Who can apply for CME
The UConn CME Office is the accredited ACCME provider for UConn Health and functions as a decentralized CME program that operates directly through the UConn Health Departments/Divisions to provide accredited continuing medical education. Each UConn Health Departments/Divisions is responsible for the development and implementation of their own educational activity who will work in partnership with the CME Office through an application process to obtained accredited CME credits for their educational activity.
UConn Health Departments/Divisions offer educational activities that are tailored to complement the specific target audience needs and schedule through the following educational activities such as conferences, workshops; live virtual courses; enduring materials; and grand rounds. In addition, developed content is based on evidence and changes according to ongoing needs assessments by UConn Health Department/Divisions needs for internal quality improvement initiatives and community physician needs.
UConn Health Departments/Divisions may also elect to collaborate and partner with any non-UConn Health (external) agency or government/community partner to offer a "jointly provided" accredited CME activity. However, any external agency or government/community partner (who is not UConn Health) seeking accredited CME for their educational event from the UConn CME office must work through one of the UConn Health Department/Division who would want to partner with them in offering their educational event. The UConn Health Department/Division would be responsible for the joint providership; would ensure that the educational content would meet CME standards and be the ones applying for CME through the application process with their joint provider. It is at the discretion of the UConn Health Department/Division if they choose to work with a non-UConn Health partner to form a joint providership for CME, not with the UConn CME office. The UConn CME Office may consider any appropriate requests from UConn affiliated personnel to jointly provide CME activities with community and other partners that are not defined as an “ineligible company” by ACCME. The OCCME prohibits any joint providerships with ineligible companies.
In other words, the UConn CME Office does not offer any jointly provided accredited CME to any non-UConn Health (external) agencies or government/community partners who are not already working in conjunction with a UConn Health Department/Division for the development and implementation of the educational event.
Identifying a UConn Health Department/Division
If you are a non-UConn Health (external) agency or government/community partner who is seeking to "partner" with UConn Health to offer your educational activity as potential accredited CME, we suggest reviewing the UConn Health website under Patient Services where it provides a comprehensive listing of services that will then link you to specific UConn Health Department/Division/Center with contact information as well. Please visit https://health.uconn.edu/patient-services for helpful guidance.
Direct Providership versus Joint Providership
Direct Providership applies to activities hosted by a department/division of UConn Health OR hosted by a UConn Health department/division and another ACCME-accredited institution. Whereas Joint Providership applies to activities hosted by a non-ACCME accredited organization outside of UConn Health and with a department/division of UConn Health. On behalf of the School of Medicine, the OCCME may consider appropriate requests from UConn affiliated personnel to jointly provide CME activities with community and other partners that are not defined as an “ineligible company” by ACCME. The OCCME prohibits any joint providerships with ineligible companies.
CME Application Timeline
In order to receive consideration, the Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education require the potential program planners to begin both the educational development of the CME and the CME application process at a minimum of 16 weeks prior to the anticipated date of the educational activity, which is usually done in tandem of each other. Ideally, the development/planning of the CME education and the application of the potential CME activity should be considered in the very early or initial planning phases, many times this could be 6 months or more prior to your anticipated activity date.
What You Can Expect for Application Process
Our CME educational development/planning and application process involves multiple steps and check points that requires both parties involved (the anticipated activity director(s) and activity administrator and the CME faculty/staff) to collaborate with combined effort prior in order for a final submission to be reviewed and approved. What you can expect with starting this process is first reaching out to our office as early in the the development or planning to initiate your interest in creating an approved CME activity. Next, the CME office will send you our preliminary application proposal form to complete (with all the required supporting documents requested) and submit back to our office. Once we receive your completed preliminary application proposal form, our office will review your proposal for CME and if it aligns with our vision/mission with our CME office, we will reach out to set up an application meeting. In the application meeting, we will start the collaboration process for your development of CME with reviewing your proposal and then guide you through the formal application form that will need to be completed (with all the required supporting documents) and submitted back to our office. Once you submit a fully completed application, along with all completed required supporting documents, our office will begin the formal approval review process. This final formal review process for CME approval can only be done once our office receives all completed required documents and is the final step in the application process.
- Step 1 (Minimum of 16 weeks prior to anticipated date): Submit COMPLETED CME Preliminary Application Proposal & all required associated documents (this is not your application)
- Step 2 (Minimum of 12 weeks prior to anticipated date): Schedule CME Application Meeting (if your CME Preliminary Application Proposal is approved)
- Step 3 (Minimum of 8 weeks prior to anticipated date): Submit COMPLETED CME Final Application Form & all required associated documents (all forms and documents must be completed for final review)
- Step 4 (Minimum of 2 weeks prior to anticipated date): Receive your CME Activity Approval Letter
Initiating the CME Application Process
To initiate a CME Application process, please email cme@uchc.edu. All CME application requests (new and renewals) are required to complete a preliminary proposal first before any formal meeting with our office is schedule and before completing the CME application. We encourage the Program Activity Director, Program Planners or Program Administrators who will be administering this potential CME offering to attend the CME meeting once scheduled.
View Our Sample CME Preliminary Proposal and CME Application
To view a sample of our application, please follow the links below. This document is for viewing purposes only, please do not print and complete.
Sample: CME Preliminary Proposal Form
CME Pricing
Inquiries regarding pricing about a CME activity, please email our office at cme@uchc.edu.