Virtualizing Your CME Activity

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

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

• 12 Interactive Teaching Methods That Can Be Used with Zoom—Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME), University of Washington
• 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.