Section Name: State Medical Societies

Section Leader 2008: Billie Dalrymple, BA, billie.dalrymple@texmed.org

Section Leader-elect:

Date: February 1, 2008
Target audience/background of members:

Staff and committee volunteers who work with state medical
societies as accreditors of intrastate providers and/or as
ACCME-accredited state medical societies.

Purpose/goal of the section:

To share information on current issues in the accreditation of
intrastate providers as well as issues related to offering CME
activities, and to identify a network of CME professionals who
can be contacted for information and assistance throughout the year.

Planned activities of the section (at the Annual Conference and
throughout the year):

In preparation for the 2009 meeting at the Alliance for Continuing
Medical Education Annual Conference, establish a workgroup to
identify and share strategies to help implement the Updated Accreditation
Criteria at the state level. Also for 2009, invite nominees for the ACME G
reat Ideas Award to present to the group. Discuss other current issues
relating to the accreditors’ role in CME and the state medical society
as a provider of continuing medical education.