About the Awards

These awards recognize best practices--ideas or processes that can be implemented by NAMEC members to improve CME.  Members are eligible to submit for consideration. Join here.

2017 Winners

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2016 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: CME Outfitters for the activity: Meta-Analysis of 4 activities:

• Not Just Skin Deep: Psoriasis
  
• Reconsidering Adult ADHD
  
• Remain Calm, Stay Safe, Be Prepared: Developing and Implementing a Seizure Action Plan
  
• Risky Business: Understanding and Attenuating Risk Associated with Disease-Modifying Therapy in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
  

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Paradigm Medical Communications for the activity: Trust Your Gut: Improving the Physician Assistant’s Acumen in Identifying and Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation

2015 Winners

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for the activity Improving Adult Vaccination Practices: A Focus on Influenza and Vaccine-Preventable Pneumonia

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Imedex LLC for the activity Enhancing Treatment of HER2+ Breast Cancer: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improve Shared Decision-Making Regarding Neoadjuvant Therapy

2014 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Applied Clinical Education for its activity entitled Remedies

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: Kurt J. Boyce

2013 Winners

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Applied Clinical Education for Code Phase I: Reducing Healthcare Disparities in Cardiometabolic Disease
Imedex You and IBD

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Applied Clinical Education REMEDIES: Focus on Opioid Tolerance

2012 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Non Invasive Injectables in Facial Aesthetic Surgery;  Paradigm Medical Communications 

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: (TIE) CME Outfitters, LLC for Clinician Education Improves Lipid Monitoring in Patients Taking Second-Generation Antipsychotic Agents, Nationally and Locally; Medscape, LLC  for Military Families

Best Practice in Professional Development: The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for CME Efficiencies Team Meetings/Training

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: (TIE) Tina B. Stacy, PharmD, BCOP, CCMEP; Monique Johnson, MD, CCMEP 

2011 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Curatio CME

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Lippincott CME for CRAb Program 

Best Practice in Professional Development: Lippincott CME

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: Marissa Seligman, CCMEP

2010 Winners 

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Research to Practice

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: CME Enterprise, Inc

Best Practice in Professional Development: CME Enterprise, Inc 

Exemplary CME Professional: Stephen Lewis (Global Education Group)

2009 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Physicians Academy for Clinical and Management Excellence, Amy E. Klopfenstein

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Nathalie Rouviere

Exemplary CME Professional: Richard Tischler, PhD

2008 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation:N/A

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: CME Enterprise, Inc., Bruce Bellande

Best Practice in Professional Development: CME Enterprise, Inc., Bruce Bellande

Exemplary CME Professional Award: Michael Lemon

2007 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, Michael Lemon

Best Practice in Professional Development: Bimark Center for Medical Education, Jerry Silverman

Best Practice in Needs Assessment: Research to Practice, Isabelle Tate

The Exemplary CME Professional Award: (2 winners) Karen Overstreet & Mark Schaffer

2006 Winners

Outstanding in the category Educational Design and Evaluation: Sandy Thomas

Outstanding in the category Collaboration among CME Stakeholders: Carol Greco

Outstanding in the category Needs Assessments: Susanna Silverman

Outstanding in the category Exemplary CME Professional: Jacqueline N. Parochka, EdD, FACME