Virtualizing Your CME Activity

The following resources may be helpful in virtualizing your CME activity, and offering it in online formats.

Lessons Learned from Pivoting to a Virtual Meeting

Technological Tools

Please note that the ACS CPDA Section does not endorse any of the following platforms.

• Free Platforms to Host Online Educational Activities—Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
• Best Practices and Resources from Zoom
• Virtual Breakout Rooms in Zoom

Remote Teaching/Learning Resources

• Virtual Meetings: 99 Best Tools, Ideas, and Tips—Event Manager Blog
• Transitioning to a Virtual Annual Meeting: Successes and Lessons Learned—20-minute video by the ACS Florida Chapter on their experience rapidly virtualizing their annual meeting
• Resources for Remote Teaching—Baystate Health
• Building Better Curriculum Webinars—AAMC (both future and past recorded webinars available)
• Continuing Medical Education in a Time of Social Distancing—Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (Case Studies in Converting Live Meetings to Virtual Formats)
• Learning Matters: Pivoting to Online Learning—Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions
• How an Association Turned Its Major Conference Into a Virtual Event in a Week—American Society of Association Executives
• Resources for Teaching Online—Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
• ACCME Educator Resources—ACCME Resource, contains information regarding virtual meetings and workplace (in-time) learning for clinicians
• Virtual Event Resources—Leading Learning
• Synchronous Online Classes: 10 Tips for Engaging Students—Faculty Focus
• Platform Picks: An Overview of Virtual Conference Platforms—Stanford CME Live Session (September 2020). Please note: the recording is available free of charge, but registration is required. Presentation begins at the 8:57 mark of the linked video.