot/Newberry/3rd F21-A F21-H
  F22, Breakout – Practical Approaches to Creating Tools for Effective Program Evaluation: Evaluation Forms, Surveys, and Beyond Melrose/3rd F22-A None
  F23, Breakout – Measuring Outcomes: A Pilot Outcomes Evaluation Study for Online and Onsite Continuing Medical Education Elmwood/3rd F23-A F23-H
  F24, Breakout – Constructing and Using Multifaceted Needs Assessment Oak Alley/3rd F24-A F24-H
  F25, Breakout – Engaging the Medical Staff: A Year Long Focus on Health Care Disparities Rosedown/3rd F25-A F25-H
  F26, Breakout – To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate, That Is the Question: Practical Considerations for CME/CE Coordination Jasperwood/3rd F26-A F26-H
  F27, Breakout – Implementing a CME Compliance Program to Meet Current and On-going Regulatory Issues in the CME Community Grand Salon C/1st F27-A None
  F28, Breakout – Low (or No) Cost Approaches for CME Office Automation Grand Salon D/1st F28-A F28-H
  F29, Breakout – Practicing What We Preach: Tools for Getting Serious About Our Own CPD Magnolia/3rd F29-A None
12:15-12:30 pm
  Scrolling PowerPoint® - Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
12:15-1:15 pm
  Alliance Business and Town Hall Meeting & Lunch – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st Bus-A Bus-H
1:15-1:30 pm
  Scrolling PowerPoint® - Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
1:30-5:00 pm
  F30, Intensive – Partners for Improved Patient Care: Practical Strategies Linking Education and Quality Improvement Marlborough A-B/2nd
Prince of Wales/2nd
Cambridge/2nd
F30-A None
1:30-2:30 pm
  F31, Mini-plenary – Translating What You Do into What You Write in Your Self-study for ACCME Accreditation (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F31-A F31-H
  F32, Breakout – The Road to CME Improvement – Let ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) Be Your Guide Grand Salon A/1st F32-A F32-H
  F33, Breakout – CME Breaks into Second Life Grand Salon B/1st F33-A F33-H
  F34, Breakout – Building on the Great Ideas of Others: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon – Take 2 Cancelled F34-A None
  F35, Breakout – Tailoring Online CME to Optimize Impact on the Performance of Physicians in Academic and Community Settings Cancelled F35-A None
  F36, Breakout – Addressing Practice Barriers in CME Initiatives Magnolia/3rd F36-A F36-H
  F37, Breakout – Role of Community in Linking Education to Performance Belle Chasse/3rd F37-A None
  F38, Breakout – Performance Improvement (PI) Dos and Don’ts: A Report from the Trenches Grand Salon C/1st F38-A F38-H
  F39, Breakout – The Performance Improvement Quality Star: The Integration of CME, OPPE, MOC, and ACGME Outcomes Melrose/3rd F39-A F39-H
  F40, Breakout – Better Health from the Start: Breastfeeding CME as a Model for Outcomes Improvement Jasperwood/3rd F40-A F40-H
  F41, Breakout – Navigating Waters and Building Bridges: The CME Professional’s Guide to Creating a Model Learning Organization Ascot/Newberry/3rd F41-A None
  F42, Breakout – Developing a Data Management Tool for CME Activity Documentation and Its Usefulness for Staff Educational Interventions Oak Alley/3rd F42-A F42-H
  F43, Breakout – Applying CACME’s Risk Stratification Process to Mitigate Potential Non-compliance with Standards for Commercial Support Grand Salon D/1st F43-A None
  F44, Breakout – CCMEP™ Certification, a Pathway to Professional Competence: Exam Development and How It Relates to Alliance Competencies Fountain/3rd F44-A None
2:45-3:45 pm
  F45, Breakout – Ethnographic Research in CME: Bridging Gaps and Affecting Care of Diabetes in the Latino Community Fountain/3rd F45-A None
  F46, Breakout – A Collaborative Approach to Developing PI CME Using National Quality Indicators Rosedown/3rd F46-A None
  F47, Breakout – CME Snacks: An Overview of Activities Designated for Less Than 1.0 Credit Belle Chasse/3rd F47-A F47-H
  F48, Breakout – Creating Programs with Multiple Standardized Patient Encounters Ascot/Newberry/3rd F48-A None
  F49, Breakout – From Design to Results: Practical Approaches Utilized for Evaluation Design and Improving Response Rates Oak Alley/3rd F49-A F49-H
  F50, Breakout – Applying a Tested Problem Solving Approach to PI CME Melrose/3rd F50-A F50-H
  F51, Breakout – Point of Care Performance Improvement and Patient Outcomes Using a Hand-held, Web-based Device Grand Salon A/1st F51-A None
  F52, Breakout – Selecting the Appropriate Learning Management System (LMS) for Your Organization: Where Do I Start? Cancelled F52-A None
  F53, Breakout – Innovation in Collaboration: The ACES Case Study Grand Salon B/1st F53-A None
  F54, Breakout – Industry and Association Interactions: A Study Group’s Recommendation for Educational Grants and Other Support Requests Grand Salon C/1st F54-A F54-H
  F55, Breakout – 2010 AMA Update and Open Forum Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F55-A F55-H
  F56, Breakout, – From Budget to Reconciliation: An Industry Perspective Grand Salon D/1st F56-A F56-H
  F57, Breakout – How in the World Do You Manage It All? Light and Easy Documentation: The Trimmer and Slimmer Complete Activity File Elmwood/3rd F57-A F57-H
  F58, Breakout – Group Completion of American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Knowledge Modules Magnolia/3rd F58-A F58-H
4:00-5:00 pm
  F59, Mini-plenary – Determining and Disseminating CME as a Value Center (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st F59-A None
  F60, Breakout – Using Technology and the Web to Enhance, Support, and Deliver CME Grand Salon A/1st F60-A F60-H
  F61, Breakout – Listening to Patients as a Means to Establish CME as a Pathway to Better Patient Care Oak Alley/3rd F61-A None
  F62, Breakout – Translating Learning into Patient Care: Implementation and Results of a Level 4 (Competency) Outcomes Curriculum Grand Salon B/1st F62-A None
  F63, Breakout – CME CSI Magnolia/3rd F63-A F63-H
  F64, Breakout – A Different Viewpoint on Performance Improvement CME: Systems vs. Individual Impact Grand Salon C/1st F64-A F64-H
  F65, Breakout – Improving Public Health with Public Health: Public Health Departments as CME Partners Rosedown/3rd F65-A F65-H
  F66, Breakout – Defining the Role of a Medical Director in CME Departments and Companies Cancelled F66-A None
  F67, Breakout – Leading Transformational Change in CME: ACCME Level 3 Criteria Implementation Jasperwood/3rd F67-A F67-H
  F68, Breakout – The AOA and AAFP Credit Systems Melrose/3rd F68-A F68-H
  F69, Breakout – Monitoring CME Activities with Real-Time Data Belle Chasse/3rd F69-A F69-H
  F70, Breakout – Becoming a CME Researcher: A Pathway to Improving Patient Care Ascot/Newberry/3rd F70-A None
  F71, Breakout – Assess Your CME Program’s Current Outcomes Measurement and Plan Improvements for Compliance with ACCME Updated Criteria Grand Salon D/1st F71-A None
  F72, Breakout – Alliance’s Certificate Program Pilot (Invited Abstract) Cancelled F72-A None
5:00-7:00 pm
  Breaks and Meetings (By Invitation)
  — 36th (2011) Annual Conference Committee Norwich/3rd None None
  — Member Section Relations Committee Windsor/3rd None None
  — State & Regional Organizations Committee Trafalgar/3rd None None
7:00-10:00 pm
  Affiliate Dinner and Meeting – National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration (By Invitation) Cambridge/2nd None None

Saturday, January 30
  Times/Activities Room/Level Abstracts Handouts
6:30-8:30 am
  Breakfasts and Meeting (By Invitation)
  — Membership Coordinating Committee Trafalgar/3rd None None
  — Tri Group Norwich/3rd None None
7:00-8:00 am
  Member Section Follow-up Meetings (All Conference Participants Welcome)
  — S1, Medical Schools Marlborough A-B/2nd S1-A None
  — S2, Medical Specialty Societies Grand Salon C/1st S2-A S2-H
7:30 am-12:15 pm
  Registration Center Registration Lobby & Counters N&S/1st None None
  Message Board Registration Lobby/1st None None
  Networking Areas Durham/3rd
Warwick/3rd
None None
7:30-10:30 am
  Exhibits – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
  AP1-AP4, Awards Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
  P1-P17, Posters – See 7:30 am-4:00 pm, Thursday, January 28 for List HEC A-C/2nd None None
7:30-8:30 am
  Breakfast – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
8:00-8:30 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
8:30-9:30 am
  S3, Plenary – Hot Topics in CME: The State of CME Funding (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st S3-A S3-H
9:30-10:00 am
  Scrolling PowerPoint® – Acknowledgement of Grantors, Supporters, Promotional Showcase Presenters, Exhibitors, and Contributors Grand Ballroom A-D/1st None None
  Break – Paid Registrants and Paid Exhibitors HEC A-C/2nd None None
10:00 am-12:15 pm
  S4, Intensive – Practical Application of Embedding Simulation Enhanced Education into Your CME Course Offerings Marlborough A-B/2nd
Prince of Wales/2nd
Cambridge/2nd
S4-A S4-H
10:00-11:00 am
  S5, Mini-plenary – Guidelines for CME: From Practical Advice Today to Research Directions for the Future (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st S5-A S5-H
  S6, Curriculum Breakout – Joslin "CME 180": Longitudinal, Multi-interventional Path to Comprehensive Diabetes Care PI CME Adoption and CQI Grand Salon A/1st S6-A S6-H
  S7, Curriculum Breakout – Performance Improvement CME: What Do We Think It Is? Grand Salon B/1st S7-A None
  S8, Breakout – Facilitating Physician Self-directed Learning: AAFP Case Study Grand Salon C/1st S8-A S8-H
  S9, Breakout – Incorporating ACGME/ABMS Competencies into Needs Assessments, Outcomes, and CME Activities Rosedown/3rd S9-A None
  S10, Breakout – Creating Effective CME Programs and Learning Environments about Health Disparities and Culturally Competent Care Magnolia/3rd S10-A S10-H
  S11, Breakout – How to Write a Successful Abstract for the Alliance Annual Conference (Invited Abstract) Belle Chasse/3rd S11-A S11-H
  S12, Breakout – Scratching Beneath the Surface: Leveraging Outcomes to Provide Insight, Direction and Value Grand Salon D/1st S12-A None
  S13, Breakout – Activity Outcomes Measurement Made Practical Melrose/3rd S13-A None
  S14, Breakout – Facilitation of Physician Adoption of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Using Cycles of Learning and Measurement-directed Re-education Cancelled S14-A None
  S15, Breakout – PI Lockdown: Implementing Performance Improvement CME in a Large Correctional Healthcare System Oak Alley/3rd S15-A None
  S16, Breakout – Does My CME Outcome Evaluation Project Need IRB’s Approval? Elmwood/3rd S16-A S16-H
  S17, Breakout – The Partnership Handbook: Tips and Tools for Managing Collaborative Partnerships Ascot/Newberry/3rd S17-A S17-H
  S18, Breakout – The Wicked Mess: How to Strategically Retool Your CME Initiative for the Future Jasperwood/3rd S18-A S18-H
10:30 am-1:30 pm
  Exhibits HEC A-C/2nd None None
  — Return of Shipping Containers/Crates (By Decorator)
  — Provision of Outbound Shipment Assistance (By Decorator)
  — Dismantle (By Exhibitors and/or Decorator)
  Posters HEC A-C/2nd None None
  — Awards – Dismantle (By Winners)
  — Posters – Dismantle (By Faculty)
11:15 am-12:15 pm
  S19, Curriculum Breakout – CME: The Profession: It’s Here (Invited Abstract) Grand Salon A/1st S19-A S19-H
  S20, Curriculum Breakout – Transitions 3: Finding and Leveraging Untapped Resources (Invited Abstract) Grand Salon B/1st S20-A S20-H
  S21, Breakout – Paths of Feedback to Improved Patient Care Belle Chasse/3rd S21-A None
  S22, Breakout – Continuous Quality Improvement Process: Measuring Quality and Performance in a CME Program Rosedown/3rd S22-A None
  S23, Breakout – Demonstrating Meaningful Improvement Using Microsoft Excel for Basic Statistical Analysis: An Introduction Fountain/3rd S23-A None
  S24, Breakout – Competency-based CME Outcomes and Real-time Behavioral Technology Jasperwood/3rd S24-A S24-H
  S25, Breakout – Designing and Measuring Interventions to Improve Patient Health within a Managed Care Population Grand Salon C/1st S25-A None
  S26, Breakout – COPD: Improving Patient Care by Overcoming the Barriers to the Appropriate Use of Spirometry Oak Alley/3rd S26-A S26-H
  S27, Breakout – Debating the Satellite Symposium Conundrum: Does a Practical Model Exist? Grand Salon D/1st S27-A None
  S28, Breakout – Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) as a Source for Needs Assessment, Outcomes Data, and Performance Improvement Melrose/3rd S28-A S28-H
  S29, Breakout – Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way! Ascot/Newberry/3rd S29-A S29-H
  S30, Breakout – Activity Compliance: Case Studies for Successful CME Planning and Review Elmwood/3rd S30-A None
  S31, Breakout – Current, Compliant … and Awake: The CME "PACE" Program – CME Professionals Attaining Competency via Education Magnolia/3rd S31-A None
  S32, Mini-plenary – Hot Topics in CME: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine Report: Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions (Invited Abstract) Grand Ballroom A-D/1st S32-A None
1:30-6:30 pm
  Give Back to New Orleans Volunteer Service Project Hope Haven Center
1101 Barataria Boulevard
None None






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