Global Education Group (Global) and the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) are pleased to announce that the judging and review for the second Global CME Impact Award is now complete. The Global CME Impact Award, now in its second year, recognizes excellence, influence, and achievements by organizations and individuals implementing impactful and innovative Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuing Education (CE) activities that transform healthcare for the greater good.

A panel of six CME / CE professionals selected by Global and GAME served on the judging committee to score each entry in 6 main categories: Innovation, Adult Teaching Methodologies, Collaboration, Patient Engagement, Educational Impact, and Sustainability. The judging committee included: Celine Carrera, The European Society of Cardiology; Sherlyn Celone, Integrated Learning Partners; Lisa Sullivan, In Vivo Academy; Audrie Tornow, Paradigm Medical Communications; Laura Muttini, Educational Health Strategies; Suzanne Murray, AXDEV Group. 

The Global CME Impact Award committee is pleased to announce that after two rounds of review, scoring, and subsequent deliberation, the judging committee has selected the following entries as finalists for the 2018 Global CME Impact Award:

 

• CORE: Hand-in-Hand in Heart Failure; PCM Scientific

 

• The Evolution of Therapies for NSCLC: Navigating New Therapies & Counseling Patients In Clinical Decisions: The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning

 

• The CARES Initiative: New Therapeutic Options and Expert Guidance for the Comprehensive, Patient-Centered Management of T2DM: Med Learning Group

 

• Collaborative Approach to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: National Jewish Health

 

• OAB: Adopting a Patient-Centered Approach to Improve Outcomes and Quality of Life: The OAB Learning Center: Haymarket Medical Education

The award received seventeen total entries from CME providers from across the world, with submissions from three countries in fifteen therapeutic areas. The finalists will now present their program at the 2018 GAME Annual Conference in Jersey City, NJ, and the winner will be announced during the award ceremony at the conference.