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CE Credits Available for this Activity: 1.5
Program Overview: The purpose of this activity is to educate medical professionals on quality management systems.
Target Audience: The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals who would like to learn about the significance of a quality management system and how to put it into practice.
Release and Expiration Dates
02/28/2024 – 02/28/2027
Objectives
Describe the background and significance of a quality management system (QMS).
Provide insight on how to put a QMS into practice.
Discuss commonly faced obstacles and useful resources.
References
American Society for Quality (ASQ) – https://asq.org/
International Organization for Standardization – https://www.iso.org/standard/62085.html
Citation ISP Certification – https://www.qmsuk.com/iso-standards/iso-9001/iso-9001-principles
Quality Assurance Directorate – https://www.qad.com/blog/2018/03/beginners-guide-to-quality-management-systems
Faculty Disclosure
The following planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers, and/or panelists of this CE activity have financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:
Jessica Snowden, MD – Consultant: Pfizer
Maryma Garza, PhD – Grant/Research support: Sanofi
All financial relationships have been mitigated.
No other planners, speakers, and/or peer reviewers of this CME activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The compliance reviewer, Courtney Bryant, Sara Hale, or Brandie Jones, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Planners: Jessica Snowden, MD; Jeannette Lee, PhD; Lora Lawrence, RN; Catrice Banks-Johnson, MPA; DeAnn Hubberd, MA
Speaker(s): Maryma Garza, PhD; Jessica Snowden, MD
Speaker(s) Bio
Maryam Y. Garza, PhD, MPH, MMCi, is an Instructor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the UAMS College of Medicine. Dr. Garza joined the Department of Biomedical Informatics in 2017 from the Duke Translational Research Institute, where she worked on and managed several HL7 data standards development projects in collaboration with the FDA. She received her Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2013, and later completed an MPH (2018) and a PhD in Biomedical Informatics (2020) from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She draws upon nearly a decade of experience in clinical research informatics and data management to inform her evolving research, which seeks to challenge and shift current research practice by utilizing new standards and helping to assure that these new healthcare data standards support research.
Jessica Snowden, MD is the Vice Dean for Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine as well as the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Snowden holds the Horace C. Cabe Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Infectious Disease and is the Associate Director for clinical and translational Research at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACHRI). Dr. Snowden is responsible for directing clinical operations for trial implementation and professional development and provides strategic leadership for the DCOC to include overseeing clinical trial activities for all ECHO ISPCTN trials.
Instructions to Obtain Credit
(1) Launch the activity
(2) View the entire module online
(3) Complete the post-test
(must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit)
You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
(4) Complete Evaluation and Print certificate
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ACPE Credit Designation Statement
These knowledge-based activities will provide pharmacists with up to 1.5 contact hour or 1.5 CEU. CE credit information, based on participation and completion of the program evaluation, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hours. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.
AAPA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Disclosure Policy Statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Office of Continuing Education (OCE) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.
UAMS Office of Continuing Education (OCE) Contact Information
4301 W Markham Street #525
Little Rock, AR 72205
Email: cmeconf@uams.edu
Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968
DCOC Contact Information
Catrice Banks-Johnson
Email: crbanksjohnson@uams.edu
DeAnn Hubberd
Email: DEHubberd@uams.edu
You can download an official transcript from your CloudCME profile (https://uams.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx) or you can request a copy of your transcript at https://ce.uams.edu/transcript-request-2/.
