Provided by the UConn School of Medicine and Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education
Program Duration: AY 24-25 - July 1, 2024, thru June 30, 2025 (auto renews)
Activity Director: Melinda Sanders, M.D., Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education
Co-Activity Director: Sri Manickaratnam, Associate Director for CME
Activity Administrator: Kim Person, CME Program Administrator
Target Audience: UConn School of Medicine Licensed Physician Clinicians/Faculty (M.D./D.O./APRNs); UConn School of Medicine-Affiliated Licensed Physician Clinicians/Faculty (M.D./D.O./APRNs); and UConn School of Medicine Community Preceptor Affiliated Clinicians/Faculty.
Desired Results: This Internet Point of Care (IPoC) CME activity is intended to give UConn Health physicians and other healthcare professionals the opportunity to research a self-identified clinical question at the point of care and then to apply that knowledge into either their practice or the systems of care in which they work. As a clinical reference tool, this activity is designed to facilitate quality improvement through self-directed learning.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to...
- Document an original clinical question.
- Identify the relevant sources consulted.
- Describe the application of their findings to their practice and whether it resulted in a change in knowledge, competence, or performance.
Directions: UConn Health learners are invited to research a self-identified, specific, clinical question utilizing one of the approved resource databases listed below offered through the UConn Lyman Maynard Stowe Library.
UConn Health learners will then complete the on-line IPoC CME Evaluation Form which includes documenting each source and citation consulted and describing the application of their findings to their practice, for each article researched. When documenting each of the sources consulted on the IPOC CME Evaluation Form, participants can “copy and paste” or type in the name of the article.
Approved Database Options for this Activity*:
Cochrane Database
Micromedex Drug Info
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
PubMed/Medline
Scopus
VisualDX
Essential Evidence Plus
*Access is offered through the UConn Lyman Maynard Stowe Library. Must be a UConn Health Personnel or Affiliate to access databases.
Copyright: The clinical reference tools and reference materials are provided and licensed through the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library and available to all UConn personnel, whether personnel are on campus or accessing remotely. They are not intended for distribution beyond your individual use providing UConn personnel protection from copyright infringement and liability.
Estimated Time for Completion: The maximum time associated for each search conducted is approximately 30 minutes. Participants may only claim CME credits through the IPoC CME Evaluation Form associated with each clinical topic/question searched.
Hardware/Software Requirements: Conducting a search requires a computer or mobile device with an internet connection. This program is restricted to UConn Health personnel and requires that you have active library privileges. If you are using a UConn Health computer on-site, access will not be an issue. If you wish to use an off-site computer, please use your UConn Health network username and password (or the Library barcode provided by the Library after registering for off-campus access: Off-Campus Access Information.)
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this internet point of care activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty participating in CME activities provided by the UConn School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity & Planning Members Disclosure Statements:
Melinda Sanders, M.D., as activity director and planning member, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
Sri Manickaratnam, M.D., as co-activity director and planning member, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
Kim Person, as activity administrator and planning member, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
Christine McNally, as planning member, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
Hongjie Wang, as planning member, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
This CME activity will not involve or be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.
Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
Confidentiality: Other than through the evaluation form, no information is being gathered about people who choose to participate in this program.
Questions: For questions or further information about the verification/evaluation form, CMEs, or the Internet Point of Care program in general, please contact the CME office at cme@uchc.edu. For questions regarding use of the databases, please contact Hongjie Wang in the Library at 860-679-4053 or wang@uchc.edu.