Continuing Medical Education

Northwest Research & Education Institute (NWREI)
Billings, Montana

The Northwest Research & Education Institute (NWREI) is proud to be the only organization in Montana accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Since 2005, Northwest Research & Education Institute, located in Billings, has sponsored continuing medical education (CME) activities in the greater Rocky Mountain region and beyond.

Being a Montana-based organization allows NWREI to provide more personal service to physicians, medical societies, healthcare organizations, and others in our state and region who utilize our services.

We look forward to working with you! For more information or to start the planning process for your next continuing medical education activity, please contact Gina Reid, Continuing Education Specialist, at 406-237-5303, 800-308-2194, or cme@nwrei.org, or visit our website at www.nwrei.org.

University of Washington School of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education (UW/CME)

Montana Continuing Medical Education Procedures for CME Accreditation: Overview

As defined by the ACCME, continuing medical education consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.

The University of Washington School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Members of the Montana Medical Association can obtain accreditation for their continuing medical education activities through the UW/CME office. Contact with the UW/CME office should be made at the beginning of planning any activity to assure that all required steps are taken to meet the ACCME requirements.

To obtain accreditation for your activity the process requires that you -- Submit an application to the University of Washington School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education; organize and deliver your activity in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas; and provide documentation that your activity adhered to this process and the requirements

Requirements:

Montana Medical Association Affiliation - The course chair or one Planning Committee Member must be a full-time regular member of the Montana Medical Association (MMA).

Application Requirements:

The application should be submitted at least 3 months prior to the course date. A staff member of UW/CME should be involved with your planning in the early stages of development of your activity.

The application must be signed by the course chairperson and the course administrator. An additional signature is required from a planning committee member (member of the MMA) if the course chair is not a member of the MMA.

Advertisement or marketing of a course as CME accredited cannot take place until final approval has been given from UW/CME.

The University of Washington CME office will either approve or deny accreditation based on the application and provide written notification to the course administrator.

To discuss your needs or obtain an application, contact: Carole Fisher, Executive Director, CME, (206) 543-3556, cwfisher@u.washington.edu.