Overall Education Program Planning
This section of the application address the overall education program and answers why you are planning this program; E.g. why is it important and what is your desired outcome? As each question is answered, focus on the overall education program. When you and/or the presenter plan the agenda, each topic(s) should support the activity's overall learning objective(s).
The foundation of the CME planning process is the needs assessment, which serves to identify professional practice gaps of the intended audience, articulate the needs, and outline the objectives and expectations necessary to design learning activities that will change competency, performance, and/or, patient outcomes. ACCME defines this as the difference (or gaps) between what the professional is doing compared to what is achievable on the basis of current professional knowledge.
The planning process for the education program is as followed: